World War II Study Guide

Test will be a 6 question short answer test. You will need to answer 3. Each question will address the 6 areas of study within the World War II Unit. You may use your notebook ONLY on this test.

1.  Appeasement and the Build Up of World War II (appeasement, Anschluss of Austria, Munich Conference, Occupation of the Rhineland, Non-Aggression Pact, Invasion of Poland)

2.  Reasons and Characteristics for Japanese Imperialism in the Pacific (Manchuria, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Pearl Harbor, Emperor Hirohito, imperialism, industrialization, Rape of Nanking)

3.  Chronology of Battles and Turning Points of the War (El Alamein, D-Day/Normandy Invasion, Battle of Stalingrad, Winston Churchill, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Battle of Britain, Erwin Rommel, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway)

4.  Chronology and Characteristics of the Holocaust (Holocaust, Ghettoes, Hitler, Concentration camp, genocide, Final Solution, Aryan, Adolf Hitler, Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald)

5.  The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb ((Manhattan Project, Atomic Bomb, Harry Truman, Robert Oppenheimer, Hiroshima, Nagasaki)

6.  The Allied Victory and the Beginning of the Cold War (Nuremberg Trials, Demilitarization, democratization, Occupation of Berlin, US and the USSR Superpowers, Potsdam Conference)

Answer Requirements

1.  Answers MUST use appropriate key terms and events and they must be underlined.

2.  Each answer should address the question, not just use of key terms.

3.  Must be legible and written in pencil or blue or black ink.

4.  MUST TURN IN THIS PROMPT WITH TEST ANSWERS

Grading Rubric: Each question is worth 15 points. For each question you will be graded on the following criteria.

Question 1:

Thoroughly answered the question 5 pts ______

Used appropriate key terms/events 5 pts. ______

Student thoroughly understood content 5 pts ______

Question 2:

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Question 3:

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Question4:

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Question 5:

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Question 6:

Thoroughly answered the question 5 pts ______

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Student thoroughly understood content 5 pts ____________/45