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CHC 2DI: Exam Review
PART A: Definitions
Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Winnipeg General Strike
Speakeasy
Flapper
Jazz Music
Prohibition
Buying on Margin
Black Tuesday
League of Nations
Axis Powers
Fascism
Communism
Isolationism
Appeasement
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
Nazi Party
Mein Kampf
The Enabling Act
Lebensraum
Luftwaffe
Hitler-Stalin Pact
Holocaust
VE Day
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Blitzkrieg
The Phony War
VJ Day
Berlin Wall
United Nations
Cold War
Space Race
Miracle at Dunkirk
Nuclear Arms Race
Battle of Britain
Igor Gouzenko
Operation Barbarossa
Scorched Earth Policy
Cuban Missile Crisis
Munich Agreement
Stalingrad
Pearl Harbor
Dieppe Raid
D-Day
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Yalta Conference
Nuremburg Laws
Kristallnacht
Baby Boom
Trudeaumania
October Crisis
FLQ
Constitution Act, 1982
Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
PART B: Focus Questions
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Review 1920s slang.
Review the causes of the Great Depression.
How were people affected by the Great Depression?
Review the political response to the Depression (including the new political parties).
Why did Canada and many other countries go into a period of isolationism leading up to World
War II?
How did Hitler gain support and become dictator of Germany?
How and why did the League of Nations fail?
List the things that Hitler did which broke the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
What did Hitler blame the Jews for?
What were the causes of World War II? Describe the events that led to the war.
Name the countries Hitler invaded in the order he invaded them.
Why did so many people support appeasement? Why did the policy of appeasement fail?
Identify five (5) reasons why the Dieppe Raid failed. What were the results of the Dieppe Raid?
What was the turning point in the War in the Pacific?
What was Hitler’s “Final Solution”?
Describe Canada’s role in D-Day.
Why did the American President, Harry Truman, decide to drop atomic bombs on two Japanese
cities in August of 1945? Do you think he was justified? Explain.
How was World War II different from all other wars before it?
Who are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council?
What do the members of the United Nations promise to do?
Why do you think the United Nations has been more successful than the League of Nations?