Unit 5, Lesson 1: World War II Begins

Matching Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition. fascism marked by strong national pride and a strong ruler with almost complete power communism a political system in which business, property, and goods are owned by the government isolationism not becoming involved in issues concerning other countries Put the countries in the correct categories. Axis Germany Italy Japan Allies Britain France Soviet Union In 1933, Hitler became chancellor, or political leader of Germany. He also made himself _ which gave him complete power and people few freedoms. president general dictator Hitler believed that Germany had the right to expand its territory because he said that Germans were part of a ¨master race¨ called _. Aryans Fascists Italians In 1941, Congress passed a law that allowed _ to buy military goods on credit. Germany Britain France Japan What did President Roosevelt do that hurt Japan's economy and angered Japanese leaders? He bombed their cities. He put a partial block on trading oil and steel He put a partial block on trading ammunition and weapons Fill in the blanks about Pearl Harbor. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The U.S. lost eight of its battleships. About 200 planes were destroyed, and more than 2,400 Americans were killed.