1. Ch 21:4 The Soviet Union and the United States
Student: ____________________________________________
Region/Country Invaded by: Result:
Egypt
Greece
Soviet Union
French Indochina
Hawaii
Why were the Balkans important to Germany? ________________________
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Tell when each action happened – Complete the chart with the following items: (write the
items out – DO NOT USE NUMBERS OR LETTERS)
• Makes Netherlands East Indies a • Captures Guam
protectorate • Makes Indochina a protectorate
• Joins Germany and Italy as an Axis power • Attacks Philippines
• Captures New Guinea and Solomon • Captures Burma, Thailand, and Malaya
Islands
• Cuts British sea route to Hong Kong and
Singapore
Japan
Before After
• Attack on •
• Pearl Harbor •
• 7 Dec 1941 •
• •
True or False? Make the false statements true!
___1. Spain remained neutral during WWII but let German submarines use its ports.

2. ___ 2. Japan allied itself with Germany and Italy after Great Britain and the United States
refused an alliance with Japan.
___ 3. Italy’s hope to build a Mediterranean empire for itself failed.
___ 4. Germany wanted to gain control of the Balkan nations because of the rich oil fields in the
region.
___ 5. The forces of German General Erwin Rommel kept British troops out of North Africa for
the entire war.
___ 6. Germany made a formal declaration of war against the Soviet Union before invading it.
___ 7. The scorched-earth methods that the Soviets used against the Germans involved
destroying anything that they could not carry away.
___ 8. Japan targeted the Netherlands East Indies as a military objective because of the oil
reserves there.
___ 9. Premier Tojo headed a pacifist government that came to power in 1941.
___10.Japan’s intention at Pearl Harbor was to destroy the ability of the United States to fight a
war against Japan.
Completion:
1. In 1940, Italian troops were driven from ___________________________________.
2. The Battle of ___________________________ in North Africa was an important British
victory.
3. Germany’s invasion of ______________________________ created a huge new front in
Eastern Europe.
4. Stalin demanded that the city of _______________________ be held at all costs.
5. Japan captured _______________________________ on the same day Japanese
aircraft bombed Pearl Harbor.
6. At Pearl Harbor, many American ______________________________ were heavily
damaged or sunk.
El Alamein Guam Ethiopia Stalingrad Soviet Union battleships