World History Test review
Chapters 31 and 32
Chapter 31, section 3
Be able to : identify Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler and how they rose to power; define the terms –
Nazism, Fascism, Mein Kampf, Aryans, lebensraum, March on Rome, Il Duce, Der Fuhrer, Black shirts,
Nuremberg Laws
Chapter 31, section 4
Be able to : review your charts on aggressive actions of the Axis powers and understand the reactions of
the Allied powers or League of Nations; define the terms – appeasement, Axis Powers, Anschluss,
Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier, Francisco Franco
Chapter 32, section 1
Be able to : explain how World War II started, the early stages of the war, the purpose of the nonaggression pact, describe the Battle of Britain, the significance of the rescue at Dunkirk, compare Hitler’s
invasion of the Soviet Union to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, identify the following terms – blitzkrieg,
Vichy, Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill, RAF, Erwin Rommel, Tobruk, Atlantic Charter
Chapter 32, section 2
Be able to : identify events and battles in the Pacific and their significance, identify – James Doolittle,
Isoroku Yamamoto, Douglas MacArthur, island hopping
Chapter 32, section 3
Be able to : describe the change in policies taken by the Nazis during the Holocaust, problems for
refugees from Europe, explain the results of the Holocaust, define – Kristallnacht, Aryans, ghettos, the
Final Solution, genocide, Auschwitz, einsatzgruppen
Chapter 32, section 4
Be able to : describe the major events that ended the war in Europe and Asia; analyze the war time
decisions made by the “Big Three” , define – Dwight Eisenhower, D-day, kamikazes, Manhattan Project
Chapter 32, section 5
Be able to : describe the effect of WW II on Europe and Japan; define Nuremberg Trials and
demilitarization