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Chapter 16 Preview-WWII

Previewing Themes: Read the themes indicated on page 438 and answer the following questions.

Science and Technology

|Since WWI, which weapons of war had been improved? | |

|What inventions changed the way that war was fought? | |

Empire Building

|How did Germany, Italy, and Japan try to expand their empires? | |

Economics

|What weakened the economies of Great Britain and its Allies? | |

|What happened to the U.S. economy after it joined the war? Why | |

|did this happen? | |

Previewing Pictures and Textboxes: Look at the pictures and textboxes on pages 438 and 439 and list 2 facts about the following topics.

Concentration Camps (page 438)

• Fact 1:

• Fact 2:

Invasion of Normandy (Page 439)

• Fact 1:

• Fact 2:

The Bataan Death March (Page 439)

• Fact 1:

• Fact 2:

Interact with History: Read the passage and textboxes on page 440 and answer the following questions. Do not simply answer yes or no. You must explain your answer or you will not receive credit!

|Does shortening a war to save lives justify killing civilians? | |

|Why or why not? | |

|How are civilians sometimes as much a part of a war effort as | |

|soldiers? | |

| | |

|What percentage of lives saved would justify the deaths caused in| |

|the bombing in your opinion? Why? | |

Hitler’s Lightning War: Read about the following events/terms on pages 441-446 and answer the following questions.

Event/Term Questions Answers

| |What 2 countries were involved? |a. |

|Nonaggression Pact |What was publicly promised? | |

|(Page 441) |What was secretly promised? |b. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| |What does this term mean? |a. |

|Blitzkrieg |Describe the technique. | |

|(Page 442) |Where did Germany first use this technique? |b. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| |What did the Russian people do as they |a. |

|Hitler Invades the Soviet |retreated? | |

|Union |As Hitler attempted to starve the people, | |

|(Pages 445-446) |what did they eat to survive? |b. |

| |What happened to the German soldiers? | |

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| | |c. |

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