Ch 32 Study Guide
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1. Vocab:
A. Non-Aggression Pact
B. Blitzkrieg
C. Maginot Line
D. Vichy France
E. Luftwaffe
F. Afrika Korps
G. Scorched earth policy
H. Lend-Lease Act
I. U-boats
J. Aryans
K. Ghettos
L. Final Solution
M. Genocide
N. Holocaust
O. Kamikazes
P. Manhattan Project
Q. French Resistance
R. Nuremberg Trials
S. demilitarized
T. democratization
2. What was the Polish Corridor?
3. What event marked the beginning of WWII in Europe?
What date did WWII begin in Europe?
4. What happened at Dunkirk?
What happened shortly after Dunkirk?
5. Who was Charles de Gaulle?
6. Who was Britain’s Prime Minister?
7. What was the Battle of Britain?
What enabled Britain to fight back against Germany’s attack?
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8. What were Germany and her allies known as?
9. What were the countries fighting against Germany known as?
10. What did Hitler do before attacking the USSR?
What was the name of Hitler’s plan to attack the Soviet Union?
What did the Soviets do to hamper the German’s invasion?
What was the result of Hitler’s invasion of the USSR?
11. How did most Americans feel about involving themselves in the war prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Which side did Roosevelt support before the war?
What did he do to help them?
What did he do to hurt the opposing side?
12. When did WWII begin in Asia?
What event signaled the beginning of WWII in Asia?
13. Where did the Japanese attack the USA?
When did it happen?
What were the results of the attack?
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14. How did Japan treat the peoples they conquered?
15. What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
16. Who led the Allied offensive in the Pacific?
What was his strategy (explain)?
17. What did the Nazis believe about the different human races?
18. Who were the first victims of Hitler and the Nazis?
What was the T-4 program?
What happened to it?
19. What signaled the beginning of Nazi persecution of the Jews?
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
What did German children learn in school about different races at this time?
What were Jews required to wear at all times?
What happened to many Jews who attempted to emigrate?
What was life like in the ghettos?
20. Why did the Nazis believe the “Final Solution” was necessary?
What were the Einsatzgruppen?
What did they sometimes force Jews to do?
What method of killing did the Nazis settle on?
Why?
21. What were some of the groups of people sent to concentration camps by the Nazis?
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What happened to those who arrived at a camp and were chosen to die?
What happened to those who arrived at a camp and were chosen to let live?
22. What happened to Japanese-Americans in the US following the attack on Pearl Harbor?
How many of them had been born in the US?
What did many of them volunteer to do?
23. What was the significance of the Battle of El Alamein?
24. What happened to Mussolini?
25. What was the purpose of D-Day?
What occurred on D-Day?
It was the largest what in history?
26. How did Hitler die?
27. Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?
28. Why did the president feel it was necessary to use the atomic bomb?
29. What two cities had atomic bombs dropped on them?
30. What would have happened if Japan hadn’t surrendered?
31. How many died as a result of WWII?
Which country lost the most people?
32. Of the millions of Europeans who died, most were what?
What condition was much of Europe left in after the war?
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What happened to many of these people?
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33. What crimes were high ranking Nazis charged with after WWII?
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What were those trials known as?
What happened to those accused?
34. Who took over Japan’s occupation?
What happened to Japan as a result?
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What did emperor have to do?
What was a significant point of Japan’s constitution?
What does the US do as a result?