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5.	What are other examples of genocide in the 20th Century? (WHII. 12b)

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5.	What are other examples of genocide in the 20th Century? (WHII. 12b)

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Armenians by leaders of the Ottoman Empire

• Peasants, government and military leaders, and members of the elite in the Soviet Union by Joseph Stalin

• Artists, technicians, former government officials, monks, minorities, and other educated individuals by Pol Pot in Cambodia

• Tutsi minority by Hutu in Rwanda

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4.	Why did the Holocaust occur? (WHII.12b)

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4.	Why did the Holocaust occur? (WHII.12b)

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• Totalitarianism combined with nationalism

History of anti-Semitism

Defeat in World War I and economic

Analyze trends in human migration and cultural interaction. (WHII.1e)

depression blamed on German Jews

Hitler’s belief in the master race

Final solution: Extermination camps,

gas chambers

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3.	Who were the major leaders of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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3.	Who were the major leaders of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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Major leaders of the war

Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. president

Harry Truman: U.S. president after death of

President Roosevelt

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Allied commander in Europe

Douglas MacArthur: U.S. general

George C. Marshall: U.S. general

Winston Churchill: British prime minister

Joseph Stalin: Soviet dictator

Adolf Hitler: Nazi dictator of Germany

Hideki Tojo: Japanese general

Hirohito: Emperor of Japan

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2.	What were the five major events of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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2.	What were the five major events of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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Major events of the war (1939–1945)

Identify and compare contemporary political boundaries with the locations of civilizations, empires, and kingdoms. (WHII.1d)

German invasion of Poland

Fall of France

Battle of Britain

German invasion of the Soviet Union

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

D-Day (Allied invasion of Europe)

Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima

and Nagasak

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1.	What were the causes of WWII?(WHII.12a)

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1.	What were the causes of WWII?(WHII.12a)

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Aggression by the totalitarian powers Italy, Japan

of Germany,

Use maps, globes, artifacts, and pictures to analyze the physical and cultural landscapes of the world and to interpret the past. (WHII.1b)

What were the major events of World War II?

• Nationalism
• Failures of the Treaty of Versailles
• Weakness of the League of Nations
• Appeasement
• Tendencies towards isolationism and

Who were the major leaders of World War II?

pacifism in

Identify geographic features important to the study of world history. (WHII.1c)

History and Social Science Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework 2008: World History and Geography: 1500 A.D. (C.E.) to the Present

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Europe and the United States

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appeasement : accepting demands in order to avoid conflict 

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appeasement : accepting demands in order to avoid conflict 

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munich conference :an agreement /conference that gave Germany Sudeten land 

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munich conference :an agreement /conference that gave Germany Sudeten land 

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annex: add a territory to an existing country

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annex: add a territory to an existing country

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former prime minister of france