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TOG Y4 Unit 2 The World War II Era
Study Guide and Review
Week 10 Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Man and His Policies
1. Name five New Deal Programs and their purposes. (see p. 528 World History or p. 496-498 US
History)
Week 11 The Rise of Totalitarianism: Germany, Italy, and Japan
2. What is the difference between fascism and communism? (see p. 536 WH)
3. What were the countries like as the dictators came to power?
How did the dictators gain control and keep control of their countries? (see TN p. 18)
Week 12 The Rise of Totalitarianism: The U.S.S.R. under Stalin
4. What is the communist view of Christianity? (see p. 534, World History)
5. Name two Christians who suffered under communism. Tell what they did, what their suffering
was, and how long it lasted. (see p. 535 WH, Trial and Triumph p. 283-288, Tortured for
Christ)
Week 13 Expansionism and Appeasement
6. What were the three long-lasting effects of the Spanish Civil War on world history? (TN p. 11)
7. What is appeasement? Why did Chamberlain use this policy? Did it work? (WH p. 553; WB—TN p. 6)
Week 14 Blitzkrieg! Winston Churchill & the Battle of Britain
8. When and where did WWII officially begin? Who was fighting who? (WH p. 556)
9. Write a diary entry of a soldier during the Battle of Dunkirk or the Battle of Britain. Use your five
senses to describe the setting and events.
10. Name three qualities that made Churchill a great leader. (TN p. 13, Churchill biography)
Week 15 Global Conflict and the Holocaust
11. Why did Hitler want to eliminate the Jews? (WH p. 562, WB--TN p. 4)
12. When is it right for a Christian to resist legal government authority? Quote at least one Scripture
verse. (TN, p. 9)
Week 16 WWII: Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
13. Compare/contrast WWI and WWII. Include weapons, warfare, and attitudes before and after
entering the war.
14. What are two just causes of a war? (see article)
http://www.equip.org/site/c.muI1LaMNJrE/b.2719749/k.B3C0/DE233.htm
Give two examples of unjust causes.
What are just means of war?
15. What month and year did Germany surrender? (Weekly overview time line dates)
What month and year did Japan surrender?
Week 17 Allied Victory: A New Europe
16. Compare/contrast peace processes of WWI and WWII (TN p. 18-19)
Week 18 The Establishment of Israel
17. Why, when, and how did Israel become a country? (see Week 15, TN p. 6, WB sidebar “A Jewish
Homeland”)
18. Label a Middle East map with the following countries:
Cyprus
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirate (UAE)
Yemen
Add the following bodies of water:
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile River