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=Benchmark E: Analyze connections between WWII, the Cold War and contemporary conflicts (1939-1949)= =Grade Nine: 20th Century Conflict=

10. Analyze the causes of World War II including:
a. Appeasement (Activity: When should Hitler have been stopped? Possible answers: Anschluss, 1938; Germany's Alliance with Italy, 1938; invasion of Sudetenland, 1938; Kristallnacht, 1938; the annexation of Czechoslovakia, 1938) b. Axis expansion (Japan aggression in China, Rape of Nanjing; Italy; Germany) c. The role of the Allies (China; U.S., Pearl Harbor (**Culture shock and Japanese-American relations : historical essays / Sadao Asada** - XU); Great Britain; Russia [Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow])

11. Analyze the consequences of World War II including:
a. Atomic Weapons (Caused the Cold War; Effects of the Atomic Bomb) b. Civilian and military losses c. The Holocaust and its impact d. Refugees and poverty e. The United Nations f. The establishment of Israel

12. Analyze the impact of conflicting political and economic ideologies after World War II that resulted in the Cold War including:
a. Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe b. The division of Germany c. The emergence of NATO and the Warsaw Pact d. The Chinese Communist Revolution

13. Examine social, economic and political struggles resulting from colonialism and imperialism including:
a. Independence movements in India, Indochina and Africa b. Rise of dictatorships in former colonies.

14. Explain the causes and consequences of the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
a. The arms build-up b. Ethnic unrest in the Soviet Union c. Independence movements in former Soviet satellites d. Global decline of Communism

15. Examine regional and ethnic conflict in the post-Cold War era
a. Persistent conflict in the Middle East b. Ethnic strife in Europe, Africa and Asia

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