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World War 2 Crash Course

2020-2021

AP World History A Day

Date

April 27, 2021, 11:59 p.m.

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Classwork: Watch the video and answer the guided questions and define the terms. When finished please and submit pictures of your work for credit. Video Questions 1) What are some of the events Green suggests could be considered the start of World War II? Which do you think is most likely and why? 2) What technologies changed combat in World War II? 3) What territories did the Nazis successfully conquer? 4) Why was 1941 a “big year” for the war? 5) Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? Why was this a “gamble?” 6) What contributions did Argentina make to the war effort? 7) What mistakes did the Nazis make in Russia? 8) What does Green claim was the war’s “definite cause?” Why? 9) What other “human destruction” occurred during the war besides the Holocaust? 10) What “big question” does Green suggest World War II made the world reflect on? Terms to Know: Rape of Nanking, Blitzkrieg, the Blitz, Desert Campaign, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, Hunger Plan, total war. Homework: Read Chapter 36.2 for 36.1 & 36.2 quiz over the weekend.
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