Question 1

Examine Map 36.2,World War II in Asia and the Pacific.When did Japan have its greatest advantage? Why was it necessary to attack the United States? What battles were most important in the Pacific theater of the war?

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Question 2

What was the "final solution"? How did it represent Hitler's philosophy?

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Question 3

Discuss the Rape of Nanjing.What were the wartime goals of the Japanese? Why are these atrocities less well known than those perpetrated by the Germans in Europe?

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Question 4

Discuss the origins of the cold war.What were the fundamental differences between the Soviet Union and the United States? What role did ideology play in the cold war? Examine the contrasting ideologies of the superpowers.

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Question 5

Look at the map of occupied Germany on page 877.Why was Germany divided and occupied? What problems did this division cause? What would be the significance of the Berlin Wall and Berlin airlift?

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Question 6

Examine the origins of the cold war.What were the essential problems? What events and leaders were crucial in this movement?

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Question 7

Note the specific steps taken by Italy and Germany in the 1930s that were in direct violation of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

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Question 8

One of the old complaints about the origins of World War II is that if only the British and French hadn't "appeased" Hitler,then the whole conflict could have been avoided.Is this theory justified? Could the war have been avoided?

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Question 9

Describe the strategy of the Blitzkrieg.How were the Germans able to overwhelm continental Europe so quickly?

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Question 10

What steps did the United States take to support the Allies,both in Asia and in Europe,before Pearl Harbor?

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Question 11

Examine the situations in Korea and Cuba in relation to the cold war competition between the Soviet Union and the United States.Who,if anyone,was victorious in these confrontations?

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Question 12

Examine Map 36.1,High tide of Axis expansion in Europe and north Africa,1942-1943.How had the Germans reached this point? How close was Hitler to complete victory at this point? What mistakes would he make?

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Question 13

Why didn't Britain and France object when Hitler and Mussolini violated the peace treaty? What were the consequences of their policy of appeasement?

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Question 14

Compare the occupation policies of Germany and Japan during the war.

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Question 15

Why were the numerically superior Chinese so easily defeated by the Japanese? Why did the Chinese resistance efforts fail?

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Question 16

What role did the Soviet Union play in the course of World War II and the origins of the cold war? Why did the Soviet-American partnership collapse so quickly? What were the main Soviet goals at the end of World War II?

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Question 17

Examine the role of women in World War II.In what ways did women on the Allied side contribute to the war effort? Discuss the fate of "comfort women."

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Question 18

What was the Japanese purpose in attacking the United States? What was their long-range plan?

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Question 19

Read the section from Yamaoka Michiko's account of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: A Hiroshima Maiden's Tale).What were the reasons behind the decision to drop the bomb? Were there other options? What role would the existence of the atomic bomb play in the cold war?

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Question 20

What were the east Asian roots of World War II? What were Japan's goals? How successful would Japan be in achieving these goals? What were the roots of the antagonism between Japan and the United States?

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Quiz 36: New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War