Use the links below to answer the following questions:
1. List 3 causes of World War II.
2. What were the political conditions in Europe in 1940? What countries were at war?
3. Why did the United States become involved in the war? What was date that the U. S. entered the war?
4. Who were the three main AXIS powers? Who were the three main ALLIES?
5. What was the Maginot line?
6. Who were the Big Three (leaders) who set overall Allied strategy?
7. What was D-Day?
8. Explain what role the following people played in WWII:
a. Joseph Stalin
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Adolf Hitler
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
e. Winston Churchill
f.
Hideki Tojo
g. Dwight D. Eisenhower
h. George Patton
Identify each of the following types of government and tell which counties and leaders used them in WWII.
a. totalitarianism
b. fascist
c. Communist
d. dictator
Battles
Battles are a huge part of war. Each battle is different from the next. In this section, you are to tell me who was
involved in the battles below, the year the battle took place, the nature of the battle, who won the battle (if any
winner at all) and the outcome of the battle.
a. Pearl Harbor
b. Iwo Jima
c. D- Day
d. VE and VJ Day
Holocaust
Define the following terms and answer all questions:
a. Anti-Semitism
b. Nuremberg laws
1. What was Hitler's Aryan Race? Describe it.
2. What was Hitler's Final Solution?
3. What is the difference between a Concentration Camp and Death Camp? Where were these located?
4. Describe methods used to exterminate the Jews and any other people in death camps.
Home Front
Use the links below to learn more about your role. Specifically, look for answers to the following questions:
1) Explain how the role of women changed during the war.
2) Give an example of how women made a difference on the Home Front.
3) Find a personal account of a family's experience on the Home Front during WWII and describe it in your own words.
4) How did the war time posters help mobilize the Home Front for war?
5) What are the posters indicating about living conditions in America during this time?