Review Sheet
World War II
Directions: label the leaders country and if it is an Allied Power or Axis Power
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Winston Churchill- G.B. Allied
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Adolf Hitler- Germany Axis
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Benito Mussolini- Italy-Axis
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Joseph Stalin- Russia- Allied
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Hideki Tojo- Japan- Axis
What is the significance of the following dates?
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September 1, 1939- Invasion of Poland
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December 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor
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June 6, 1944- D-day
Vocabulary
1. The Great Depression- economic
downturn, stock market collapse
2. Overproduction- too much, sell too
little
3. Overspeculation- try to make quick
profit
4. Treaty of Versailles- WW1, pay
reparations
5. Fascism- Extreme Nationalism
6. Appeasement- give in to the Bully
7. Natural Resources- Oil, Japan
8. Manhattan Project- Atomic Bomb
9. Albert Einstein- creator of atomic bomb
10. Hiroshima and Nagasaki – cities Atomic
bomb
11. “Crimes against Humanity”
Nuremburg Trial
Questions:
12. Why were totalitarian dictatorships popular during the Great Depression? – govt, is not helping
the people.
13. Why did Japan attack the United States? Oil, Natural Resources
14. What area of China did Japan claim? Manchuria
15. What new technology helped win the war in the Pacific? RADAR
16. What is a ‘turning point’ and which Pacific battle was declared this? Midway
17. What was the ‘justification’ of the United States using the atomic bomb? Save lives, shorten
the war.
18. Give some examples of Military Aggression during WW2.- invasion of Poland, Germany Blitzkrieg
a. Describe the following: Final Solution to the Jewish Question.
b. What is significant about the Diary of Anne Frank? Kept faith, stay positive
c. Anti-Semitisms- against Jews
d. Why were the Nuremburg Laws import7ant to the Nazi Party? Prevent intermarriages
19. What is the noteworthy about the United Nations? Keep Peace throughout the world
20. What happened to Germany after World War II? Spilt up. Allies get a piece of Germany.