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Mr. Mounce and Mr. Pederson
World History
Unit IV Exam Study Guide
 Why did Britain and France not oppose fascist aggression during the 1930’s?
 What factor was absent in Japan’s attempt to dominate Asia that was not absent in Germanys
attempt to dominate Europe?
 Which did Hitler do first in his actions outside Germany?
 What did Stalin and Hilter agree upon in the Nazi-soviet pact?
 World War II began when Hitler invaded__________?
 During the war, what happened when France signed the armistice with Germany?
 Hitler abandoned his plan to conquer the Soviet Union after what conflict?
 List out successful actions of the Resistance fighters.
 Hitler’s “final solution”, to wipe all the Jews of Europe, was also called?
 What were the purposes of the planned greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere?
 What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
 What was the first allied move in the war?
 In which battle was the final German offensive of the war was halted?
 List out the Axis powers
 List out the Allied powers
 List out the incidents that showed Japanese aggression
 The term ________ means the systematic destruction of an entire people.
 What did the Nazi policy of “ghettoization” mean for the Jews in the regions of eastern Europe?
 What was the “final solution”?
 Describe the Nazi policy of collective responsibility.
 Dunkirk was the scene of what event?
 Vichy France was the part of France that was?
 Describe the importance of Vichy France
 Hitler tried to defeat Britain by bombing what areas?
 The army of which nation followed a “scorched earth” policy as it retreated before the Nazis’
invasion?
 What was the United States’ position at the beginning of World War II?
 In 1939, why did the Americans chose to remain neutral?
 Which country is associated with these terms; “lend-lease,” isolationism, and the “arsenal of
democracy”?
 What event characterized this quote, “date which will live in infamy”?
 Why was Dunkirk not an allied victory?
 D-day resulted in the liberation of which country?
 What was the lesson learned in the battle of Britian?
 What was the location of the Nazi extermination camp?
 What prompted Great Britian and France to declare war on Germany?
 What was the strategic advantage of the German Blitzkrieg?
 Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
 What was addressed by the Nuremberg trials?
 Why did Hilter take Poland?
 What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter?
 Describe the Allies strategy of “Island Hopping”.
 How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?
 What led to German’s defeat in the battle of Stalingrad?
 What doe sthe use of Kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?
Terms
Appeasement
Pacifism
Kamikaze Mission
Atomic Age
Superpowers
El Alamein
Stalingrad
Normandy
Midway
Manchuria
Alsace-Lorraine
Radar
Anti-Semitism
Gestapo/SS
Dessert Fox
Fascism
Sudentenland
Winston Churchill
Third Reich
Raf
Luftwaffe
Africa Corps
Roosevelt
True/False
Congress passed the lend-lease act after the U.S. entered World War II.
D-day refers to the allied invasion of Italy.
Germany would seize the gold reserves of each country it captured.
At the end of the war allies (U.S. Soviet Union) became enemies and formed the two super powers.
Hitler used the boycotts to isolate the Jews and show his firm control of things.
Hitler’s boycott was a success.
Most European nations were welcomed the Jewish immigration with open arms..
All Jews had to wear the red square as a form of identification.
The Kristallnacht was a day of peace between Jews and Palestinians.
The Nazi’s looted all valuable things in each of the Countries they seized; I.E. Gold, money, art