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World War II and Genocide Homework
World History textbook readings, unless otherwise stated.
HW #35-Hitler’s Lightning War
Pages 925-930
1. Define and/or give the significance of:
•nonaggression pact
•Charles de Gaulle
•Winston Churchill
•Battle of Britain
•Atlantic Charter
2. Why was the beginning of the war referred to as a “phony war?”
3. Why did President Roosevelt of the United States want to help
Britain and France?
4. In what ways were Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and Hitler’s
invasion of the Soviet Union similar?
HW #36-Japan’s Pacific Campaign
Pages 931-935
1. Define and/or give the significance of:
•Pearl Harbor
•Battle of Midway
2. How did Japan plan to catch the European colonial powers and
the United States by surprise?
3. What problems did Japan face in building an empire in the Pacific?
4. Did Japan make a wise decision in bombing Pearl Harbor? Why or why
not?
HW #37-The Allied Victory
Pages 941-947
1. Define and/or give the significance of:
•Battle of Stalingrad
•D-Day
•Battle of the Bulge
•Kamikaze
2. Why did Stalin want the United States and Britain to launch a second
front in the west?
3. How do governments gather support for a war effort on the home
front?
4. Did President Truman of the United States make the correct decision
in using the atomic bomb? Why or why not?
HW #38-Europe and Japan in Ruins
Pages 948-951
1. Define and/or give the significance of:
•Nuremberg Trials
•demilitarization
•democratization
2. How did the aftermath of the war in Europe differ from the aftermath
of the war in Japan?
3. How did the Allies deal with the issue of war crimes in Europe?
4. What were the factors that led to the increased popularity of
Communism in Europe right after World War II?
HW #39-The Holocaust
Pages 936-939
1. Define and/or give the significance of:
•Aryan
•Kristallnacht
•Final Solution
•genocide
2. What was the new racial order proposed by the Nazis?
3. What Nazi action marked the final stage of the “Final Solution?”
4. Why did so many people in Europe go along with the Nazis’
persecution of the Jews?
HW #40-Genocide
Page 957
Read the primary sources under the labels “Genocide in WWI” and
“Genocide in WWII.”
•Write an answer in full paragraph format for the questions at
the end of each document.