Final Assessment Study Guide

The final assessment or test will be a fifty question test comprised of reviewing lessons 1 through 8. The final assessment will contain at least 10 questions based on vocabulary words worth 2 points each, 35 questions based on lesson content worth 2 points each and 2 essay questions based on weekly discussion worth 5 points each. I will provide two essay questions and you will have to choose between the two (hint I will most likely choose the essay questions from our weekly discussion sessions) Provided below is a suggested study guide that will help you to focus your efforts when studying. Lesson 1 Players Treaty of Versailles Know the terms of the treaty and how Germany was treated What important idea did President Woodrow Wilsons 14 points to peace include

The League of Nations Was the League of Nations a success? Provide examples were the League lived up to the worlds expectations Was the League of Nations a failure? Provide examples were failed to live up to the worlds expectations

Great Depression Explain what Black Tuesday is and why the stock market crashed in 1929 Was the United States the only country that the Great Depressions affected or impacted? Explain how the Great Depression became a World Depression

Lesson 2 Policies The Allies Describe the policy of isolationism Describe the policy of appeasement Explain the effect that communism and the Russian Revolution had on other countries Describe how a bicameral government functions

The Axis Explain in detail the type of government that the Axis all practiced Describe the steps Hitler took to secure power in the Nazi party and later Germany as a whole Identify the country that first implemented a Fascist regime and explain how it was implemented

Lesson 3 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor State how the 1921 Washington Naval Conference impacted or limited Japanese expansion Describe the reasons that Japan felt it necessary to attack the United States Explain how the United States responded in detail Describe Executive Order No. 9066 Distinguish treatment received by the JapaneseAmericans from the German or Italian-Americans after the start of World War II

Lesson 4 Mobilization List important actions that the United States took to mobilize for World War II Describe the importance of women in the mobilization effort Explain how Americans made sacrifices in order to support the war effort Identify the mission of the War Production Board Evaluate how the United States entrance into World War II was a turning point in the war.

Lesson 5 European and African Campaigns Describe the major conflicts in both the European and African Campaigns Create a timeline of the European and African conflicts in chronological order Identify the major military leaders of both the Allies and Axis Locate specific geographical locations when provided longitude and latitude coordinates

Lesson 6 The Holocaust Explain the concept of genocide Recognize the impact propaganda has on influencing individuals Describe the steps Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party took to systematically dehumanize people of Jewish descent Describe life in both Nazi concentration camps and in ghettos Describe the elements of Adolph Hitlers Final Solution to the Jewish problem Recognize how close Adolph Hitler came completely wiping out the Jewish

Lesson 7 The Pacific Campaign Describe the strategy of island hoping as it relates to the Pacific Campaign Explain why the Japanese felt it necessary to attack the United States first at Pearl Harbor, HI and then again in the Philippine Islands Compare and contrast the cultural differences between Japan and Germany Explain the cultural importance that Emperor Hirohito held in Japan Identify the turning point in the war in the Pacific and the significance this had for the Allies

Lesson 8 The Atom Bomb Understand the destructive power of an Atom bomb Describe why the United States decided to pursue making an Atom bomb Explain the importance of Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard in convincing the United States to pursue an Atom bomb program Relate the importance of Operation Trinity and The Manhattan Project in developing the Atom bomb Compare and contrast the ethical and moral issues surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki