Question: Manchukuo

Answer: A Japanese puppet state established in Manchuria in 1931.

Question: How did the Japanese establish a “New Order in East Asia”?

Answer: They established Manchukuo, looked to expand into Soviet Siberia but looked elsewhere after the USSR signed the Nonaggression Pact, and retaliated against the US because of economic sanctions.

Question: How did the US respond to Japan’s occupation of China?

Answer: The US placed economic sanctions on Japan which threatened to damage Japan’s economy, so Japan planned to retaliate against the US with military force.

Question: Blitzkrieg

Answer: “Lightning War”; the German army’s strategy of rapidly moving tank divisions and airplanes that allowed them to conquer Poland quickly.

Question: Which countries did Germany first conquer?

Answer: Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.