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World War II Begins
In your textbook, read pages 332 – 335. Answer these questions in complete sentences.
1. What was life like in Europe and Asia in the 1930s? __ ______________________________
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2. How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany? __ ______________________________
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Hitler considered the Jewish people not as a religious group but as a nation or race, like Americans
or Canadians or Germans. He said the Jews controlled the banks and the media and were responsible
for many of Germany’s problems. Hating an entire race of people is called racism. Racism
specifically against Jews is called Anti-Semitism.
3. What is a Dictatorship? ___________________ ______________________________________
4. What was the full name of Hitler’s political party, and what was the shorter name for it?
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5. What are Concentration Camps? Where have you seen that term before?
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6. What is Fascism? _______________________________________________________________
7. What is Communism? ___________________________________________________________
8. Why did Japan invade China and other Asian countries? ________________________________
9. What countries were ruled by dictators before World War II?
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10. Japan invaded China. Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia. Italy invaded Ethiopia and
Albania. Why didn’t the United States, Great Britain and other countries do anything to stop
them?
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Show this paper to your teacher to get a grade, then trim it and paste it into your composition book.
On the next page of your composition book, divide a page into two columns. Title one side Axis
Powers, and the other Allied Powers. In each column, write the names of the three major countries
and their leaders, and draw a picture of their flags and of their leaders. When you’ve finished, write
Other and list four other Axis countries and four other Allied countries. Next to Franc, write Charles
DeGaulle.