Performance Objective: PO 1. Review the rise of totalitarianism in Europe following World War I.
Performance Objective: PO 2. Analyze the major causes of World War II:
a. aggressive search for
resources by Japan
b. political ideologies of
Fascism and Nazism
c. resentment toward the
Treaty of Versailles
Performance Objective: PO 3. Trace the series of invasions and conquests in the European and Pacific Theaters in World War II.
Performance Objective: PO 4. Describe the following events leading to the Allied victory:
a. D-Day Invasion
b. Battle of the Bulge
c. Japanese defeat in Iwo Jima and Okinawa
d. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Performance Objective: PO 5. Describe how racism and intolerance contributed to the Holocaust.
Performance Objective: PO 6. Summarize each of the following outcomes of World War II:
a. redrawing of political boundaries in Europe
b. tensions leading to Cold War
c. formation of the United Nations
d. beginning of atomic age
e. rebuilding of Japan
Performance Objective: PO 7. Compare the rebuilding of Japan with the rebuilding of Germany following World War II.
Performance Objective: PO 8. Describe the following events resulting from World War II:
a. Nuremburg Trial
b. Marshall Plan
c. NATO / Warsaw Pact
d. creation of United Nations
e. creation of Israel
Performance Objective: PO 9. Describe the spread of Communism after World War II:
a. China – Mao Tse-tung and Chinese Revolution
b. Korea – 38th parallel and division of country
c. Cuba – Fidel Castro and Cuban Missile Crisis
d. Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh
Performance Objective: PO 10. Describe the impact of the Cold War (i.e., creation of the Iron Curtain, arms race, space race) that led to global competition.
Performance Objective: PO 11. Describe the following events of the Korean War:
a. Chinese involvement
b. U.N. police actions
c. containment of Communism
d. partition of Korea at the 38th Parallel
Performance Objective: PO 12. Describe how the following impacted the Vietnam War:
a. historical relationship of China and Vietnam
b. French Indochina War
c. containment of Communism
d. Ho Chi Minh Trail
e. conflict resolution
Performance Objective: PO 14. Describe the following events in the Middle East during the 20th and 21st centuries:
a. creation of Israel
b. conflicts between Israeli and Palestinian governments
c. Camp David Peace Treaty
d. Persian Gulf War
e. Iraq War