chapter 17

fascism

philosophy emphasizes the importance of the nation or an ethnic group and the supreme authority of the leader

totalitarian

governmeant that exerts total control over a nation

appeasement

keeping the peace by giving in to an aggressors demand

axis powers

germany and italy later joind by japan

how did mussolini use gangs of fascist thugs in italy

ti terrorize his opponents

which country had gained control of most of the western europe by 1940

germany

in order to modernize agricultuer in the soviet union josef stalin

combined small family farms into collective farms run by the state

nazism was an extreame form of

fascism

what historical event contributed to the rise of fascism in both italy and germany and totalitarianism in the soviet union

ww1

to which direction did hitler look when he decided germany needed more lebensarum

to the east: eastern europe and the soviet nion

blitzkrieg

lighting war

collaboration

close cooperation

allies

the group of countries who opposed the axis powers

resistance

french underground movement to oppose the germans

hitler signed a nonaggression pact with

soviet union

hitler used which of the following military stratigies when invading poland

blitzkrieg

where did one of the greatest rescues in history of warfare take place

dunkirk

the vichy government of france adopted which of the following polices after germany conquered france

collaboration

in what battle did hitler launch the greatest air assault the world had yet seen

battle of britain / paris

who inspired the british people to resist the german invasion

winston churchill

who sailed into tokyo bay in 1853 to help force open japnese trade to foregners

mathew perry

by the begging of world war 1 japan had

become the strongest east asian nation

which was the real motive behind the greatest east asia co prosperity

japan wanted to liberate asia from european colonizers

what was manchukuo

puppet state after manchuria

why did two chinese leaders jiang jieshi and mao zedong unite

to fight the japenese

in september 1940 japan allied itself with

the axis powers

in the manchurian incident the japanese army

acted on its own to overrun the whole of manchuria

lend lease act

act authorizing the presedent to aid any nations whose defense he felt was vital to american security

neutralitty act

us laws designed to keep the nation out of futer wars

american first committee

group of american isolationists

cash and carry

policy the required ountries at war to pay cash for all nonmilitary goods and provied transport

during the 1930s the united states focused largely on

domestic affairs

congress passed neutrality acts that were designed to

limit international involvement

a group of isoationist that included aviator charles lindbergh formed the

america first committee

which militant japanese general became prime minister in october of 1941

yojo hideki

all of the following events led up to the japanese attack on pearl harbor except

a group of isolationists formed to block aid to britain

shortly after congress passed a war declaration on japan which other two countries declared war on the us

italy and germany

benito mussolini

fascist party leader who became dictator of italy

adolf hitler

leader of the nazi party in germany