Question 1

Who was Adolf Hitler?

Accepted Answer

Austrian-born German politician whose extreme views on Aryan superiority brought him to power in the Nazi Party

Question 2

What was Mein Kampf ("My Struggle")?

Accepted Answer

A book written by Hitler that outlined his extreme anti-Semitic views

Question 3

What did the Nazis do to the Reichstag (German Parliament Building)?

Accepted Answer

Burned it, then blamed radical extremists for the act to gain support

Question 4

What is scientific racism?

Accepted Answer

A pseudoscientific theory that claims certain races were genetically superior

(completely false; promoted by Hitler)

Question 5

Who are Aryans in Nazi propaganda?

Accepted Answer

Caucasians not of Jewish descent

(Hitler falsely believed that Aryans were genetically superior)

Question 6

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Accepted Answer

Antisemitic and racist laws enacted in Germany under Hitler

forbade marriage between Jews and gentiles (non-Jews)

stripped Jews of their citizenship

caused a series of decrees that pushed Jews to the margins of German society

Question 7

What was the Rome-Berlin Axis?

Accepted Answer

A coalition formed between Hitler's Fascist Germany and Fascist Italy, informally linking the two countries

Question 8

What was the Anti-Comintern Pact?

Accepted Answer

A military alliance between Hitler's Germany and Japan, based on a mutual distrust of communism

Question 9

What was the Axis Powers?

Accepted Answer

A military coalition in WWII that consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan, who fought against the Allies

Question 10

What was the Kristallnacht ("Night of the Broken Glass")?

Accepted Answer

A Nazi-engineered riot against Jews that resulted in mass anti-Semitism

(90+ Jews were killed and almost every synagogue in Germany was destroyed)

Question 11

What is appeasement?

Accepted Answer

A diplomatic policy of giving away political or material ground to avoid conflict

Question 12

How did appeasement affect WWII?

Accepted Answer

Britain followed a policy of appeasement before the war, giving into Germany's demands in hopes of keeping the peace

This led to Hitler becoming more bold

Question 13

How did Hitler break the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

He began to increase Germany's military strength, directly against the demands of the Treaty

Question 14

What was the Third Reich?

Accepted Answer

Germany between 1933 and 1945 when it was controlled by Hitler and the Nazi Party

(the term Third Reich alludes to the Nazi's belief that they were the successors to the Holy Roman Empire and German Empire)

Question 15

What was the Anschluss (political union)?

Accepted Answer

Hitler's annexation of Austria into the Third Reich in 1938

Question 16

Who was Neville Chamberlain?

Accepted Answer

The British Prime minister until the start of WWII, who argued in favor of appeasement

(replaced by Winston Churchill)

Question 17

What was Sudetenland?

Accepted Answer

Historical border territory along Czechoslovakia that Hitler tried to expand into

Question 18

What was the Munich Agreement?

Accepted Answer

An agreement between Germany, Britain, France, and Italy that allowed Hitler to annex Sudetenland as long as he wouldn't take any more Czech territory

Question 19

Why was the Munich Agreement a failure?

Accepted Answer

Hitler saw that the British wouldn't challenge him, so he went on to seize all of Czechoslovakia

Question 20

What was Danzig?

Accepted Answer

A city in Northern Poland that Hitler aimed to take after taking control of Czechoslovakia

Question 21

What was the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?

Accepted Answer

An agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union to not attack one another

(Hitler secretly offered Stalin control of eastern Poland and the Baltic States if he would be okay with Germany invading Poland)

Question 22

What happened as a result of Hitler invading Poland?

Accepted Answer

Britain and France agreed to protect Poland, and declared war on Germany, officially starting WWII

Question 23

What was Japan doing as Hitler was gaining power?

Accepted Answer

Fighting aggressively against Korea and China, eventually launching a full-scale invasion of China

7.6 - Causes of WWII, AP World History: Modern Flashcards