Unit 6 Benchmark Study Guide Name Period # Date Directions: Use the textbook to answer the questions below. Many of these questions are directly correlated with the benchmark test that you must pass to receive your credits. Page 528: Section 1 Title:. Main Idea: Why It Matters Now:. Page 529: Identifying Problems: Why did the new democracies set up after WWI fail?. What are the characteristics of a totalitarian state? Page 530: What factors led to the rise of Fascism in Italy? Page 531: What were the key ideas and goals that Hitler presented in Mein Kampf?. Page 532: Why did Japan invade Manchuria?. Page 534-535: What factors contributed to Americans growing isolationism? Page 535: How did Roosevelt get around enforcement of the Neutrality Acts in 1937?. Page 534-535: Before 1937, when dictators in Japan, Germany, and Italy came to power, the United States wanted to:. Chapter 16 section 1 Guided Reading worksheet Dictators threaten world peace see teacher 1
Page 535: Section Assessment: Critical Thinking #3 How did the Treaty of Versailles sow the seeds of instability in Europe? Page 534: Political Cartoons Skillbuilder: 1) What does Uncle Sam s turning his back on Europe show about Americans attitudes in the late 1930 s?. What U.S. policy does the cartoon imply?. 3) Why might the Atlantic Ocean have appeared to shrink in the late 1930 s? Page 536: Section 2: Title: Main Idea: Why It Matters Now: Page 537: What moves did Germany make in its quest for lebensraum?. Page 538: Geography Skillbuilder Which countries did Germany attack in 1938?. Which four countries listed on the map are Axis powers? Page 538: What was appeasement and why did Winston Churchill oppose it so strongly? Page 539: How did Blitzkrieg tactics rely on new military technology? Page 540: What happened during the Battle of Britain?. Chapter 16 section 2 Guided Reading worksheet War in Europe see Teacher 2
Page 550: Section 4: Title:. Main Idea: Why It Matters Now: Page 551: What impact did the outbreak of war in Europe have on U.S. foreign and defense policy? Page 551: Skillbuilder Analyzing Political Cartoons: What are the axis leaders Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo - greedily carving up?. What do you think the artist means by showing Hitler as the one doing the carving?. Page 550 & 552: Describe Roosevelt's feelings toward joining the war? Page 552: What was the Lend-Lease Act? Page 551, 540-541: The U.S. decision to provide "all aid short of war" to allies came at a time when:. Page 553: Drawing Conclusions: Why did Roosevelt take one unneutral step after another to assist Britain and the Soviet Union in 1941? Page 554: Summarizing: Why was the Atlantic Charter important?. How did President Roosevelt respond to German Submarines firing on U.S. ships in the Atlantic ocean? Page 554: Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"?. Page 555: Analyzing Issues: How was oil a source of conflict between Japan the United States? 3
Page 555 (Peace talks): Which statement best describes the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Japan at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941? Page 556: Geography Skillbuilder: Which countries had Japan invaded by 1941? Chapter 16 section 4 Guided Reading worksheet America Moves Toward War see Teacher Chapter 16 section 4 Geography Application worksheet Japanese Aggression see Teacher Chapter 16 section 4 Primary Source reading Charles Lindbergh see Teacher Page 559 (Quotation in Test Practice): President Franklin Roosevelt's vision of a world in which war would be less likely to occur is best exemplified by. Page 562: Chapter 17 Section 1 Title: Main Idea:. Why it Matters Now: Page 564: Contrasting: How did the American response to the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor differ from Japanese expectations? Page 569: Section 2 Title:. Main Idea:. Why It Matters Now:. Page 571: Synthesizing: What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?. How long did the Battle of Stalingrad last?. Page 573: What were the results of the Italian campaign?. 4
Page 573-574: Once the United States had entered World War II, the Allies focused their efforts on first winning the war in what part of the globe?. Page 574: Which statement best describes what happened after the D-Day invasion of Normandy in France? Page 574: General led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation. Page 574-575: The Allied invasion of occupied was given the code name D-Day. Page 574: The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe was. Page 574: Evaluating: Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer: Page 576: Why was the Battle of the Bulge important? What did the Allied forces that liberated Paris do next?. Ch. 17 sec. 2 Guided Reading worksheet The War for Europe and North Africa see Teacher Chapter 17 section 2 Outline Map Crisis in Europe - see Teacher 5
Page 578: Section 3 Title:. Main Idea: Why It Matters Now:. Page 579: When forced to abandon the Philippines, made the vow, "I shall return." The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was. Page 583 (last paragraph Okinawa): After the Allies won the hard-fought battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, they realized:. Why was Okinawa a significant island in the war in the Pacific? Page 585: Just before the end of World War II, President Roosevelt accepted some of Stalin's ideas at the Yalta Conference because:. Page 586: Summarizing: What decisions did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin make at the Yalta Conference? _. Page 587: What did the United States do after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II?. Chapter 17 section 3 Guided Reading worksheet The War in the Pacific Primary Source from the Annals of American History Truman and the Bomb w/ worksheet See Mr. Cini 6