Enlightenment



World War II and its Aftermath Unit Study Guide

|Chapter 14 Section 1 |From Appeasement to War |

|Pages: 460 – 465 |Questions: |

|Vocabulary: |Why did Japan withdraw from the League of Nations? |

|Sanctions |Who did Japan attack after Manchuria? What was the response of Western nations? |

|Appeasement |Why would Italy have attacked Ethiopia? What was the response of the League of Nations? |

|Pacifism |List the ways Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles. |

|Axis Powers |Why did Western nations adopt a policy of appeasement? |

|Anschluss |What were the provisions of the Neutrality Acts? |

|Sudentenland |Who was Francesco Franco? |

|Nazi-Soviet Pact |What groups supported Franco and what groups supported the Loyalists?(include international supporters) |

| |What was the outcome of the Spanish Civil War? |

| |Complete the Note Taking Guide at the top of 463. |

|Chapter 14 Section 2 |The Axis Advance |

|Pages: 466 - 474 |Questions: |

|Vocabulary: |Describe how Hitler’s blitzkrieg worked. |

|Blitzkrieg |Describe Stalin’s aggression in Eastern Europe. |

|Luftwaffe |List the 4 countries that Hitler attacked next. |

|Phony war |How did Hitler deal with France’s Maginot Line? |

|Vichy |What was the miracle that takes place at Dunkirk? How was it significant to the British? |

|Nullified |After France is conquered, what happens to the French fighters that are not captured? Who leads them? |

|Concentration Camp |What was Operation Sea Lion? What was the Blitz? What was the result in the battle over Britain? |

|Holocaust |Who was General Erwin Rommel? |

|Lean-Lease Act |What additions did the Axis make in Africa and the Balkans? |

| |Why does Hitler attack the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa? |

| |What early on stopped Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union? |

| |Describe Hitler’s “New Order.” |

| |Who did the Nazis target to be killed? |

| |Describe how the “Final Solution of the Jewish Problem” was carried out. |

| |What occurred in the Warsaw ghetto? |

| |How did various Europeans respond to this atrocity? |

| |Describe the treatment of Asians under their Japanese conquerors. |

| |What 3 factors put the United States directly in Japan’s sights? |

| |What event did FDR refer to as “a day which will live in infamy?” |

|Chapter 14 Section 3 |The Allies Turn the Tide |

|Pages: 475 - 481 |Questions: |

|Vocabulary: |What kind of power did the governments in Britain and the U. S. have when implementing total war? (3 examples) |

|Total War |How did women help the war effort? What famous character symbolized this? |

|Desert Fox |Describe the significance of the Battle of Coral Sea. |

|Bernard Montgomery |Who were the “Big Three”? What important decision was made at their meeting in Tehran, Iran? |

|Dwight Eisenhower |What was the significance of the Battle of El Alamein? |

|D-Day |How hard did Italians resist the Allied invasion of Italy? |

|Incessant |Why did Hitler want to conquer Stalingrad? (2 answers) |

|Inevitable |Where did the landing of D Day take place? |

| |What was the name of Hitler’s huge counter attack? |

| |What agreements were made at the Yalta Conference? |

|Chapter 14 Section 4 |Victory in Europe and the Pacific |

|Pages: 484 - 487 |Questions: |

|Vocabulary: |What were 4 reasons the Allies were able to defeat the Axis Powers? |

|V-E Day |What was the Bataan Death March? |

|Douglas McArthur |What was “island-hopping”? |

|Kamikaze |What was the Manhattan Project? |

| |Describe the devastation from the bombs being dropped on Japan. |

|Chapter 14 Section 5 |The End of World War II |

|Pages: 488 - 492 |Questions: |

|Vocabulary: |What happened at Nuremberg after the war? |

|Cold War |Describe the United Nations. |

|Truman Doctrine |Who emerged as the new world leaders? |

|Marshall Plan |What issues did the Allies and Soviet Union disagree about after the war? |

|North Atlantic Treaty |What was occurring in Greece that warranted the Truman Doctrine? |

|Organization |How did the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan differ? |

|Warsaw Pact |Describe the division of Germany and Berlin? |

| |Why did the Berlin Airlift take place? What was the United States ultimate goal in the Airlift? |

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