2. Explain Why Were People Attracted to Fascism in the 1920S

Quarter 4 Study Guide

1Describe Facism 2. Explain why were people attracted to fascism in the 1920s 3. What helped Adolf Hitler gain power in Germany? 4. What did the Nazi party control in Germany under Hitler’s rule? 5. What were Hitler’s goals? 6. Why did western democracies follow a policy of appeasement in response to Axis aggression in the 1930s? 7. What was “Operation Barbarossa” ? 8. How did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, impact the war? 9. Which battles were a turning point after which the United States took the offensive in the Pacific Theater? 10. How did the war end in the European Theater? Explain 11. Why did the Soviet Union suffered the greatest number of civilian and military causalities in WWII because 12. Why did Japanese forces attack Manchuria? 13. Describe the impact of the Nuremberg Laws on German jews. 14. What led Hitler to believe that European powers would not interfere in his plans for Anschluss? 15. What began World War II? 16.What recent invention allowed the British to more effectively defend against German air attacks?

“We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the street, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!”

—Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940 17. Read the quote from Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill’s words inspired people during the 18.Why was the Soviet Union unprepared for Hitler’s attack in June 1941? 19. What event led to a decisive shift away from isolationism in the United States? 20. Before entering World War II, the United States provided what to whom? 21. What was the significance of the Battle of Coral Sea? 22.Besides the Jews, the Nazi campaign to imprison inferior people included? 23. Why did American and British forces plan a massive invasion of Western Europe? 24.When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he broke what? 25. Before World War II, Hitler’s Nazi government did what to who? 26. What was Hitler’s Final Solution Cold War (background)

. (8.1) Why did imperial powers gave up their empires after WWII?

. (8.1) Following World War II, what factors led to Germany’s and Japan’s economic successes?

. (8.1, 8.7) Why did democracy fail in many new nations following World War II?

. (8.1) After WWII how were developing nations able to make rapid progress toward modernization?

. (8.1) How did the two superpowers that emerged during the Cold War compete for influence over other nations?

. (8.1) How did the Cold war impact the world?

(8.1) What was America’s stance on Communism during the Cold War and how did America address this stance? Cold War influences in Asia

. (7.9, 8.3, 8.7) How was land in China under Mao Zedong distributed?

. (8.3) The American priority in Southeast Asia was to stop what from occurring?

. (8.3, 8.7, 8.9) A long-term goal of Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam as-well-as most Communist movements in Southeast Asia, was a desire to be free from what?

. (8.3) What problems were faced by new nations of Southeast Asia during the Cold War?

Cold War in Africa

(8.7, 8.9) What caused political instability in African nations during and after the Cold War? (8.7, 8.9) In developing countries during the Cold War, conflicts between ethnic groups led to?

Cold War in Latin America

. (8.9) Which phrase BEST completes this sentence? Since colonial days, a key cause of Latin American unrest has been the uneven ____.

(8.7, 8.9) “Dirty wars” of Central America refer to

Cold War influences in the Middle East

(8.2) The conflict between Palestinians and Jews in Palestine centered around

(8.2) Despite continued efforts for peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict, why was there a continuing struggle in the occupied territories?

(8.2) Why does there exist a mentality in the Middle East to support a revival of Islam?

. (8.1, 8.2) How does the world-wide dependence on oil impact global interdependence and economic stability?

. (8.2) Why did the United States become involved in wars in the Persian Gulf ? Cold War global influences

. (8.1) Which of the following is an effect of urbanization throughout the world since 1945?

. (8.1) What is a primary cause of global interdependence?

. (8.1) Technology has helped form a global culture by

. (8.1) Ethnic tensions world-wide have increased since 1945, as a result of