Review of Dictators Threatening World Peace
Oral Exam Questions:
- Identify each dictator. Who shared common ideas?
- What is fascism? How is it different from communism?
- What was the Great Purge/Five Year Plan? Who did it? Why?
- What is “living space” and the “master race”? Who believed in these things?
- What was the Treaty of Versailles? Why was Germany angry with the Treaty of Versailles? What was the League of Nations? Why did Japan and Italy leave the League of Nations? Who did Italy invade?
Review of WWII Europe – Map It
Oral Exam Questions:
- Where did Germany invade first? Second?
- What was the Munich Agreement?
- What was the Nonaggression Pact?
- What is the difference between the “blitzkrieg” and the “sitzkrieg”?
- Who helps Germany defeat France?
- Where does the French government go?
- Identify who the Axis and Allied Powers were.
US in WWII
Oral Exam Questions:
- What events led to WWII starting?
- What was the “Cash & Carry” act? Why did the US do this?
- How did the US prepare for war before entering WWII?
- What was the Lend Lease Act? Why were we giving weapons to Stalin and the Soviet Union?
- What actions did the US take to anger Japan?
- Describe “a date which will live in infamy.”
D-Day
Oral Exam Questions:
- What was the “turning point” battle in Europe? Describe and explain why.
- Where does the US go first to defend the Allies? Why?
- Where does the US go next? Describe what happens to Mussolini here.
- Describe Operation Overlord.
- What was Germany’s last offensive? Explain what happened.
- Describe what happens to Hitler.
- What is the Unconditional Surrender?
WWII in the Pacific
Should we have dropped the Atomic Bomb?
Resource #1: Arguments For / Arguments Against
Resource #2: Atomic Bomb Information
The Atomic Bomb Graphic Organizer
Knit your Bit and Victory Garden Resources
Knit your Bit Resource
Victory Garden Resource