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Birth of Israel
1. Who had controlled Israel before the end of World War II?
Britian
2. After the war was over, control of Palestine was given to whom?
UN
3. What was the problem in Palestine that needed to be resolved?
They both wont the same land.
4. What was the solution of the General Assembly?
They both created Isreal.
5. Has the problem been successfully resolved? Why or why not?
no.
Part A: Vocabulary Terms and Significant People
Define the following terms and people.
Term
Definition
Definition in your own
words
Appeasement
By giving into the
demands
to try and make peace
Aggression
to
to make contact with
something hard
Final Solution
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
Non- aggression Pact
Totalitarianism
attack
the Nazi program of
exterminating Jews
a group of countries that
opposed the Allied
powers in World War II
closely related
an international treaty
between two or more
states/countries agreeing
to avoid war or armed
conflict between them
and resolve their disputes
through peaceful
negotiations
a political system where
the state recognizes no
limits to its authority and
strives to regulate every
to kill jews
to team up
become a treaty
to not fight in a war.
When you have all power.
It is
Dictatorship
Genocide
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Emperor Hirohito
Franklin D. Roosevelt
aspect of public and
private life wherever
feasible.
When the government is
ruled by an individual
a term used to describe
violence against
members of a national,
ethnical, racial or
religious group with the
intent to destroy the
entire group
was an Italian politician
who led the National
Fascist Party and is
credited with being one
of the key figures in the
creation of Fascism.
was an Austrian-born
German politician and the
leader of the National
Socialist German
Workers Party.
was the 124th Emperor
of Japan
32nd President of the
United States
Harry Truman
33rd President of the
United States
Isolationism
A national policy of
abstaining from political
or economic relations
with other countries.
When there is one person
ruling the government
to wipe out everybody
He signed the pact with
Hitler
a person who tried to kill
all jews and a Nazi
he ruled Japan
He was the president
during WWII
He was Franklin
D.Roosevelt vice
president before he died.
Benoito Mussolini was in
Isolationism.
Part B: Explain how each of these leaders was able to come into power in their countries
Emperor Hirohito- (pages 437-439 in text)
the way emperor Hirohito was able to come into power in their countries is that he
Benito Mussolini- (pages 455-457 in text)
The way Benito Mussolini was able to come into power in their countries is that he
Adolf Hitler- (pages 459-463)- you must include Treaty of Versailles and
Depression
The way Adolf hitler was able to come into power in their countries is that he
Part C:
Causes of World War II
Cause
How was it a cause of World War II?
Appeasement
Aggression
You must include Manchuria,
Rhineland, Sudetenland, Poland
Alliances
What event caused the Allied powers to get involved in World War II? _____________
In the beginning, the US maintained a policy of isolationism.
What event cause the United States to get involved in World War II? __________
Part D:
The Holocaust
“Kristallnacht”Star of David-
GhettoesFinal SolutionPart E: Nuclear Weapons- Use your table/ memo to Truman for a reference.
Reasons for
Reasons against
List the results/ impact from dropping the atomic bomb
-1)
-2)
-3)
Part F: Costs of War
Issue
War Casualties
Economic Costs
Refugees
Effects