Monday, April 11, 2016

April 11, 2016 - Test Review for Interwar and World War Two in Asia

The class will have a test on Interwar and World War Two in Asia on Thursday, April 14th. The test will have the short answer format that was common in the first part of the year - four questions will be asked and you will answer two of the questions.

Here are past test questions that you can use to study.

1.  How did Sun Yat-sen and Gandhi use idea from other parts of the world in their efforts to build national countries?


2.  Why was it a mistake for Chiang Kai-shek to focus on defeating Mao and his communist army instead of the threat posed by the Japanese?


3.  How was the American island hopping campaign in the Pacific War connected to the use of air power?


4.  How did the Treaty of Versailles and the Bolshevik take-over in Russia affect developments in China?


5.  Why was Gandhi’s campaign of “satyagraha” a successful form of protest against British rule of India?


6.  What issues in Japan led to the Japanese military take-over of Manchuria?


7.  In World War Two, how were the Japanese similar to the Nazi Germans?


8.  How was the ability to survive crucial to Mao’s success as a leader of the Chinese Communists?


9.  How was Gandhi able to use morality as a weapon against British rule of India?


10.  How did the Treaty of Versailles and the Bolshevik take-over in Russia affect developments in China?