Prelude to War:  Europe 1.  Explain the statement:  "The seeds of World War II were sown in the ashes of World War I." 2.  What is fascism? 3.  What was Hitler's philosophy of power as laid out in Mein Kampf ?  What were his racial philsophies and his future plans for Germany? 4.  Describe Hitler's rise to power in Germany.  What enabled him to succeed this time (i.e., what lessons did he learn from 1923)? 5.  Who were the Brown Shirts (S.A.) and the Black Shirts (S. S.)?  How did each figure into the episode known as the "Night of the Long Knives"? 6.  Which two groups supported Hitler after the Night of the Long Knives? 7.  Describe the West's policy of "appeasement."  How did the Munich Conference symbolize the heighth (or depth) of appeasement? 8.  Describe the Nazi policy towards the Jews from 1934 to 1939.  (Include the Nuremberg Laws and Krsitallnacht.) 9.  What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact and how did it contribute to the outbreak of a second World War?

Terms/Outline Versailles Treaty Weimar Republic Communism Fascism Benito Mussolini Nazi Party Adolf Hitler Storm Troopers (Brown Shirts, or S. A., Sturmabteilung ) "Beer Hall Putsch" (1923) Mein Kampf Dawes Plan (1924) Great Depression Reichstag President von Hindenberg "Night of the Long Knives" Black Shirts (S. S., Schutzstaffel)     Heinrich Himmler     Reinard Heydrich Nuremburg Laws (1934) Mussolini's Invasion of Ethiopia (1935) League of Nations Rhineland Invasion (1936) Anschluss with Austria (1938) Kristallnacht (Nov. 1938) Munich Conference (1938)     Neville Chamberlain     Sudetenland     Appeasement Invasion of Czechoslovakia (March 1939) Polish Corridor Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (August 23, 1939) "Operation Canned Goods" (Aug. 31, 1939) Germany's Invasion of Poland (Sep. 1, 1939) England's Declaration of War Against Germany (Sep. 4, 1939)

Prelude to War:  Asia 1.  Briefly describe Japanese history from 1854 to 1905.  (Include Commodore Perry, Meiji Restoration, and Russo-Japanese War.) 2.  How did Japan feel about its treatment by the West with respect to World War I and the Versailles Treaty? 3.  Describe the rise of nationalism in Japan and the campaign of terror waged by the Army's secret societies. 4.  What was the "Mukden (Manchurian)Incident" and what was the response of the League of Nations to this incident? 5.  How did the Japanese presence in Manchuria lead to the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)? 6.  What was the "Rape of Nanking"? 7.  How did America's relationship with Nationalist China and its previous commitment to the Open Door Policy lead President Roosevelt to support China in its war against Japan? 8.  How did U. S. economic sanctions affect Japan's position in its war with China?  What two strategies did Japan consider to break the deadlock in China? 9.  Describe the events between July 1941 (Tripartite Agreement) and Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941).  How did U. S. actions contribute to the attack?

Terms/Outlines Matthew Perry Meiji Restoration Russo-Japanese War     Portsmouth Treaty (1905) World War I Versailles Conference Militarism and Nationalism Mukden (Manchurian) Incident (1931) Manchukuo Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937) Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Nationalist Chinese Chian Kai-Shek (Jiang Jishei) Communist Chinese Mao Tse-tung (Maz Zedong) Rape of Nanking Neutrality Acts (U. S.) Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Invasion of Indochina (July 1940) U. S. Economic Embargo Tri-Partite Agreement (July 1941) Prime Minister Hideki Tojo Admiral Yamamoto Emperor Hirohito Peral Harbor