7th Grade Social Studies
Unit: World War II
Name:__________________________________________
Block:
2A
2B
Section 1: World Affairs 1933-1939
Directions: After reading the first section pages 578-582, please complete the following table
below.
Vocabulary
Words
Definition
Symbol, picture or image*
Importance to WW II
Symbol, picture or image*
representing the meaning of the word
Fascism
Totalitarian
Appeasement
Famous
People
representing the meaning of the word
Benito
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
How did the Great Depression in the Unite States shape foreign policy?
What are the reasons Japan took an aggressive stance in Asia?
Section 2: Moving Closer to War
Directions: After reading the first section pages 583-588, please complete the following table
below.
Vocabulary
Words
Definition
Symbol, picture or image*
Importance to WW II
Symbol, picture or image*
representing the meaning of the word
Blitzkrieg
Gestapo
Appeasement
Famous
People
representing the meaning of the word
Winston
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Emperor
Hirohito
List in order what ways President Roosevelt increased the United States support of the Allies .
Describe why hostilities developed between the United States and Japan
What event finally draws the United States into the war?
Section 3: The United States at War
Directions: After reading the first section pages 589-597, please complete the following table
below.
Vocabulary
Words
Definition
Symbol, picture or image*
Famous
People
Dwight
Eisenhower
Harry
Truman
Chiang
Kai-shek
Importance to WW II
Symbol, picture or image*
Geographic
Locations
Guadalcanal
Importance to WW II
Symbol, picture or image*
representing the meaning of the word
Holocaust
Axis Powers
D-Day
Invasion
Yalta
Conference
Allied Powers
representing the meaning of the word
representing the meaning of the word
Iwo Jima and
Okinawa
Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
When countries come together during wartime to make alliances, there are potential gains and losses
when it comes to negotiating a lasting peace. List one of each below:
Gain:
Risk:
Section 4: War on the Home Front
Directions: After reading the first section pages 599-604 please complete the following table
below.
Vocabulary
Words
Definition
Symbol, picture or image*
Importance to WW II
Symbol, picture or image*
representing the meaning of the word
Wild cat
strikes
Japanese
Detention
Camps
War
Production
Board
Internment
Famous
People
Rosie the
Riveter
representing the meaning of the word
Korematsu v.
United States
List one impact from the United States involvement in WWII for each of the following groups:
African Americans:
Japanese Americans:
Women:
In your opinion, why were Japanese Americans placed in camps during the war while Italian or German
Americans were not?