Download WWII Review Packet - White Plains Public Schools

Name: ____________________________
Mr. Sanchez
Date: ___________
Review Sheet
Vocabulary:
Dictator
Totalitarian State
Nationalism
Aggression
Concentration Camps
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Benito Mussolini
Fascist Party
Haile Salassie I
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Annex
Appeasement
Blitzkrieg
Munich Conference
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
Cash and Carry
Lend-Lease Act
Ration
Victory Gardens
Tuskegee Airmen
Douglas MacArthur
Battle of Midway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Harry S. Truman
Island Hopping
Kamikaze
Atomic Bomb
V-E Day
V-J Day
Holocaust
Nuremberg Trials
What you need to know:
1. What are the six causes of WWII? ______________________________________
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2. What is a totalitarian dictatorship and list three characteristics? ______________________
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3. Who was Adolf Hitler? What country was he the dictator of? What was the name his
political party? What did they believe in? ________________________________________
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4. Who was Benito Mussolini? What country was he the dictator of? What was the name his
political party? What did they believe in? _________________________________________
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5. Who was Joseph Stalin? What country was he the dictator of? What was the name his
political party? What did they believe in? _________________________________________
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6. Who was Emperor Hirohito? What country was he the emperor of? Who did he give his
power to in the 1930s? What did they believe in? ___________________________________
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7. What acts of aggression did Japan take during the 1930’s that led to WWII? Why was
their aggression a threat to U.S. interests? _________________________________________
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8. What acts of aggression did Italy take during the 1930’s that led to WWII? What was the
response of the League of Nations? _______________________________________________
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9. What acts of aggression did Germany take during the 1930’s that led to WWII?
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10.What action or lack of action did Britain and France take in response to Germany’s
aggression in Europe? _________________________________________________________
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11.What is appeasement and why was it a wrong move for Britain and France to take against
Hitler? _____________________________________________________________________
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12.What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact and what was the agreement that was reached?
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13.The invasion of what country by Germany led to the declaration of war by Britain and
France? ____________________________________________________________________
14.What countries made up the Allied Powers? _____________________________________
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15.What countries made up the Axis Powers? ______________________________________
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16.Identify and explain the two main ways that the United States gave aid to the Allied
powers before joining the war. __________________________________________________
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17.Name and describe the event that led America to join WWII? (Please provide the date)
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18.What were some steps that the United States took to mobilize for war? ________________
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19.What were some ways that war mobilization for WWII were similar to that of war
mobilization for WWI? ________________________________________________________
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20.What were some of the roles that women played in order to help the war effort? Who was
Rosie the Riveter? ____________________________________________________________
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21.What were some of the problems that African Americans faced during WWII in America
and in the military?
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22.Name and describe the famous all African American fighter pilot unit during WWII. _____
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23.What happened to Japanese Americans as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor? ______
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24.What was D-Day and what was its significance? _________________________________
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25.What was the location and significance of the Battle of the Bulge? ___________________
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26.What was V-E Day and what did its significance? ________________________________
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27.Define the Holocaust in your own words. (What was it? What were the conditions like?
What was the affect that it had on the world?)
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28.What were the Nuremberg Trials and what was their significance? ___________________
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29.What were some major battles that occurred on the Pacific Front and what was their
significance? ________________________________________________________________
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30.Define island hopping: ______________________________________________________
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31.What weapon did the United States use against the Japanese to force them to surrender?
What were the dates and cities that the weapon was used on? __________________________
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32.What were the main arguments for and against the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on
Japan? _____________________________________________________________________
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33.What was V - J Day and what did its significance? ________________________________
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