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World Civilization
Quarter 3 Common Assessment Study Guide
Describe/define the following terms:
 Cheka (secret police) (pg. 440)
 Fascism
 Isolationism
 The Great Purge (pg. 442)
 Appeasement
 Rape of Nanking/Nanjing (pg. 482)
 Blitzkrieg
 Atlantic Charter
 Island hopping
Identify the following people/events/terms:
 Mussolini
 Emperor Hirohito
 Axis Powers
 Allies
 Genocide
 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer the following questions:
1. Why were totalitarian governments able to rise after World War I? (pg. 439, 470-1)
2. How did Russia’s participation in World War I affect its empire? (pg. 435)
3. List the causes of the Russian Revolution. (pgs. 434-6)
4. List the results of the Russian Revolution. (pgs. 436-7)
5. Which authors make up the “Lost Generation?” (pg. 464)
6. List the various traits of totalitarianism. (pg. 440-3)
7. How did the German Government pay for war expenses and war reparations after
World War I? What were the economic results result for Germany and other European
nations? (pg. 470-1)
8. Why were Mussolini and Hitler able to come to power? (pg. 476-8)
9. Compare and contrast fascism and communism.
10. Identify which countries were acquiring territory during the 1930’s. Which
territories? (pg. 482, Chart)
11. Why did Germany, Japan and Italy want to expand prior to World War II? (pg. 4812)
12. How did appeasement and isolationism add to the outbreak of World War II?
13. Why did Germany sign a non-aggression treaty with Russia? Why was the signing of
the non-aggression pact such a surprise to Western European countries? (pg. 491)
14. List the causes of World War II. (pg. 491)
15. List the reasons why Japan bombed the United States at Pearl Harbor. (pg. 497-8)
16. The defeat of what nation remained a priority to the nations of the U.S. and Great
Britain. (pg. 506)
17. What was the significance and outcome of the following battles: Battle of Stalingrad
(pg. 507), Battle of the Bulge (pg. 510) and Battle of Midway? (pg. 500)
18. Where were the atomic bombs dropped? (pg. 513)
19. In what orders were the Axis powers defeated? (pg. 507, 511)
20. What ideas were presented by Hitler in his book Mein Kampf? (pg. 478)
21. Why was Kristallnacht significant? (pg. 502)
22. List the events of the Holocaust. (pg. 502-3) What was the goal of the Final
Solution? (pg. 503)
23. What three crimes were Nazi leaders charged with during the Nuremberg Trials? (pg.
516)
24. Describe Europe and Japan after World War II. What did the cities look like? How
was the government and military different? (pg. 514-6)