US History Honors
Map activity: WWII in Europe and Asia/the Pacific
Point Value: 30 points
1. Find and label the following bodies of water, countries, islands, and regions on the maps
provided. Use the maps on pages 811 and 815 in the text as well as the maps in the back of
the room to help.
2. Color the following:
 The Axis Powers and their Allies.
 The Allied Powers and their Allies.
 The Neutral Nations (effectively for the Europe map only).
 The Conquered/Axis-held Countries or Regions.
3. Answer the concluding questions.
WWII in Europe (Map #50)
Bodies of Water:
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Countries, Islands, Regions:
Austria
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Romania
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Vichy France
Yugoslavia
WWII in Asia & the Pacific (Map #66)
Bodies of Water:
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
South China Sea
Yellow Sea
Countries, Islands, Regions:
Aleutian Islands
Australia
Burma
China
French Indochina
Hawaii
Japan
Korea
Mongolia
New Guinea
Philippines
Soviet Union
Concluding questions (2 points per question):
1. Using map #68 (Europe after World War II), what new country appears on the map?
2. Using map #68 (Europe after World War II), what countries disappeared from the map
(ceased to exist)?
3. Using map #68 (Europe after World War II), what countries had their size and/or shape
change and how?
4. What explanation can you give for why the map of Europe changed the way it did following
the war?
5. While the map of Europe after WWII changed considerably, the map of Asia/the Pacific did
not change that much, why do you think this was the case?