WHG: Rise of Totalitarianism Review

W.41 Explain how economic instability, nationalism, and political disillusionment in Germany and Japan led to the rise of totalitarian regimes

W.42 Compare and contrast the rise to power, goals, and characteristics of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin's totalitarian regimes

W.43 Analyze the role of geographic features and natural resources in increasing tensions prior to and during World War II.

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Students will review the following material to prepare for an assessment:

1) Rise of Totalitarianism Key Terms, Individuals, & Events (and Frayer diagrams)

2) Timeline

3) Rise of Totalitarianism lecture notes

4) Crisis in the Weimar Republic

5) European Geography

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Answer the following questions in complete paragraphs using all the sources we have used and created since starting this topic (4-8 sentences):

1) How did economic instability, nationalism, & political disillusionment in Germany lead to the rise of Hitler & Nazism?

2) How did economic instability, nationalism, & political disillusionment in Japan lead to the rise of the military?

3) What were the similarities and differences between Mussolini's & Hitler's rise to power?

4) What were Mussolini's goals?

5) What were Hitler's goals?

6) What were the characteristics of Hitler's regime?

7) What were the characteristics of Stalin's regime?

8) What were the characteristics of Mussolini's regime?

9) Create a timeline using the Key Events AND include all the events from the lecture notes as well on that timeline.

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An easy way to answer these questions is using the PEA method.

PEA Example

Point: The Roman Army was successful because...

Evidence: Evidence to support this is...

Analysis: This made them successful because...

You can have multiple pieces of evidence to support your point. So your paragraph may be set up like this:

P-E-A or P-E-E-A or P-E-A-E-A