Chapter 19 Activities

A World in Flames

Activity 1: Compare the goals of Mussolini and Hitler.

What objectives did the two leaders have in common?

Activity 2: Study the picture on page 587 and answer the following questions.

1. How did the United States respond to these events?

2. How did the Soviet Communists and Italian and German Fascist support similar groups in Spain during the Spanish Civil War?

3. Without being told the phrase, would you be able to discover the poster’s meaning?

Activity 3: Answer the following questions.

1. Make a list of countries and regions that Germany annexed or invaded between 1935 and 1941.

2. What were some of the motivations for expanding territory?

Activity 4: Study the map on page 591 and answer the following questions.

1. Satellite states were independent in name, but were under German control. What was the French satellite state called?

2. Why was Czechoslovakia physically in danger once the Anschluss took place?

3. Why was Hitler interested in negotiating the nonaggression pact with the USSR before invading Poland?

Activity 5: Study the photograph on page 593 and answer the following questions.

1. Explain what the German goal was in bombing civilian targets.

2. Explain why you think the British resolve was actually strengthened as a result of the bombings.

3. What other factors might influence a population’s response to aerial attacks on civilians?

4. What does this picture symbolize?

5. Study the photographs on page 593 and 594. How do they reflect the British resolve to “never surrender”?

Activity 6: Study the map on page 600 and answer the following questions.

1. What country had the highest number of Jews in its population killed?

2. A relatively low percentage of Italy’s Jewish population died in the Holocaust. From this information, who would you compare Fascist and Nazis in terms of their Jewish policies?

3. Which of the Soviet Socialist Republics had the smallest percentage of their Jewish population killed under the Nazis?

Activity 7: Study the photographs of the Final Solution on pages 597-599.

1. How do the photographs show the systematic destruction of Jewish life?

Activity 8: Study the map on pages 604-605.

1. Based on the geography of Oahu, why was the location of Pearl Harbor perfect for a naval base?

Creating a Resume

Task: Choose a leader from this period and create a resume that includes pertinent details of the leader’s education, career experience, political offices held, and major events in which the person participated. Also include any skills, activities, and memberships that might present a fuller picture of the person.

Possible subjects: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Hideki Tojo, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt.