1. Testing Schedule HR 8:15-8:25 Testing 8:30-10:00 1st Prd 10:00-10:25
2nd Prd 10:
3rd Prd 12:05-1:15
4th Prd 1:15-2:25
5th Prd 2:25 3:35

2. Holocaust Key Facts Holocaust: systematic killing of 6 million Jews
Key person: Adolph Hitler
Time prd: WWII
Genocide: planned killing of a race of people
How:
1. identified Jews with yellow star
2. took away rights/freedoms
3. gathered/imprisoned Jews in ghettos
4. shipped Jews to concentration camps

3. Concentration Camps Left Old, weak, young Sent to “showers”
Gassed to death
cremated
Right
Workers
Sent to showers
Heads shaved
Given prison clothes
Tattooed with number
Worked to death

4. Not Just Jews Killed Political prisoners Mentally ill Disabled
Gypsies, Poles, and others

5. After Survivors – no homes left
United Nations divided Palestine into Arab and Jewish “states” (countries)
Israel became a Jewish nation

6. Read p. 169 CRCT Test Prep
Answer questions #

7. Cold War Key Facts When: end of WWII – 1945
What: period of distrust and misunderstanding
Who: between Soviet Union & U.S.A (and former allies)
Why: Soviet Union was communist (strong central gov’t controls everything). U.S.A. believed businesses should be privately owned

9. Eastern Bloc vs. Western Bloc
Eastern (red)
Western (blue)
Soviet Union
Most eastern European countries
U.S.A.
Most western European countries
IRON CURTAIN

10. Germany Divided after WWII into 4 parts
1948: divided into West Germany (free) and East Germany (Soviet controlled)
Capital – Berlin – divided into East Berlin and West Berlin
1961: Berlin Wall built to separate city

11. Fears Each side believed the other wanted to rule the world
People feared a nuclear war would happen
Countries formed alliances for protection
1949
Western Bloc plus Canada formed North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Eastern Bloc formed Warsaw Pact

12. Rise of the Superpowers
U.S.A.
Soviet Union
Democracy
Free market
Permanent seat on U.N. Security Council
4th most populated country in world
Powerful military support from NATO
Largest navy in world
Military bases all over world
CIA (spies)
Large reserve of nukes
Communist
Socialist
Permanent seat on U.N. Security Council
Largest country in the world
3rd largest population in the world
Military and space technology
World-wide spy network (KGB)
One of largest stockpiles of nukes in world
Influenced communist countries and dictatorships

13. Collapse of the Soviet Union and German Reunification
Problem: Soviet Union spent $$$$$$$
Putting down revolts in its countries
protecting its borders
keeping up with the arms race against the U.S.A

14. 1985 leader Mikhail Gorbachev
reduced gov’t control of business
increased freedom for citizens

15. Result: improved relations with U.S.A.
inspired other Eastern Bloc countries to demand freedom

16. Nov 1989: Berlin Wall torn down
Germany began to reunify
Germany was 1 country again in 1990
Cold War was over
Soviet republics gained freedom from Soviet Union.
Many new countries were made. Russia is the largest.