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World War II Webquest

Unit 9 LO 6: Describe the causes and major events that characterized World War II and describe the impact technology and leaders such as Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Hideki Tojo had during World War II. (TEKS/SE’s 12B, C, 20D, 28C, E)

Directions: Use the websites provided to answer the questions in each part.

Part I. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ww2_summary_01.shtml http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-hear/world-war-ii-history/glossary.html (Select the link under “Launch”)

1.  What was Appeasement?

2.  What was Anschluss?

3.  List 3 causes of World War II.

4.  What were the political conditions in Europe in 1940? What countries were at war?

5.  What is the Maginot Line? When was it built and why?

6.  Why did the United States become involved in the war? What was date that the U. S. entered the war?

7.  Who were the three main AXIS powers? Who were the three main ALLIES?

8.  Which Allied leaders formed the Big Three? What was the purpose of their group?

Part II. Explain what role the following people played in WWII.

http://armedforcesmuseum.com/top-10-wwii-militarypolitical-leaders/

http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-hear/world-war-ii-history/glossary.html (Select the link under “Launch”)

a. Joseph Stalin
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Adolf Hitler
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
e. Winston Churchill
f. Hideki Tojo / g. Dwight D. Eisenhower
h. George Patton
i. Harry S. Truman
j. Douglas MacArthur
k. Hirohito
l. Charles de Gaulle

Part III. Identify each of the following types of tactics and tell who used them and at what places they were used. http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/the-bombing-offensive http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-hear/world-war-ii-history/glossary.html (Select the link under “Launch”)

a.  blitzkrieg

b.  saturation/carpet/area bombing

c.  strategic bombing

d.  precision bombing

e.  kamikaze

Part III. Battles are a huge part of war. Each battle is different from the next. Complete the information for each battle listed in the table. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/exhibits/airpower/index.asp (Use the “Other Pacific Theater Exhibits” and related sub links or the “Other European Theater Exhibits” and related sub links)

Battle / Year / Theater / Who was Involved (Countries) / Nature of the Battle (Land, Naval or Air) / Outcome of the Battle
Pearl Harbor
Bataan Death March
Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Iwo Jima
Stalingrad
D- Day

Part IV. Women on the Home Front. http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/at-a-glance/women-in-ww2.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwtwo/women_at_war_01.shtml http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005205

1.  How did American women assist the war effort?

2.  Explain how the efforts of British women were similar and different to the efforts of American women.

3.  How does the roles and expectations of American and British women contrast to the expectations and role of

women in Germany?

Part V. Japanese Interment- http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Define the terms and answer the questions.

a. interment camp

b. Executive Order 9066

c. Describe how Japanese Americans were treated by the American people and government?

Part VI. Nuclear War. Define or explain each term or event. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nuclear_01.shtml http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

a. atomic bomb

b. Hiroshima (What happened and when)

c. Nagasaki (What happened and when)

Part VII. Recovery and Effects of World War II. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/league_nations_01.shtml http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nuremberg_article_01.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/war_crimes_trials_01.shtml http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/geneva_conventions http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/history.shtml https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/marshall-plan http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/marshall-plan http://alliance.la.asu.edu/maps/EU_AfterWW2.pdf http://alliance.la.asu.edu/maps/EU_BeforeWW2.pdf

1.  What decisions were made at the Yalta Conference? Who was involved?

2.  What is the United Nations? What are some of the major accomplishments of the U.N?

3.  What were the results of the Potsdam meeting?

4.  Explain how the world map changed after WWII?

5.  Who came out of WWII as the SUPERPOWERS?

6.  What is the importance of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank?

7.  What were the results of the Geneva Convention?

8.  What were the results of the Nuremburg Trials?

9.  What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights- 1948?

10.  What was the Marshall Plan?

11.  Who led the reconstruction and recovery efforts in Japan?

12.  How were the reconstruction and recovery efforts in Japan similar to those efforts in Europe? How were they different?