WWII Exam
Date: Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 <---- change="" date="" span="">
Exam Format: 50 Multiple Choice Questions
World War II Exam Topics
A.) Battles: European Theater and Pacific Theater
- Describe the events of: D-Day, Battle of Britain, Invasions of Poland, France, and USSR, Island Hopping, Atom Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Battle of Gudacanal
- Explain why the Nazis pursued an anti-Semitic policy
- Outline the steps taken to eliminate Jews, non-Aryans and other “undesirables” including: the Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, ghettos, “Final Solution”
- Evaluate the steps that could have been taken to prevent the Holocaust
- Examine the reasons for relative German passivity in the face of the Final Solution
C.) Effects
- Explain the legal basis of the War Crime Trials/Nuremberg Trials
- Describe the impact of the: Atomic Age, decline of Imperialism, partition of Europe, refugee/displaced people problem, United Nations
- Illustrate how the United Nations is organized to keep peace: General Assembly, Security Council, specialized agencies, Secretary General, Declaration of Human Rights
Vocabulary Terms to Know:
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francisco Franco
Harry S. Truman
Emperor Hirohito
Aggression
Fascism
“Dur Furher”
Weimar Republic
Third Reich
Vichy government
Collective Security
Appeasement
Lend Lease Act
Aryan race
Mein Kampf
indoctrination
Scapegoat
Propaganda
Genocide
Final Solution
Munich Conference
Munich Agreement
Nazism
Holocaust
Auschwitz
Concentration Camp
Isolationism
Island Hopping
Okinawa
Atomic Bomb
Blitzkrieg
Radiation
Mushroom cloud
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
United Nations
League of Nations
Cold War
Annexation
