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World Experience
WWII
Name__________________________
Use the Global History textbook section 5: World War II (pages 210-215) to answer the
following questions.
p. 210
1. In 1930’s, which three countries sought to build new empires?
2. Why were acts of aggression allowed to go unchecked?
3. What Chinese territory was seized in 1931 by militaristic Japan?
4. What did the League of Nations do and what was Japan’s response?
5. Why was Japan’s attack of the Chinese Nationalist capital of Nanjing called the “rape
of Nanjing”?
6. Explain why Ethiopia was unable to defend itself against Mussolini’s Italian army.
7. Summarize the three steps that Germany took under their policy of expansion.
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8. Define the term: appeasement.
9. What did the Western countries allow Germany to do under the policy of
appeasement?
p. 211 WWII Begins
10. Explain the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.
11. In August 1939 whom did Adolf Hitler make a pact with? What were the details of the
pact?
12. In September 1939, what steps took place that led to the beginning of WWII? (p. 212)
13. Who were the two alliances that fought against each other in WWII? Which countries
joined with these two alliances later?
14. By June 1940, what countries had Nazi Germany already conquered?
15. What type of warfare did Hitler use to conquer these countries?
16. Explain what French President Charles de Gaulle did once France was taken over by
Germany.
17. Even though the United States did not want to enter the war, what did President
Franklin Roosevelt do to help the allies in the war?
18. Explain why the United States eventually had to enter the war. (213)
19. During the Battle of Stalingrad, what caused the German troops to surrender and
what did the Russian troops do in response?
22. In what major battle did the Allies, (mainly Britain and the U.S.) advance into France
to free the country from German control? Where did the Allies go from there?
On the map below, identify and label the two alliances. Label the Axis Powers AX and the
Allied Powers AL.
p. 213 The War Ends
23. When did the war in Europe end? ____________________________________
24. When did the war in the Pacific end? _________________________________
25. Who met at the Yalta Conference?
26. What did the three leaders decide at the Yalta Conference?
27. How did the United States win against the Japanese in the Pacific?
28. What happened in Hiroshima on August 6th 1945? Nagasaki?
29. List three ways civilian life changed during World War II. (214)
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30. Hitler’s goal was to create more lebensraum, or living space, for the Germans. How
did he plan to do this?
31. Define the term genocide:
32. On November 8, 1939 organized violence began, this was called Kristallnacht.
Describe what happened.
33. Define Concentration camps.
34. Define Holocaust.
35. Describe two other wartime atrocities.
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36. List five effects of WWII.
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