WW1 and WW2 test

mr. walker

What year did WW1 start and end in?

1914-1918

What were the two nicknames for WW1?

“Great War” and “War to end all Wars”

three central powers during WW1

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria

How long was US involved in WW1

7 months

three new weapons/warfare used in WW1

trench warfare, machine guns, tanks, chemical warfare

exact date and time armistice took place

11 am, November 11, 1918

allied powers WW1

GB, France, Russia, US

Who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who got assassinated which sparked WWI? Who and what country was the person from who assassinated him?

**Archduke Ferdinand, he was killed by a Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip.**

What army did Hitler fight for during WWI? What was his rank?

Germany- lance corporal

What country was Hitler born in?

Austria

1. What does the word NAZI stand for?

**National Socialist German Workers’ Party**

Mein Kamp in English

my struggles

What was the name of the revolution Hitler was arrested for in 1923

**The Beer Hall Putsch**

Hitler was sentenced to prison for how many years? How much of that time did he serve? What was the crime he committed?

**Five years. Served nine months. High treason.**

What is the term for discrimination against Jewish people?

**Anti-Semitism**

these laws were passed in 1935 stating that Jewish  people were no longer citizens and they banned Jewish marriages; these were known as what?

**Nuremberg Laws**

What year did Hitler come to power in Germany?

1933

The night that 276 synagogues, 7,000 Jewish business, and 30,000 Jewish men were taken to concentration camps were known as what?

**Night of broken glass**

What was the Reichstag in Germany?

**German parliament**

Who was the President of the United States during WWII?

**Franklin D. Roosevelt**

Who were the three major Allied Countries during WWII?

**Great Britain, the United States, france**

Hitler and the Nazi’s were masters at this.

propaganda

What was the country that Germany invaded that led to Britain and France declaring war on them?

**Poland**

Who was the President of Germany in 1933? What role did he appoint Hitler too?

**Paul Von Hindenburg. He appointed Hitler chancellor of Germany.**

Who were the three main axis countries?

**Germany, Italy, and Japan**

What year did WWII start? What year did it end?

**1939- 1945**

What was the event and the date that it occurred which made the United States enter the war?

**bombing of Pearl Harbor- December 7, 1941**

written question- What were the four main causes of the start of WWII? Describe their effect on the war.

Treaty of Versailles, Hitlers actions, Failure of league of Nations, Failure of appeasement.

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* be able to explain the problem with each

written question- What were the four major points of the Treaty of Versailles? What did this Treaty do? Why did it have such a big impact on WWII? 

Germany was forced to take blame for WW1. They had to pay war reparations an give back land they took. This ruined Germany’s economy