Unit 6: Another World War - 6.15 Checkpoint

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.15 Checkpoint

1. Question : Use your completed Analyzing Documents activity sheet to answer the following question. How many articles does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have? (From #1; enter a number in numerical form.)

Student Answer:   30   Instructor Explanation:

2. Question : Use your completed Analyzing Documents activity sheet to answer the following question. Which article deals with property? (#4)

Student Answer: 3   12   17   21

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.14 Checkpoint

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.14 Checkpoint

1.

Question :

Enter the word you received when you completed the War Crimes activity.

Student Answer:

Poland

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.08 Quiz

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.08 Quiz

1. Question : Use the map and your knowledge to answer the following question. Which of the following is true about the status of World War II at the close of 1942?

Student Answer: Sweden and Spain entered the war and joined forces with the Axis Powers.   Germany dominated most of the European continent.   Mussolini's Italian troops dominated Turkey.   Axis control extended as far west as Portugal.

2. Question : Why is the Battle of Stalingrad considered the turning point in the war on the Eastern Front? Choose the best answer.

Student Answer: Hitler's advance on the Eastern Front was halted.   Russia's air force destroyed almost all of the German troops.   The Western Allied nations joined forces with Russia.   Hitler ordered his army to fight on and not surrender.

3. Question : What geographical factor added to German losses at Stalingrad?

Student Answer: hot, dry desert winds   harsh winter   monsoon rains   mountainous terrain

4. Question : Who made the decision to use the atomic bomb?

Student Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower   Franklin D. Roosevelt   Douglas MacArthur   Harry Truman

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.07 Checkpoint

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.07 Checkpoint

1. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for lesson 6.07 to answer the following questions. The U.S. strategy for advancing to Japan's home islands: ____________ (From Part 1, #2; enter two words.)

Student Answer:   Island Hopping   Instructor Explanation:

2. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for lesson 6.07 to answer the following questions. The answer to Part 2, #4: __________ (Enter one word.)

Student Answer:   (A correct answer: southwest)   Instructor Explanation:

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.03 Checkpoint

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.03 Checkpoint

1. Question : Use your completed World War II Leaders activity sheet to answer the following question. What is the title of the book Hitler wrote to outline his political philosophy? (#8)

Student Answer: Das Kapital   Mein Kampf   Communist Manifesto

2. Question : Use your completed World War II Leaders activity sheet to answer the following question. The political position Churchill held between 1919 and 1921: secretary of state for war and ________ (#18; enter one word)

Student Answer:   air   Instructor Explanation:

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.02 Checkpoint

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.02 Checkpoint

1. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for this lesson to answer the following question. What was Operation Barbarossa?

Student Answer: Hitler's invasion of Great Britain.   Hitler's invasion of Russia.   The Allied plan to defeat Nazi Germany.   The Nazi plan to invade the United States.

2. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for this lesson to answer the following question. Why was the Battle of Midway such an important battle?

Student Answer: The U.S. navy completely destroyed Japan's ability to wage war in the Pacific.   The United States advanced to within 100 miles of the Japanese mainland.   The battle proved that Japan's navy was superior to the U.S. navy.   The battle ended Japan’s advances in the South Pacific.

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.01 Checkpoint

Unit 6: Another World War - 6.01 Checkpoint

1.

Question :

Enter the word you received when you completed the Axis Aggressions activity.

Student Answer:

aggressions

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.12 Quiz

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.12 Quiz

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.11 Checkpoint

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.11 Checkpoint

1. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for lesson 5.11 to answer the following questions. The first part of the answer to #2: ____________

Student Answer: Libya   Somalia   Egypt   Ethiopia

2. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for lesson 5.11 to answer the following questions. For #3, what is the number of the last event on the time line? (Enter a number in numerical form.)

Student Answer:   2   Instructor Explanation:

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.10 Checkpoint

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.10 Checkpoint

1. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for lesson 5.10 to answer the following questions. In #2, in the fourth bullet: Consumers could buy now and do what? (Enter two words.)

Student Answer:   pay later   Instructor Explanation:

2. Question : Use your completed Reading Guide for lesson 5.10 to answer the following questions. In #4, one of the effects of the stock market crash was that factories _________.

Student Answer: were built   were bombed   opened   closed

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.07 Quiz

Unit 5: Between Wars - 5.07 Quiz

1. Question : Which of the following individuals is considered a national hero in Turkey?

Student Answer: Saad Zaghlul   Reza Khan   Ibn Saud   Mustafa Kemal

2. Question : Why were the British so eager to control Egypt after World War I?

Student Answer: They had the most powerful armed forces.   They had plans to install a vast irrigation system in the desert.   They wanted to control the Suez Canal.   They wanted to protect the treasures in the pyramids.

3. Question : Most of the people in the Middle East are Muslim and speak Arabic. Which of the following does this explain?

Student Answer: why the Ottoman Empire controlled most of the region   why the Middle East is often considered a single region   why Great Britain and France were interested in the region   why nationalism and Islamism grew strong in the region

4. Question : Which group of Muslims thought Saudi Arabia should strictly observe Islamic laws and model their society on the way people had lived 1,000 years earlier?

Student Answer: Wahhabists   Muslim Brotherhood   Shia Muslims   Sunni Muslims

5. Question : Which of the following had the greatest effect on the rise of Islamism and nationalism in the Middle East?

Student Answer: the defeat of the Ottoman Empire   foreign domination in the region   the discovery of oil in the region   construction of the Suez Canal

6. Question : Which of the following caused the greatest change in the daily life of the Turkish people in the early twentieth century?

Student Answer: the decrees of the Muslim clerics   the Allied victory in the Great War   Mustafa Kemal's reforms   the Kurdish revolt

7. Question : Which Middle Eastern leader would have been most likely to advocate the following reforms: greater rights for women, state-run schools, and minimal participation of the clergy in government?

Student Answer: Hasan al-Banna   Ibn Saud   Taha Husayn   Reza Khan

8. Question : Which of the following statements most accurately describes the goal of the Zionists?

Student Answer: Zionists wanted to control the hill in Jerusalem known as Zion.   Zionists wanted to control the Middle East.   Zionists wanted to establish a homeland for the Jews in Palestine.   Zionists wanted to establish a home for the Wahhabists in Iraq.

9. Question : Where did the nationalistic goals of Arabs and Jews come into the greatest conflict?

Student Answer: Iraq   Egypt   Palestine   Turkey

10. Question : Which of the following statements about the Muslim Brotherhood is most accurate?

Student Answer: It denounced non-Muslims and wanted the government to adhere to strict Islamic law.   It encouraged foreign investment but wanted the government to respect Islamic law.   It was an ancient brotherhood that faded away with the Ottoman Empire.   It promoted Islam but wanted a constitution that separated church and state.