in-class #18: World War II
Read in the textbook chapter 20 ("A World in Flames"), section 1 only ("America and the World"), pages 682-687 and answer the questions below (be able to identify the terms in italicized bold):
1. The political ideology known as fascism emerged after World War I. What is fascism?
2. In which region of the world did a dictator first come to power in the 1920s (see the map on page 683)?
3. In what ways were the three wars shown on the map (on pages 684-685) all a prelude to World War II?
4. How were the ideas of Adolf Hitler and the German NAZI Party similar to the ideas of Italy's Benito Mussoini? How were they different?
5. Hitler is described as an anti-communist. However, there appear to be many similarities between Hitler and the Communist leader of the Soviet Union, Josph Stalin. How were their ideas different? How were they similar?
6. How were Japan's reasons for attcking China similar to Italy's reasons for invading Ethiopia?
7. As violence and war spread throughout Europe and Asia during the 1930s, why did so many Americans support neutrality?