CHC2D
WW2 TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS
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Mein Kamp
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Policy of Appeasement
Hitler
Blitzkrieg
Sitzkrieg
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Hitler Youth
Dieppe Raid
Battle of Britain
D-Day
Nuremberg Laws
Anti-Semitism
Aryan
Pearl Harbor
Stages of Isolation
Atomic Bomb
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Conscription
Internment
Concentration Camps
Ghetto
Stalingrad
Auschwitz
Miracle at Dunkirk
VE Day
VJ Day
Rationing
Victory Bonds
Propaganda
Holocaust
Nazis
Women’s Role in the War Effort
Manchuria
St. Louis
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CHC2D
WW2 TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS
Knowles
Answer the following questions in detail:
1. Who where the “Axis Powers” in World War 2?
2. How did the Axis countries take advantage of the economic conditions during the 1930s?
3. What were the 6 causes of World War 2?
4. Why were the Axis powers not stopped in the 1930s?
5. Discuss the purpose of the Hitler Youth and how the organization evolved throughout the war.
6. Why were Japanese Canadians sent to internment camps during WW2?
7. Who were the “forgotten” victims of the holocaust?
8. What are the different types of propaganda used in WW2? Which type was the most effective
in your opinion? Why?
9. Why were atomic bombs dropped on Japan? Do you believe they cost more lives than they
saved? Explain.
10. Discuss the significant events that took place in 1945, the final year of the war.
11. Who was Adolf Hitler exactly? Why (and how) did he rise to power?
12. Discuss the injustices that the Jews suffered as a result of the Nuremberg laws.
13. List and describe the 4 stages of the Holocaust.
14. What were death marches? When did they happen? Why?
15. Explain the importance of D-Day on the war effort.
16. List and explain Canada’s contributions to the war effort.
17. In your opinion, what was Canada’s greatest contribution to the war effort?
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