Modern World History World War II Test Study Guide

Vocabulary study flashcards based directly on the key concepts, events, and comprehension topics in Mrs. Bowman's Modern World History World War II Test Study Guide.

Policy of appeasement

The pre-World War II approach carried out with the Munich Pact regarding Hitler’s advance.

Munich Pact

The agreement through which the policy of appeasement was carried out in response to Hitler’s advance before World War II began.

D-Day Invasion

A major World War II attack and battle that took place in Normandy, France.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The locations where the U.S. made the decision to drop the atomic bomb.

Atomic bomb

The weapon that the U.S. decided to drop on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Yalta Conference

A key event where major decisions were made that had significant implications for the post-war world.

Allied side

The side in World War II in favor of which the war was turning by $1943$ and $1944$ as key gains were made.

Nazi Germany

The aggressor power whose expansion preceded the war and that ultimately suffered military defeat in World War II.

Hitler’s advance

The pre-World War II aggression that major nations had various, missed opportunities to stop before the war began.

Progression of Hitler’s invasions

The sequence of pre-World War II aggressive moves that included the Rhineland and Sudetenland.

Rhineland

A key location included in the progression of Hitler’s pre-World War II invasions.

Sudetenland

A key location included in the progression of Hitler’s invasions prior to World War II.

Major aggressor nations

Nations that engaged in acts of aggression prior to World War II before major nations took action against them.