What Should I Know For Module 7?
7.00: The World at War and the Fires Between- Introduction
After completing the Module 7 Pre-Test, please open the Pre-test and look over the questions you missed. It is a great idea to write down all of the questions you missed so that you’re sure to add this information to your notes.
7.01: Allies and Enemies - World War I
-What are the main causes of WWI? Be sure to include an example to represent each cause.
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The Triple Alliance (Axis Powers)	The Triple Entente (Allied Powers)	

		
-What does mobilization mean?

-Where are the Balkans?

-What was the Schlieffen Plan?

-How did WWI go from a war between two nations to a World War?
7.02: Modern Warfare and Its Legacy
-What is “total war?”

-What were some of the new weapons that were introduced during WWI?

-What were the conditions like for the soldiers fighting in the trenches of WWI?

-How Were the Western and Eastern Fronts Different?

-What happened to Russia as a result of WWI?

-What was going in the US during the first 3 years of WWI?

-What were the immediate effects of WWI?
	Treaty of Versailles:
	
	League of Nations:
	
	Aspects of Modern Culture:
	
7.03: Between the Fires
-What were the delayed effects of WWI?
	Global Depression:

	Authoritarian Governments:
	
-How did the economic depression impact the following areas?
	Europe:

	United States:

-Describe how the following leaders came to power:
	Benito Mussolini:

	Adolf Hitler:

	Francisco Franco:

	Vladimir Lenin:

	Joseph Stalin:

7.04: The Spark and Fire
-How did the effects of WWI lead to the causes of WWII?

-What happened at the Munich Conference?

-How did the US support the Allied forces during the first two years of WWII?

-Why did the US enter WWII?

-Describe the political and military strategies Germany implemented during WWII:
	Blitzkrieg:
	Non-Aggression Pact:
-Describe the following major events that occurred during WWII:
	Invasion of Poland:
	Battle of Britain:
	Operation Barbarossa and Battle of Stalingrad:
	Pearl Harbor:
Battle of Midway:
Battle of El Alamein:
D-Day (Normandy) Invasion:
	Yalta Conference:
-What does the phrase “island hopping” refer to?
7.05: Dropping the Atomic Bomb
-What was the Potsdam Declaration?

-What was the Manhattan Project?
	
-Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs on Japan instead of invading Japan?

-What were some of the effects of the atomic bomb blasts?

-What are nuclear non-proliferation treaties?

7.06: Genocide
-What is anti-Semitism?

-What was the Holocaust?

-Why did the Holocaust begin?

-What were some of the events that occurred during the Holocaust?

-What was Hitler’s “Final Solution?”

-How did the Holocaust finally end?
-Briefly describe the genocide in each of the following areas:
	Armenia:

	Ukraine:

	China:

	Cambodia:

	Rwanda:

	Bosnia-Herzegovina:

	Darfur Region of Sudan:

7.07: Impact of World War II
-What was the Marshall Plan?

-What two organizations were created because of WWII?

-How was the world divided after WWII?

-How did WWII help lead to the Cold War?

-Why was the United Nations (UN) created?

-What were the Nuremberg Trials?