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Walker AP World History Ch 30Reading Study Guide #1 P. 724-736

1. Why did Sukarno and other local Asian leaders denounce the Dutch and other Europeans? Pg. 726

2. How did the Japanese present themselves as they conquered territories in Asia? How did they rule? Pg. 726

3. How was Sukarno able to outwit his Japanese handlers? Pg. 726

(Timeline Pg. 726)

4. When did Japan invade Manchuria?______

5. What were the years of the Spanish Civil War?______

6. When was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor/German invasion of the USSR?______

7. What year did the war end in both Europe and the Pacific/1st use of atomic weapons?______

8.Why did the Japanese wish to invade Manchuria?Pg. 726

9. What promises did Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist party make to German voters? Pg. 726

10. What steps did Hitler take to ‘dismantle’ the Treaty of Versailles and other post WWI agreements? Pg. 726

11. Why did Hitler and Mussolini intervene in the Spanish Civil War? Did they get what they wanted? Pg. 728

12. How did Winston Churchill differ from the prevailing diplomatic view in Europe in the 1920-30s? Pg. 728

13. Describe the aggressive moves made by Japan in the late 1930s. Pg. 728

14. What atrocities were committed by Japanese forces in China? (Figure 30.2) Pg. 729

(Thinking Historically: Total War,Pg. 727)

15. How did the experience of total war affect social & political patterns after WWII? Pg. (Reading Pg. 127)

16. Why did Hitler invade the USSR? Pg. 729

17. How did the German armies become ‘bogged down’ in Eastern Europe? Pg. 729

18. Describe Blitzkrieg warfare tactics in a sentence or two. What does the term ‘Blitzkreig’ mean? Pg. 730

19. What was ‘Vichy’ France? Pg. 731

20. What was the Battle of Britain? How did the British ‘win’ this ‘battle’? Pg. 732

21. What was the goal of the amazing German tank commander Erwin Rommel in North Africa?Fig 30.4 Pg. 732

22. What was the size of Hitler’s USSR invasion force? Where was it stopped? Pg. 733

23. Why do you think the Battle of Stalingrad is considered by most historians to be the turning point in the Eastern European theater of WWII? Pg. 733

24. Where was the ‘final solution’ planned? When? Who did it include? Pg. 733

25. How many people died in the Holocaust? How many were Jews? Pg. 733

26. How did Mussolini fall from power in Italy? Pg. 734

27.What was the Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Woods)? Pg. 734

28. How & when did Hitler’s regime come to an end? (Ending WWII in Europe within a matter of weeks) Pg. 734

29. Describe Japans aggressive activities before the attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941. Pg. 734

30. Why was the Japanese Empire vulnerable to allied attack? Pg. 735

31. What two naval battles marked a turning point in Japan’s superiority in the Pacific? Pg. 736

32. How many Japanese were killed in the US firebombing of Tokyo? Pg. 736

33. How was WWII in the Pacific finally brought to an end? Pg. 736

34. What was the only condition the Japanese were allowed upon surrender? Pg. 736

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