World History: Chapter 27 Section 4
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- Franco called Spain a what?
- nonneutral nonbelligerent
- Which place on the southern coast of Spain did Great Britain still have? Which two islands did Great Britain still have? Which city in Egypt did it still have?
- Gibraltar; Cyprus and Malta; Alexandria
- British troops were stationed in Palestine and Egypt to protect what?
- Suez Canal
- Which nation joined the Rome-Berlin Axis?
- Japan
- Which nation defended itself when attacked by Italy?
- Greece
- Which nation did Italy attack and the British protect? In response, what port city did the British take?
- Egypt; Tobruk
- In what nation is Tobruk?
- Libya
- When the Italian invasion of British Somaliland failed, what did the British take?
- Ethiopia
- What three nations in the Balkans did Germany occupy?
- Bulgaria; Hungary; Romania
- Which nation did Hitler invade when it wouldn't allow German troops to march through?
- Yugoslavia
- Which nation that had resisted the Germans before was now occupied by Germany?
- Greece
- To which island did British troops flee to when the Germans invaded Greece?
- Crete
- Germany now controlled the entire Balkan Peninsula except for which four areas?
- Turkey; Istanbul; Dardanelles; Bosporus
- What did Germany now want because of its strategic location?
- Suez Canal
- Germany could not conquer any areas in the Middle East because which country would not let German armies pass through?
- Turkey
- Which general led Italian and German forces to Northern Africa to fight at Libya?
- Rommel
- After Rommel pushed British troops out of Libya and to Egypt, where did the British make a stand and stop Rommel?
- El Alamein
- The Soviets got angry and demanded which four areas to be in their sphere of influence?
- Bosporus; Bulgaria; Dardanelles; Istanbul
- After Hitler told Stalin to chill, he explained to him that Germany would have a sphere where and the Soviet Union would have a sphere where?
- Europe; Asia
- After Stalin stuck his middle finger up at Hitler at his last comment, what nation did Hitler attack, breaking the Nazi-Soviet Pact? (Stupid Question? I know.)
- Soviet Union
- The Soviet Union entered the war on which side? (Allied or Axis?)
- Allied
- Which two Soviet ports could the allies NOT reach because of the Axis powers might interfere at Norway?
- Archangel; Murmansk
- The initial thrusts of the German army took which two cities under seige?
- Leningrad; Moscow
- The Soviet Union's counterattack during winter was inteded to relieve pressure from which city?
- Moscow
- In attempt to cut off the Soviet supply lines, which city did the Germans attack?
- Stalingrad
- The Soviets stopped the Germans at Stalingrad before the Germans could reach which port, which was their goal?
- Baku
- Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union was part of Hitler's master plan for the creation of a what?
- New Order
- Hitler wanted to organize Europe into a single political and economic system rule from which city?
- Berlin
- According to this plan, which nation would supply German with food and raw materials?
- Soviet Union
- Fill in the blanks: An official economic plan issued by the German government stated: "There is no _____ that... many _____ of people will be _____ to death if we take out of the _____ the things we _____."
- doubt; millions; starved; country; need
- Hitler's program to annihilate the Jewish population of Europe is known as the what? (not Holocaust)
- Final Solution
- This program to annihilate the Jewish population of Europe was a "solution" to the what?
- Jewish Problem
- Which two infamous concentration camps are located in Germany?
- Buchenwald; Dachau
- Which two infamous concentration camps are located in Poland?
- Auschwitz; Treblinka
- What was the long name for Hitler's elite corps of officers sworn to absolute obedience? What's the abbreviation?
- Schutzstaffel; SS
- Which book has a quote of an SS officer sent to a Polish death camp to deliver poison gas?
- Never to Forget
- Which SS officer wrote an account that was published in this book?
- Meltzer
- In which western European country did people particularly try to protect Jewish citizens?
- Denmarck
- How many millions of European Jews were murdered at the time the Nazi government fell?
- 6 million
- What is this systematic Nazi destruction of almost an entire race referred to as?
- Holocaust
- What three particular groups other than the Jews did the Nazi's exterminate?
- Gypsies; homosexuals; Slavs
- Japan's first move to extend its control over East Asia was to capture which island off the coast of French Indochina?
- Hainan
- Japan thus severed the British sea route from where to where?
- Hong Kong; Singapore
- The Japanese government declared which islands to be under Japanese "protectice custody"?
- Netherlands East Indies
- Japan had a five-year nonaggression treaty with which nation?
- Soviet Union
- Japan became more militaristic after who became premier?
- Tojo
- Which place in which state of the United States did the Japanese strike, intending to cause such a severe blow that the United States would not rival the Japanese in the Pacific?
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- On what date did the Pearl Harbor bombings occur?
- December 7, 1941
- When did the United States declare war on Japan?
- December 8, 1941
- Which book relates an eyewitness account of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
- At Dawn We Slept
- Who wrote At Dawn We Slept?
- Prange
- When the United States declared war on Japan, which two nations declared war on the United States?
- Germany; Italy
- Where did the Japanese land soon after the Pearl Harbor bombing?
- Luzon
- Which two American island outposts did the Japanese capture following the Pearl Harbor bombing?
- Guam; Wake
- Which three mainland areas fell to Japan in less than three months?
- Burma; Malaya; Thailand
- What is another word for the Netherland East Indies?
- Indonesia
- What three group of islands did the Japanese go on to conquer?
- Gilbert; Netherlands East Indies; Philippines