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Unit 8 Review Guide: World War 2 and Early
Cold War
Chapter 23 and 24 World War 2
1. Who was the fascist Dictator of Italy?
2. Who was the leader of Nazi Party in
Germany?
3. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union
during WW2?
4. Who was the British Prime Minister
during WW2?
5. Who was the American General who
commanded US forces during D-Day?
6. Who was the President who dropped
the Atomic Bomb?
7. What does fascism mean?
8. What does appeasement mean?
9. What was the Manhattan Project?
10. Who were the GI’s?
11. What was the Lend-Lease Act?
12. How do World War One and The Great
Depression effect European Countries?
(What do they start to do because of
that?)
13. What was the name of the German
Government that appointed Hitler as
Chancellor?
14. What did the Japanese Military start to
do shortly after WW1?
15. During the early years of WW2, what
does America do? (Before we enter?)
16. What prompted the US to enter the
war?
17. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
18. Why did the Allies pursue a “Europe
First” strategy?
19. Why do the Allies invade North Africa?
20. What happens on D-Day?
21. What was V-E Day?
22. What was the US strategy in the Pacific
Front?
23. What was the Doolittle Raid?
24. What are some of the major battles on
the Pacific Front?
25. What were the Japanese Kamikazes?
26. What happens after the US drops the
bombs on Japan?
Chapter 24.2: WW2 at Home
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What are war bonds?
What are victory gardens?
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
What was the “double V campaign?”
What were the internment camps?
Who were the Nisei?
Why did the US government intern the
Japanese Americans?
34. What was popular culture characterized
as on the home front? (were they
supportive of the war?)
35. What was the assumption about
working women after the war was
over?
36. What was propaganda? Look over
some of the posters from the activity.
Early Cold War: Chapter 25
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What was the Cold War?
What was containment?
What was the domino theory?
What was decided at the Yalta
Conference?
What was the “iron curtain?”
What was NATO(what did it do?)
What were the Satellite Nations?
What was the Warsaw Pact?
What did the Truman Doctrine do?
What did the Marshall Plan do?
Why did the Berlin Airlift happen? BE
FAMILIAR WITH THE MAP OF EUROPE
DURING WW2 AND WHERE MAJOR
BATTLES TOOK PLACE!