WWII and Post WWII study guide and test

Study Guide is DUE Monday, March 22nd.
Test will be Tuesday, March 23rd.

1. What caused WWII?
2. Why did the U.S. get involved in WWII?
3. Who are the Axis Powers and the leaders for each?
4. Who are the Allied Powers and the leaders for each?
5. Where were Japanese Americans moved to after the bombing on Pearl Harbor?
6. What is it called when the citizens during the war had to limit amounts of food, gas and other products?
7. What was the most powerful weapon during WWII- who made the decision to use it, and who did they use it on and where?
8. What was the mass murder of Jews by Hitler and the Nazis called?
9. What did women do during WWII and what kind of jobs did they hold?
10. What did children in America do during WWII?
11. How did the role of African Americans change because of WWII?
12. How were countries around the world affected because of WWII?
13. What group of people did the Holocaust affect the most?
14. How was life different for men, women, and children during WWII?
15. What is a relocation/internment camp?
16. What is a concentration camp?
17. Why did most Germans not protest Hitler’s order for mass murders?
18. How did the atomic bomb affect the outcome of WWII?
19. What is pop culture?
20. Explain interdependence and give an example.
21. What were some inventions during the 1950s that affected life?
22. Who are the United States’ most important trading partners?
23. Why was the invasion in Normandy, France important?
24. What is island-hopping and why was it effective?
25. What happened after WWII with political borders in Germany?
26. After WWII, what did America do in Japan?
27. What are the three ways interdependence affects countries around the world?
28. In America after WWII, where did people start moving?
29. After WWII, what types of jobs and service industries were becoming available?
30. Think about each station you went to on WWII day. Make sure you are able to explain the important concepts from each station.
31. Study your map for the Axis and Allied Powers. Know their locations on the map! Use all of your resources from class to study!

TEST on WWII and Post WWII is on this Tuesday, March 23, 2010

**Study guide is due Monday, March 22, 2010. We will go over every answer and clear up anything that does not make sense to you, so you have a clear understanding of WWII and Post WWII. Study Lyrics!!!