Rise of Fascism and World War II Test Study Guide
Test Date: Wednesday March 11th
Textbook chapter sections covered: 15.2 through 15.4 & all of Chapter 16. The majority of your resources are your
class notes, homework, and classwork. Use these resources and the textbook as reference when needed!
Be able to identify and/or explain the significance of these terms/events.
Final Solution
The Great Depression (Post World War I)
Pyramid of Hate
Weimar Republic
(Everything After Watching Schindler’s List…)
Fascism
Japanese Imperialism
Totalitarianism
Rape of Nanjing
Joseph Stalin’s Total Rule
Pearl Harbor Attack
Benito Mussolini’s Rise to Power
Battle of Midway
Adolf Hitler’s Rise to Power
WWII Propaganda Themes (rationing, war bonds,
Nazism
victory gardens, fearing the enemy, etc)
Hitler Youth
League of German Girls
Battle of Stalingrad
Anti-Semitism
Allied invasion of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy
Nuremburg Laws
Fall of Mussolini
Kristallnacht- Night of the Broken Glass
D-Day: Invasion at Normandy, France
Mein Kampf
Battle of the Bulge
Lebensraum
Germany’s Unconditional Surrender & Surrounding
Nationalist Socialist Party & Hitler’s overthrow
of Berlin
Hitler becoming Chancellor
V-E Day
Policy of Appeasement
Munich Conference
Allies Advance in Pacific Theater Against Japan
Nonaggression Pact
Island Hopping Technique
Axis Powers
Kamikazes
The Fall of France to German forces
Atomic Bomb & Controversy – Hiroshima and
Blitzkrieg
Nagasaki
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
V-J Day
Battle of Britain
Bombing of Coventry
Post-War Devastation in Europe & Japan
Enigma (code breaking)
Nuremberg Trials
Schindler’s List (Schindler, Stern & Main Points)
Japan’s demilitarization and democratization
Auschwitz
Soviet Union & U.S. Become Enemies
Ghettos
Questions: Here are questions that relate to your key terms list. Respond to them to help guide your studying
process.
1. How did the Great Depression and Post-WWI Europe contribute to the rise of Fascism?
2. What was the purpose of the Weimar Republic?
3. Briefly describe the characteristics of Fascism.
4. Briefly describe the characteristics of a Totalitarian leader.
5. How did totalitarian leaders such as Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler come to power?
6. How did Hitler overthrow the Weimar Republic?
7. Describe purpose of the Nuremburg laws. List 3 that you find most significant.
8. What did Kristallnacht symbolize?
9. Why did Hitler write Mein Kampf?
10. Why did Hitler describe the need for more lebensraum?
11. Describe the policy of Appeasement that existed before WWII. Also, discuss the problems that come with it as a
result. (You should use the terms of: Neville Chamberlin and Munich Conference while answering this question!)
12. Map out the sequence of how and why France was overthrown
13. Why was the use of blitzkrieg so terrifying?
14. What risks were involved in the Bombing of Coventry? How did newly elected Winston Churchill have a
dilemma on his hands?
15. How did the Bombing of Coventry alter the policy of Appeasement?
16. Be able to identify the steps of the Pyramid of Hate in relation to Anti-Semitism.
17. What feelings did Japan have after WWI? What actions did they take during the 1930s?
18. How was the Battle of Midway important for the U.S. military in the Pacific?
19. How did propaganda persuade civilians during WWII? What responsibilities did people have on the home front
during the war?
20. How was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point for Hitler and Stalin? Also, how does this change the fighting
patterns for Germany? Furthermore, why was this a troubled battle?
21. Where did the U.S. enter the fight to go against Mussolini and Hitler? What events took place thereafter?
22. Why was D-Day such a huge event for the Allies? How did they deceive Hitler into thinking an attack was going
to take place at Calais?
23. How did the Germans respond to D-Day?
24. How did the Allies commit the final blow to Hitler and the Third Reich?
25. What was the difference between the Japanese and the Americans in terms of nationalistic actions?
26. What controversy surrounds the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Pros and cons?
27. Describe the issues that Germany and Japan faced after the war.
28. What charges did major Nazi leaders face at the Nuremberg trials?
29. How did the U.S. and the Soviet go from allies to enemies? What might this lead to in a post-WWII world?
30. Annnnnd how much are you going to rock this test?!