Exam 31: World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. If the Soviets experienced embarrassing military catastrophes early in World War II as the Nazi armies invaded their territory, did the latter part of the war make up for this humiliation or were the Soviets simply saved by the Allies?

The high tide of appeasement is associated with

As the Germans sought to conquer France

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? D-Day

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the basic foreign policy views of Britain, France, and the United States toward Germany in the 1920s.

The Holocaust resulted in the deaths of what proportion of the Jewish population of Europe?

In the face of German aggression toward Poland in 1939

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did World War II impact the lives of civilians and inhabitants in imperial territories?

The text attributes Germany's loss in the Battle of Britain to

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Holocaust

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the Pacific theater of the Second World War. Why did the conflict in the Pacific end in a dramatically different fashion than that in Europe?

The Treaty of Versailles included all of the following provisions EXCEPT it

How did Hitler's occupation of the remaining Czech lands in March 1939 hasten the outbreak of World War II?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Maginot Line

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were the primary reasons for Hitler's string of successes early in the war?

The text attributes the catastrophic French defeat in 1940 to

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the Maginot Line, the Rhineland, the Anschluss, the Sudetenland, Danzig, and the Polish Corridor.

In the New Order, that is, occupied Europe, the

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Locarno Pact

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? xenophobic nationalism