Lesson 1 "Preparation for War"

Turn to Page 512 analyze the timeline at the bottom of the page and read the introduction to the chapter.

Scan Pages 513-516; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 513-516 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 513-516.

Read Pages 513-516 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 516? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 1 "Preparation for War" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 1 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Fascist - one who believes that the state or union is more important than the individual.

Inflation - a steady rise in prices of goods.

Chancellor - the chief minister in some European countries.

Citizenship - the act of belonging to a certain country.

Section Review Answers

1. Mussolini started the Fascist party in Italy.
2. Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933.
3. The anti-Fascists in Spain wanted a democratic government.
4. The Spanish Civil War lasted three years.
5. Japan invaded China in 1937.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you trace the rise of Fascist governments in Italy, Germany, and Spain in the 1930s?

Are you able to explain why Japan's invasion of China was the beginning of Japanese control in Asia?

Can you describe the United States' reaction to these events?

Lesson 2 "Steps Toward a Second World War"

Scan Pages 517-520; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 517-520 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 517-520.

Read Pages 517-520 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 520? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 2 "Steps Toward a Second World War" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 2 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Reich - German empire

Appeasement - doing something to keep peace

Synagogue - a jewish place of worship

Ethnic heritage - One's background or race.

Holocaust - The mass murder of European Jews during World War II

Inferior Less advanced or lower in position.

Section Review Answers

1. Adolf Hitler wanted to create a Third Reich, true.
2. Chamberlain and Daladier agreed to give Hitler and Germany Sudetenland to keep peace.
3. Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, true.
4. Poland refused to give Hitler the city of Danzig, true.
5. Germany and the Soviet Union formed an alliance, true.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you note how European powers agreed to Hitler's demands, hoping to avoid war.

Are you able to describe how the Nazis terrorized and murdered Jews.

Can you discuss Germany's plan to seize Polish Land?

Lesson 3 "World War II Begins"

Scan Pages 521-524; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 521-524 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 521-524.

Read Pages 521-524 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 524? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 3 "World War II Begins" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

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Lesson 3 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Blitzkrieg - "Lightning war"; a rapid military attack.

radar - a system used to locate objects such as planes.

lottery - drawing names to decide who is drafted into the military

security - methods of keeping a place safe.

Section Review Answers

1. World War II started when Germany invaded Poland, and France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.
2. Germany captured Poland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France.
3. The British used radar to help destroy German planes.
4. The Lend-Lease Act gave the U.S. government the power to provide weapons to countries important to American security.
5. The Selective Service Act drafted men into the armed forces.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you follow Germany's conquest of seven more European countries?

Are you able to note the responses of Great Britain and the United States to Hitler's advances?

Lesson 4 "War in Asia"

Scan Pages 525-527; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 525-527 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 433-436.

Read Pages 525-527 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 527? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 4 "War in Asia" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

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Lesson 4 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Asset - something of worth that someone owns.

Axis Powers - the alliance of Japan, Italy, and Germany in World War II

Infamy - Disgraceful or lacking honor

Section Review Answers

1. Japan wanted to control Asia, true.
2. All trading between Japan and America stopped, true.
3. America did not supply Japan with oil.
4. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor to destroy the American fleet there, true.
5. The Filipinos could not prevent Japan from taking over the Philippines.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you discuss Japan's invasions of Asian countries and the United States' responses?

Are you able to explain how and why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the Philippines?

Lesson 5 "The Home Front"

Scan Pages 528-529; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 528-529 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 528-529.

Read Pages 528-529 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 529? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 4 "The Home Front" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

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Lesson 5 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Civilian - one who is not in the military.

Underestimate - to fail to guess the size, quantity, or number of something.

Combat - the act of fighting

Detention - the act of holding someone against his or her will.

ration - to use sparingly.

Section Review Answers

1. America was able to produce war supplies by changing its industries.
2. Victory gardens were small, private gardens that produced food for the army.
3. Americans gathered newspapers, tin cans, rubber tires, nylons, and even bacon grease to turn into war supplies.
4. Many women joined the armed forces, while others worked in industries, replacing the men who went to war.
5. Japanese Americans were detained because Americans feared these people would help the Japanese invade the West Coast.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you describe how Americans grew vegetables, collected raw materials, and handled rationing as part of their war effort?

Are you able to show how fear and prejudice resulted in the detention of Japanese Americans in camps during the war?

Lesson 6"The War Ends"

Scan Pages 530-533; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 530-533 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 530-533.

Read Pages 530-533 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 533? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 4 "The War Ends" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

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Lesson 6 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Revenge - the act of getting back at someone for some wrongdoing.

counter attack - to fight back following an attack.

atomic bomb - a bomb with great destructive powers.

Bunker - an underground shelter.

Cease-fire - a call for an end to fighting.

Section Review Answers

1. Allied troops captured Sicily in 1943.
2. The attack on Normandy was called D-Day.
3. The Germans were pushed back in the Battle of the Bulge.
4. Allied leaders met at Yalta.
5. America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you describe the Allied invasion of Italy and France?

Are you able to outline the points of the Yalta Agreement?

Can you describe the surrender of Germany?

Are you able to explain how the atomic bomb was used to force Japan to surrender?

 Preparing for Chapter 26 Test

Turn to Page 534 and read the article, "Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech ".

Turn to Page 535 and read the Chapter 26 summary.

On page 536-537 you will find the Chapter 26 review, complete the review.

Check your answers with those in the Key Points.

Take the Chapter 26 Test "The Nation Goes to War"

Review the answers then print the results for your records.

Chapter 26 Review answers

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Kristallnacht
3. Benito Mussolini
4. Pearl Harbor
5. Third Reich
6. Joseph Stalin
7. Winston Churchill
8. Lend-Lease Act
9. D-Day
10. rationing
11. detention camps
12. Dwight D. Eisenhower
13. Yalta

The Comprehension: Understanding Main Ideas

1. The German army moved swiftly across a country and allowed little resistance.
2. The war effort was helped by women joining the workforce, victory gardens, rationing, and collecting raw materials.
3. Japan began to invade and occupy other areas of Asia. The United States broke off all trade with Japan and froze Japanese assets in America. The U. S. Secretary of State began negotiations with Japanese Premier Fumimaro Konoye. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise to the United States.
4. Germany felt that it had been treated wrongly by the Treaty of Versailles. After Hitler came to power, he fortified Germany and Created a militaristic state. The german state wanted to take back the territory it had lost through the treaty. It took over Austria and Sudetenland. Hitler met with leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy and promised not to take any more territory. When Germany invaded Poland, France and Great Britain declared war.

Congratulations you finished the Chapter 26!!