14.1 and 14.2 Axis Aggression and The Allied Response

The term referring to giving into some of the demands of the aggressor is called

• aggression

• advancement

• alliances

• appeasement

According to Hitler’s plan, Eastern Europe would become living space for

• the Aryan Race

• French and British collaborators

• Jews

• Japanese traders

Hitler began the German expansion by

• signing the Treaty of Versailles

• signing a pact with France

• annexing Austria

• endorsing the nonaggression pact

Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance and became known as the

• Allies

• Axis Powers

• Nationalist Party

• Soviet Resistance

Why did the Soviet Union agree to the nonaggression pact with Germany?

• Both countries supported the same side in the Spanish Civil War.

  
  

• Stalin felt threatened by Hitler’s military expansion

• Stalin wanted an Ally against Italy

• Both Germany and the Soviet Union feared France

After the blitzkrieg in Poland, France, and Britain

• advised Poland to accept the Treaty of Versailles

• forced the Germans out of Poland

• joined the Axis Powers

• declared war on Germany

Hitler’s first major defeat occurred when he called off the invasion of

• France

• Belgium

• Norway

• Great Britain

The United States abandoned isolationism and entered the war when

• Germany attacked the Soviets

• Britain needed help at Dunkirk

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

• Italy claimed French Indochina

Why was control of the Atlantic a critical factor in World War II?

• Japan controlled the Pacific

• Germany had an advanced battleship program

• The Allies needed a morale boost

• Britain and the Soviet Union depended on supplies by sea

Allied control of the Suez Canal was important because

• it linked the Mediterranean with the oil fields in the Middle East

• it would distract Hitler’s attention from Europe

• Britain couldn’t fight in the desert

• Egypt had access to German codes.