What Do You Know About WWII?
Chapter 14
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PART I
Directions: Circle whether or not you believe the correct answer to be true or false. Use your
best guess.
Section 1:
1. Totalitarianism is when a single party leader controls
economic, social and cultural lives of its people
2. Joseph Stalin created the beginnings of totalitarianism in Russia
3. Vladimir Lenin took over Stalin’s beliefs after Stalin died
4. Benito Mussolini was head of the fascists party in Italy
5. Before the 1930’s Germany was a democracy
6. Hitler’s policies helped end the depression in Germany
7. Anti-Semitism is a prejudice against black people
8. In the 1930’s Japan became a totalitarian dictatorship
9. The League of Nations established after WWI stopped aggressive dictators
10. The policy of appeasement was enacted by France & Britain in the 1930’s
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Section 2:
11. US President Roosevelt immediately takes action when Japan attacks China
12. Britain & France finally take action when Hitler tries to invade Poland
13. Germany & the and Soviets publically agreed to not attack each other
14. Britain & France were known in WWII as the “axis” powers
15. Germany attacked Denmark and Norway and Sweden
16. Winston Churchill was the prime minister of Britain during WWII
17. France eventually falls to Hitler in WWII
18. France conducts a months-long bombing campaign against London
19. The US enters WWII after the bombing of London
20. The U.S. “Cash-and-Carry” provision helped the allied forces
21. A great debate started in the US between isolationists & interventionists
22. President Roosevelt was not elected for a 4th term
23. The “Lend-Lease Act” allowed the US to help Britain during WWII
24. Germany went to war against the Soviet Union
25. The Germans attacked American ships and American declared war on Germany
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Section 3:
26. Japan relied more and more on America as they grew their empire
27. American forces eventually attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor
28. The US officially declares war on Japan after the attack at Pearl Harbor
29. Germany and Italy declare war on America
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German immigrants to America refused to fight in the war
General Douglas MacArthur led the American forces in Asia
15,000 Allied forces surrendered to the Japanese in May, 1942
The Doolittle Raid gave the US an enormous military gain in Asia
Neither the US or Japan officially won the Battle of Coral Sea
The US had renewed confidence after the battles with Japan
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PART II
Directions: Now that you have taken the above quiz, take it again using your textbook as a reference to
find the correct answer. Write the page number where you found the correct answer next to your
answer.
Section 1:
1. Totalitarianism is when a single party leader controls
economic, social and cultural lives of its people
2. Joseph Stalin created the beginnings of totalitarianism in Russia
3. Vladimir Lenin took over Stalin’s beliefs after Stalin died
4. Benito Mussolini was head of the fascists party in Italy
5. Before the 1930’s Germany was a democracy
6. Hitler’s policies helped end the depression in Germany
7. Anti-Semitism is a prejudice against black people
8. In the 1930’s Japan became a totalitarian dictatorship
9. The League of Nations established after WWI stopped aggressive dictators
10. The policy of appeasement was enacted by France & Britain in the 1930’s
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Section 2:
11. US President Roosevelt immediately takes action when Japan attacks China
12. Britain & France finally take action when Hitler tries to invade Poland
13. Germany & the and Soviets publically agreed to not attack each other
14. Britain & France were known in WWII as the “axis” powers
15. Germany attacked Denmark and Norway and Sweden
16. Winston Churchill was the prime minister of Britain during WWII
17. France eventually falls to Hitler in WWII
18. France conducts a months-long bombing campaign against London
19. The US enters WWII after the bombing of London
20. The U.S. “Cash-and-Carry” provision helped the allied forces
21. A great debate started in the US between isolationists & interventionists
22. President Roosevelt was not elected for a 4th term
23. The “Lend-Lease Act” allowed the US to help Britain during WWII
24. Germany went to war against the Soviet Union
25. The Germans attacked American ships and American declared war on Germany
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Section 3:
26. Japan relied more and more on America as they grew their empire
27. American forces eventually attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor
28. The US officially declares war on Japan after the attack at Pearl Harbor
29. Germany and Italy declare war on America
30. German immigrants to America refused to fight in the war
31. General Douglas MacArthur led the American forces in Asia
32. 15,000 Allied forces surrendered to the Japanese in May, 1942
33. The Doolittle Raid gave the US an enormous military gain in Asia
34. Neither the US or Japan officially won the Battle of Coral Sea
35. The US had renewed confidence after the battles with Japan
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PART III
Directions: Choose 20 of the following words from Chapter 14 to create corresponding clues that
COULD be used in a CROSSWORD PUZZLE. Your clues should be related to the significance of the
word/term as discussed in Chapter 14.
Then, on the back side of this page, create a crossword puzzle using the terms given. Remember, no
spaces or punctuation between words/terms in a crossword puzzle.
Propaganda
(Neville) Chamberlain
Four Freedoms
Mein Kampf
Nonagression Pact
Pearl Harbor
Anti-Semitic
Blitzkrieg
USS Arizona
Weimar Republic
Axis Powers
Bataan Death March
Nazis
Allied Powers
POW
Labensraum
(Winston) Churchill
(Colonel James) Doolittle
Appeasement
Isolationists
Interventionists
Anschluss
Czechoslovakia
(Edward R.) Murrow
(Franklin D.) Roosevelt
Lend-Lease
Battle of Coral Sea
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