Unit 9 Study Guide
World War II – Part One
(Ch. 15-4 & Ch. 16)
Battles: Explain what happened at each of the following battles and why they were
important.
1. Dunkirk (p. 493) –
2. Battle of Britain (p. 493-494) –
3. Pearl Harbor (p. 497) –
4. Midway (p. 500) –
5. El Alamein (p. 506) –
6. Stalingrad (p. 507) –
7. D-Day Invasion of Normandy (p. 509-510) –
8. Battle of the Bulge (p. 510) –
9. Leyte Gulf (pp. 511) –
Terms: Identify the following terms and explain their historical significance.
10. Appeasement (p.483) –
11. Isolationism & Neutrality Acts (p.484) –
12. Munich Conference (p. 485) –
13. Blitzkrieg (p. 491) –
14. “Phony War” (p. 492) –
15. Lend-Lease Act (p.496) –
16. “Island-hopping” (p.501) –
17. Holocaust (p. 502) –
18. “Final Solution” (p.503) –
19. Kamikaze (p. 511) –
20. Nuremberg Trials (p. 516) –
Unit 9 Study Guide – Part Two
People: Identify the following people and explain their importance in World War II.
21. Emperor Hirohito (pp. 481 & 517) –
22. Benito Mussolini (pp. 476-477, 485, 494, & 507) –
23. Adolf Hitler (pp. 478-480, 482-485, 491-496, 502-505, & 511)–
24. Joseph Stalin (pp. 491 & 507) –
25. Charles de Gaulle (p. 493) –
26. Winston Churchill (p. 493, 496, & 506-507) –
27. Franklin D. Roosevelt (p. 497, & 511-512) –
28. Isoroku Yamamoto (p. 497 & 500) –
29. Douglas MacArthur (pp. 500-501, 511, 513, & 516-517) –
30. Erwin Rommel (p. 494-495, & 506) –
31. Bernard Montgomery (p. 506) –
32. Dwight D. Eisenhower (pp. 506 & 509) –
Other Facts To Know:
33. List all the territories the Axis Powers conquered during the 1930’s and 1940s:
a. Japan –
b. Italy –
c. Germany –
34. Which two countries signed a non-aggression pact in 1939? (pp. 485 & 491)
35. What action finally caused Britain and France to declare war? (p.491)
36. What advantages did the British have during the Battle of Britain? (p.494)
37. What did the United States do when Japan invaded French Indochina? (p. 497)
38. What happened to Japanese-Americans during World War II? (pp. 509)
39. What finally convinced Japan to surrender to the Allies? (p. 513)
40. Under its new constitution, who was head of the government in Japan? (p. 517)