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Testing Schedule

Testing Schedule. HR 8:15-8:25 Testing 8:30-10:00 1 st Prd 10:00-10:25 2 nd Prd 10:25-12-05 3 rd Prd 12:05-1:15 4 th Prd 1:15-2:25 5 th Prd 2:25 3:35. Holocaust Key Facts. Holocaust: systematic killing of 6 million Jews Key person: Adolph Hitler Time prd : WWII

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Testing Schedule

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  1. Testing Schedule • HR 8:15-8:25 • Testing 8:30-10:00 • 1st Prd 10:00-10:25 • 2nd Prd 10:25-12-05 • 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 Right Workers Sent to showers Heads shaved Given prison clothes Tattooed with number Worked to death • Old, weak, young • Sent to “showers” • Gassed to death • cremated

  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 - 1948

  6. Read p. 169 CRCT Test Prep • Answer questions #435-438

  7. Cold WarKey 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

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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Rise of the Superpowers U.S.A. Soviet Union 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 • 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

  12. 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

  13. 1985 leader Mikhail Gorbachev • reduced gov’t control of business • increased freedom for citizens

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

  15. 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.

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