Study Guide For World War II

Study Guide for World War II

Test: Monday, March 31 – 80 Points (40 Questions)

Chapters: 16 and 17. p.528-599

Resources: Packet/Study Guide online. Jeopardy PowerPoint online Thursday.

What to Study: Study your packet and homework, propaganda packet, and notes

Terms/People to Know for Ch. 16

· Stalin

· Hitler

· Mussolini

· FDR

· Winston Churchill

· Fascism

· Genocide

· Appeasement

· Nazism/NSDAP

· Holocaust

· Axis/Allies

· Kristallnacht

· Blitzkrieg

· Appeasement

· Soviet-Nazi non-aggression pact

Questions to Consider for Ch. 16

1. Characteristics of Adolf Hitler as a youth, and a leader. How did he come to power? What was his platform?

2. Was the blitzkrieg effective?

3. What groups did Nazis deem unfit to belong to the Aryan “master race”?

4. What congressional measures paved the way for the U.S. entry into World War II?

5. Why did the U.S. enter World War II

Terms/People to Know for Ch. 17

· Manhattan Project

· Rationing

· Dwight D. Eisenhower

· D-Day

· V-E Day

· Douglas MacArthur

· Hiroshima/Nagasaki

· GI Bill of Rights

· Liberty bonds

· Country highest war dead?

· Big 3

· Rosie the Riveter

· Battle of the Bulge

Questions to Consider for Ch. 17

6. How did the federal government’s actions influence civilian life during World War II?

7. What role did the media play in helping the country mobilize?

8. How did the Allies win control of the Atlantic between 1941 and 1945?

9. Significance of Battle of Stalingrad

10. How did the Battle of the Bulge signal the end for the Nazis? And an end of WWII in Europe?

11. Describe the island war in the Pacific.

12. Why did Truman decide to use the Atomic Bomb?