Sha Tin Government Secondary School

2019-2020 S.3 Second Term History Supplementary Worksheets 5

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The Second World War (1939-1945)

Course of the War
1. Which event started the Second World War?
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2. Name the two opposing camps in the Second World War.
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3. The early triumphs of the Axis Powers in 1939-1942

Year Events in Europe (1939-1942)

Year Events in Asia (1937-1942)

4. Counter attack and final victories of the Allied Powers 1942-1945

Year Battlefields in Europe (1942-1945)
 Year Battlefields in Asia (1942-1945)

Results of the war

5. What were the treatments on Germany after the Second World War?
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6. What were the treatments on Japan after the Second World War?
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Impact of the war

Casualties and economic losses
7. List out the economic losses during the Second World War.
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8. How many people were killed during the Second World War?
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9. Why was the number of casualties so heavy during the Second World War?
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Beginning of the nuclear age

10. Why did the US drop the atomic bombs on Japan during the Second World War?
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11. Why did the powers produce nuclear weapons after the Second World War?
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12. State the impact of the production of the nuclear weapons after the Second
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Breaking up of colonial empires
13. Why did the colonial empires of Western powers begin to break up after the
Second World War?
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14. List three examples of decolonisation in Asia after the Second World War.
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Rise of two superpowers

15. Why did the United States and the USSR become two superpowers after the
Second World War?
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The beginning of the Cold War

16. State the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during and
after the Second World War.
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17. How did the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union lead to the beginning
of Cold War?
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Formation of the United Nations

18. Why did the powers set up the United Nations after the Second World War?
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