Grade 10 History Unit 3 Test Review

Front 1

What was fascism?

Back 1

Fascism was an authoritarian movement with extreme right-wing and totalitarian principles.

Front 2

What were two fascist countries?

Back 2

Germany and Italy

Front 3

What was communism?

Back 3

Communism was a political, economic, and social system of equality.

-it created "classless" society

-no private ownership, state owned everything

-one political party governed on behalf of population

Front 4

What was Lebensraum?

Back 4

Lebensraum was the living space that Hitler thought he needed in order to be the most powerful country

Front 5

What was the Gestapo?

Back 5

The Gestapo was Hitler's secret police, also known as the S.S.

Front 6

What were the Axis Powers?

Back 6

The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan

Front 7

Who were the Allies?

Back 7

France, Britain, commonwealth countries like South Africa, Canada, Australia, and British Colonies (e.g. India, Jamaica)

Front 8

What was propaganda?

Back 8

Information designed to inspire and spread particular beliefs and opinions.

Front 9

What were concentration camps?

Back 9

Places where captured prisoners were shipped off and exterminated by the Nazis.

Front 10

Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?

Back 10

Hiroshima, Japan, 1945

Front 11

What was the first atomic bomb called?

Back 11

"Little Boy"

Front 12

Where was the second atomic bomb dropped?

Back 12

Nagasaki, Japan, 1945

Front 13

What was the second atomic bomb called?

Back 13

"Fat Man"

Front 14

What was an appeasement?

Back 14

An appeasement is to make someone happy.

Front 15

What appeasement failed?

Back 15

The appeasement between Germany, France, Britain, and Italy, called the Munich agreement. Hitler got a part of Czechoslovakia but was still hungry for more power even after gaining the Sudeten land.

Front 16

What were internment camps?

Back 16

Internment camps occurred when the Canadian government rounded up Japanese Canadians and put them in internment camps in the B.C. interior

Front 17

What were the major battles of WW2?

Back 17

-Dieppe Raid

-Italian Campaign

-Battle of Normandy

-Battle of Netherlands

Front 18

What was the Dieppe Raid?

Back 18

The battle between the allies and the axis powers. Troops were asked to raid Germany in Dieppe to see how Germany fought. Canadian troops were unsuccessful because they were unprepared, and their tanks were not suited for the beach.

Front 19

What was the Italian Campaign?

Back 19

When Mussolini was overthrown. The battle of Ortona was the most significant battle in the Italian Campaign. It was successful, and the allies freed Italy.

Front 20

What was the Battle of Normandy?

Back 20

Held in France to free it from the Germans. Germany was unprepared because it looked like the allies were going to attack the english channel but instead attacked Normandy. It was successful

Front 21

What was the Battle of the Netherlands?

Back 21

Canada liberated the Dutch from the Nazi forces and were successful.

Front 22

Who were the Prime Ministers of Canada during WW2?

Back 22

R.B. Bennett and Mackenzie King

Front 23

What was the battle in the pacific?

Back 23

The battle between Japan and China and the Battle of America and Japan. During the battle in the pacific, America dropped atomic bombs on Japan because of their attack on Pearl Harbor.

Front 24

How were the Japanese Canadians treated in internment camps?

Back 24

-separated from families

-had all possessions confiscated by government

-forced to undergo laborious work

-horrible living conditions

-had to start from scratch again after released

Front 25

Who did the Nazis target?

Back 25

Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Disabled people, homosexuals, union members, communists