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Just before the start ofworld
War ll, Hitler and Soviet dictatol
Joeeph Stalin signed a nonaggression pact, agreeing not
to g,o to war again8t each other.
Hitler brcke the agrcement in
June 1941, when he invaded
the Soviet Union.
The U.S. joined the war .fter Japan bombed
the U.S. naval base at Pead Harbor, Hawaii,
on December 7, 1941. The U.S. fought with
the Allies, including Great Britain, France,
and the Soviet Union.
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Directions: Answer the following questions using the map.
1)
What is the capital of Germany?
6) Which body of water separates Great Britain
and France?
2l When did Hitler invade the Soviet Union?
3)
7)
Which countries along the North Sea did
Germany occupy in 1943-1944?
8)
The U.S. dropped the atomic bombs on which
two Japanese cities?
e)
Which counties on the map were neutral in
Which countries bordered Germany in 19431944?
4l Which capital shown on the map is southeast of
Rome?
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About how many miles separate Kaiserwald and
Stutthof?
1943-1944?
10) Which two ltalian islands were controlled by the
Allies in 1943-1944?
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ANTARCTICA
NEW HEIGHTS
Alaska's Mount McKinley isn't what it used to be
1) What is the tallest
orth America's tallest mountain isn't as tall as once thought.
mountain in the Americas?
When its elevation was calculated in 1952, Mount McKinley topped
out at 20,320 feet. But a 2012 survey by Alaska's Statewide Digital
Mapping Initiative used new radar technology and found that the mountain
is just 20,237 feet.
"That's 83 feet shorter than we thought," said Mead Treadwell, Alaska's
lieutenant governor, when he announced the new height in September.
"The good news is: Denali is still the tallest peak in North America."
(Mount McKinley is also known as Denali, which means "the high one"
in an Alaskan Native American language.)
Where does McKinley rank among the world's tallest mountains?
This map shows the Seven Summits, the tallest peaks on each continent.
Mountain climbers prefer to count Oceania's tallest mountain, instead of
Australia's, as one of the seven, so we've
included it on our map as well.
2l Which peak is near a
border between two
continents?
3)
Oceania's tallest peak is
how much higher than
Australia's?
4)
Which peak is the tallest
mountain the Southern
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