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World War II Subjective Exam Study Guide

Be prepared to answer the following questions. You are expected to respond to the questions with a minimum of five complete sentences for each. Responses will be graded using the RACERS Rubric.

  • You will not be able to use your notes on the test.
  • The hints are only suggestions to help you answer the questions.
  1. Was World War II inevitable? Refer to the RACERS Rubric.

Hints:

  • Treaty of Versailles – humiliation, harsh reparations, loss of territory, and disarmament
  • Hitler’s/Nazi ideology – superior Aryan race, ruler of the world.
  1. Why do you think Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement? Refer to the RACERS Rubric.

Hints:

  • World War I ended in 1918
  • Rebuilding
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • Great Depression
  1. How was Stalin and Hitler able to maintain power? Refer to the RACERS Rubric.

Hints:

  • What did the state control?
  • Propaganda
  • Indoctrination
  • Spies/Secret Police
  1. What do you think was Hitler’s/Germany’s mistakes in the Soviet Union and how did they affected the outcome of the war? Refer to the RACERS Rubric.

Hints:

  • Operation Barbarossa
  • Battle of Stalingrad
  1. How did the Nazis change life for Jews living in Europe? Refer to the RACERS Rubric.

Hints:

  • Politically
  • Economically
  • socially

Criteria / 3 / 2 / 1 / Total
Restate the
question / The question is clearly restated. The reader is not guessing what you’re talking about. / There is an attempt to restate, or the question is restated partially, but it is not clear. / The question is not restated.
Answer the
Question clearly / The question is answered fully and correctly, showing that the writer is aware what kind of question it is and how to properly respond to it. / The answer is partly correct, incomplete, or student does not show a clear understanding of how to respond. / There is no answer, or the
answer has nothing to do with the question.
Cite
Evidence and examples / Two or more examples are provided, are relevant to the question and fully support the answer. / One example is provided, or examples are present, but do not support the answer. / There are no examples.
Explain,
Extend,
Elaborate / There is a clear and insightful explanation of how the evidence supports the answer. / There is an explanation of how the evidence supports the answer but it does not support the answer. / No explanation, or elaboration.
Re-read &
Revise / There is clear evidence that the response has been re-read, revised and edited: all parts of RACERS are present. There are no more than 2 errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization. The paragraph has at least 5 sentences. / There is some evidence that the response has been re-read, revised and edited and no more than 5 errors exist in grammar, syntax or punctuation. There is at least 4 sentences. / There is no evidence that the response has been re-read, revised and edited. There are at least 3 sentences
Sum it Up / An expertly constructed concluding sentence is provided where the question is restated and the answer is repeated. / An attempt is made to sum up the answer. / No attempt is made to sum up the answers.

RACERS RUBRIC