High School Social Studies Department

2023-2024

Grade 11 World History - Trimester 2 Exam Study Guide

The following are the chapters/sections included in the exam:

31.4 Aggressors Invade Nations

Key Terms: appeasement, Axis Powers, isolationism, Munich Conference
Guided Questions:
1) How would you describe fascist aggression in Europe, Asia, and Africa?
2) Why did British and French appeasement and American isolationism fail to stop fascist aggression?

32.1 Hitler’s Lightning War

Key Terms & Names: blitzkrieg, nonaggression pact, Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill, Erwin
Rommel
Guided Questions:
1) What countries were invaded by the Axis Powers in Europe and North Africa?
2) What were the events of the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain?

32.2 Japan’s Pacific Campaign

Key Names: Isoroku Yamamoto, Douglas McArthur
Guided Questions:
1) What is the significance of the Battles of Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Coral Sea?
2) What strategy did the Allies use in the Pacific to turn the war against Japan?

32.3 The Holocaust

Key Terms: Holocaust, Aryan, Kristallnacht, ghetto
Guided Questions:
1) What was the course of the persecution of Jews by the Nazis?
2) What were the results of the “Final Solution”?

32.4 Allied Victory

Key Terms & Names: Battle of Stalingrad, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, kamikaze, Dwight Eisenhower
Guided Questions:
1) What was the Allies’ plan for victory in Europe?
2) How did civilians contribute to the war effort on the home front?
3) What events led to the surrender of Germany?
4) How did the Allies win the war in the Pacific?

33.1 Two Superpowers Face Off

Key Terms: Cold War, NATO, Warsaw Pact, United Nations, iron curtain
Guided Questions:
1) What were the origins of the US-Soviet split after World War II?
2) How did Soviet domination of Eastern Europe develop?
3) What were the US policies of containment of communist expansion?
4) How was Germany divided after World War II?