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Unit13:WorldWarII
StudyGuide
KeyTerms
Directions:Thefollowinglistoftermswillbeimportanttoknowontheexam.Besureyouareabletoeasily
identifyordefineeachoftheBOLDterms.Flashcardsmaybemadetostudythesekeyterms
• Reparations
• Gulag
• D-Day
• Disarmament
• ThirdReich
• V-EDay
• FederalReserve
• Gestapo
• IslandHopping
• GreatDepression
• Appeasement
• Kamikaze
• BenitoMussolini
• Axispowers
• ManhattanProject
• BlackShirts
• AlliedPowers
• Hiroshima
• AdolfHitler
• Nazi-Sovietnon
• Nagasaki
• HidekiTojo
aggressionPact
• UnitedNations
• Totalitarianism
• Blitzkrieg
• Fascism
• ConcentrationCamps
• JosefStalin
• Holocaust
StandardandHonorsQuestionstoPonder…
Directions:Answerthefollowingquestionsincompletesentences!
TheRiseofTotalitarianism
1. WhatisTotalitarianism?
2. Whatarekeytraitsofatotalitarianstate?
3. Whataresomewaysthattotalitarianrulerskeeptheirpower?
4. CompletetheChart:
Country
Totalitarian
Howdidtheriseand
ActionsoftheNationPriorto
Leader
maintainpower?
WorldWarII
Germany
SovietUnion
Italy
AggressorsInvadeNations
5. WhydidJapaninvadetheManchurianProvinceinChina?
6. WhatsimilargoalsdidHitler,Mussolini,andHirohitosharepriortoWWII?
7. Name3waysthatHitlerviolatedtheTreatyofVersaillesbetweenWWIandWWII?
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8. Whatdoesthewordappeasementmean?
9. WhydidtheBritishandFrenchgovernmentsurgeappeasementafterWWI?
10. Interpretthepoliticalcartoontotheright.Whatisthe
authorsmessage?
11. WhatisIsolationism?WhydoestheUnitedStatesremain
isolationist?
12. WhatweretheeffectsofisolationismandappeasementpriortoWWII?
13. WhatwastheSovietNon-AggressionPact?
14. HowdoesHitlerviolatetheNon-AggressionPact?HowdoesthisleadtothestartofWWII?
WorldWarIIBegins
15. WhateventofficiallystartsWorldWarII?
16. WorldWarIIwillbefoughtbetweenthe___________powersand______________powers.
17. WhatcountriesmadeuptheAlliedPowers?
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18. WhatcountriesmadeuptheAxisPowers?
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19. WhathappenedattheBattleofBritain?
20. Whatisablitzkrieg?
Holocaust
21. Inyouropinion,whymightpeoplewanttoblameaminoritygroupformostoftheircountry’s
problems?
22. WhydoyouthinktheGermanpeoplewentalongwiththeNazipolicyofpersecutionoftheJews?
23. WhatimpactdidtheHolocausthaveontheJewishpopulationinEurope?
24. Whatisgenocide?
25. DescribeHitler’s5StagesofAnti-Semitism.
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26. WhatwastheoutcomeoftheNurembergTrials?Doyouthinkthiswasfair?WhyorWhynot?
AlliesTurntheTide
27. WhatwerethetwoTheatersofWWII?
28. WhatisaKamikaze?
29. WhatproblemsdidJapanfaceinbuildinganempireinthePacific?
30. DescribewhathappenedatPearlHarbor.
31. WhicheventwasmostimportantinturningthetideofthewarinthePacificagainsttheJapanese?
Why?
32. WhydidtheUnitedStatesjointheWar?
33. Whatwasislandhopping?Wasthisaneffectivestrategy?
34. WhatbattleisconsideredtheturningpointinthePacificTheater?
35. WhatweretheD-Dayinvasions?HowdidthisinvasionhelptheAlliedPowers?
36. WhatwastheturningpointintheEuropeanTheater?
TheEndofWWII
37. HowdidWorldWarIIendinEurope?
38. WhatwasV-EDay?WhatisV-JDay?
39. WhatendedWorldWarIIinthePacific?
40. WhywasdemilitarizationsuchanimportantpartofthepostwarprogramforJapan?
41. WhatwerePresidentTruman’sjustificationsfordroppingtheatomicbomb?Doyouagreeor
disagreewithhisdecision?
42. WhatwasthepurposeinformingtheUnitedNations?