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46a
1. Einstein, Freud, Picasso
2. Great Depression
3. Totalitarianism
4. Benito Mussolini
5. Fascism
6. Adolf Hitler
7. Nazism
8. Hirohito and General Tojo
9. Joseph Stalin
10. Communism
11. Appeasement
12. Munich Pact
13. Sudetenland
14. Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
15. Winston Churchill
16. Franklin Roosevelt
17. Allied Powers
18. Axis Powers
19. Holocaust (Final Solution)
20. Pearl Harbor
21. El-Alamein
22. Stalingrad
23. D-Day
24. Island Hopping
25. Manhattan Project
26. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
27. Tehran Conference
28. Yalta Conference
29. Potsdam Conference
30. United Nations
Examine the influence of Albert Einstein on science, Sigmud Freud on social thinking, and Pablo Picasso on art
Chapter 31, Section 1
1. What were Einstein’s and Freud’s new ideas?
2. What two new styles arose in the visual arts?
46b
Determine the causes and results of the Russian Revolution from the rise of the Bolsheviks under Lenin to Stalin's first Five Year Plan
Chapter 30, Section 1
1. What group of people did the Russians label as dangerous?
2. How did the czars, including Alexander III maintain autocratic rule?
3. What group of people was targeted by Alexander III and what policy did he use to oppress this group?
4. What brought “a growth of stirred discontent among the people of Russia?”
5. Explain Bloody Sunday and why the workers and their families revolted.
6. What did Rasputin do that convinced the czar’s wife to listen to him while her husband was away at war?
Chapter 30, Section 2
1. What was the purpose of Stalin’s Five Year plan(s)?
2. Which group of people gained rights after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917?
3. What was the name of the man who started the theory and beliefs of Communism?
46c
Characterize the social, economic, and political climate of the post-World War I world that led to favorable conditions for totalitarian regimes
Chapter 29, Section 3
1. What were two new strategies introduced during World War I?
2. How many soldiers were killed and how many were wounded during WWI?
3. Was there a loss of citizen life? If yes, then explain how the citizens died.
4. What was the war’s impact on the treasury of the European countries who were involved?
5. How did the post- war citizens express their feelings towards the war?
6. The Treaty of Versailles ended the war but did little to build a lasting peace. Explain why this was a treaty “built on quick sand.”
7. The war-guilt cause in the treaty placed the majority of the blame on what country? How did this country feel about the war-guilt cause?
46d
Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Hirohito in
Japan
Chapter 31, Section 3
1. What did Mussolini promise the Italians?
2. What were some of Hitler’s beliefs?
3. What changes did Hitler make?
4. Explain his beliefs and goals for Germany in his book Mein Kampf which he wrote while he was jailed.
5. What were Mussolini’s plans to revitalize Italy?
6. How did Mussolini win support from the middle classes, the aristocracy, and industrial leaders?
7. After gaining power, what were Mussolini’s first actions?
8. Why did the Japanese militarists choose the emperor as a symbol of power?
9. How did the Japanese’s militarists want to solve Japan’s economic problems?
10. Which two countries did Japan invade and why did the pick these two specific nations?
46e
Analyze the rise of Asian nationalism as seen in the ideas of Sun Yat Sen, Mustafa Kemal (Attaturk), and Mohandas Ghandi
Chapter 30, Section 4
1. Who promised Indians that if they fought in their army then this nation would pass reforms that would eventually lead to self-government for the Indians?
2. What was the Rowlatt Acts?
3. The Amritsar Massacre set the stage for whom to start his independence movement? How did he battle injustice?
4. What reforms did Mustafa Kemal use to create the new Republic of Turkey, the last country to break away from the diminishing Ottoman Empire?
5. What was Ghandi's strategy for battling injustice?
6. What religions did Ghandi blend into his teachings?
7. What massacre prompted Ghandi to emerge as the leader of the independence movement?
8. What is civil disobedience?
9. How did Ghandi practice revolt?
46f
Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in Russia, Germany, and Italy and how they differ from authoritarian
governments
Chapter 30, Section 2
1. What was Stalin’s first step in creating “a perfect Communist state in Russia?”
2. How did Stalin maintain his power in Russia?
3. Explain the role of the police in Stalin’s totalitarian state.
4. What was the Great Purge?
5. How did Stalin control the news and media?
6. How was propaganda used in the arts?
7. Producing food for the state by hundreds of families was a part of what program started by Stalin?
46g
Explain the aggression and conflict leading to World War II in Europe and Asia including the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War,
the rape of Nanjing in China, and the German annexation of the Sudetenland
Chapter 31, Section 4
1. How did Mussolini defeat Ethiopia?
2. Why did the league of nations not respond to this act of way by Mussolini?
3. How did Hitler retake Rhineland?
4. Which countries formed the Axis powers?
5. Explain the Japanese actions in Nanjing.
5. How did the Spanish Civil war begin? What was the name of the group of people leading the revolt?
6. Who gave support to the revolution in Spain and the overthrow of the republican government?
7. What was the result of the Spanish Civil War?
8. After receiving the Sudetenland, Hitler promised not invade what country? Did Hitler stick to his word? If not, what did he do?
47a
Describe the major conflicts and outcomes including Pearl Harbor, El-Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, and the end of the war in Europe and Asia
Chapter 32, Section 2
1. How did the US respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
2. What countries lost territory to Japan early in the war?
3. Name three Allied victories against Japan.
Chapter 32, Section 4
1. How did the allies trick Hitler and keep him guessing to where our attack would come from?
2. What happened on June 6, 1944?
3. What are kamikazes?
4. What was the name of the project that built the Atomic bomb?
5. Why did President Truman decide it was time to use the Atomic bomb?
47b
Identify Nazi ideology, policies, and consequences which led to the Holocaust
Chapter 32, Section 3
1. How did the Holocaust begin?
2. What does the term ghetto mean?
3. How was the “Final Solution” carried out?
4. What was the “Final Stage” of the Holocaust that occurred in 1942?
47c
Explain the military and diplomatic negotiations between the leaders of Great Britain (Churchill), the Soviet Union (Stalin), and the United States
(Roosevelt/Truman) from Teheran to Yalta and Potsdam and the impact on the nations of Eastern Europe
Chapter 32, Section 4
1. What major victories did the Allies win?
2. How Churchill and Roosevelt want to weaken the Germans?
3. Describe the American invasion on Italy.
4. What happened to Japanese Americans?
5. Name two events that led directly to Japan’s surrender.
47d
Explain allied Post-World War II policies including formation of the United Nations, the Marshall Plan for Europe and McArthur's plan for Japan
Chapter 32, Section 5
1. What conditions existed in Europe after WWII?
2. What were the Nuremberg Trials?
3. How did the government of Japan change after World War II?