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Vocab: You should be able to define and describe the significance of the following terms:

World War 1, World War 2, Great Depression, Dawes Plan, autarky, fascism, appeasement, Treaty of Versailles, antisemitism, Laws of Persecution, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, ghettos, concentration camp, extermination/killing camp, victim, perpetrator, bystander, upstander, rescuer, proxy war, NATO, Warsaw Pact, NATO Article 5, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis

You should be able to answer the following questions and be familiar with these topics:

1. How were World War 1, the Great Depression, and World War 2 connected?

2. What are the steps IN ORDER that describe how World War 2 started in Europe?

3. Appeasement + its effectiveness

4. What were the different phases of the Holocaust? What happened in each phase?

5. What groups did Hitler target during the Holocaust, and what did people experience during the Holocaust?

6. How did people’s respond to the Holocaust? How did responses differ, and why were they different depending on the person/group/town/nation?

7. What were the Nuremberg Trials? What happened during the trials?

1. Which four Allied countries made up the international tribunal?

2. What was the purpose of the Nuremberg trials?

3. What were four charges that Nazi leaders should be indicted (charged with a serious crime)?

4. What was significant about the charge of “crimes against humanity”

5. What was significant about the charge of “conspiracy”?

6. According to Bookbinder, what evidence suggests that the Nuremberg trials were fair?

8. What is the Cold War, who was it fought between, and what was it fought over?

9. What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? Include the purpose, who was involved, and what ultimate happened.

10. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? When did it happen? What led up to the Cuban Missile Crisis? What was the result/what happened?