World History Homework Twelve - Model
1. World War II: when, where, who and why? Explain.
2. Compare and contrast communism and fascism, with at least two examples of how they are similar and two examples of how they differ.
3. Why do you think Hitler and his supporters killed so many people? Explain.
4. Discuss the effect of communism spreading to China.
5. Describe any aspect of the Cold War or the Korean War or the Spanish Civil War (with reference to Orwell, if you like).
6. How did technological advances or insights help the Allied forces? Be specific.
7. Should the United States have entered World War II in Europe? Discuss.
Honors Questions (answer any 3 in addition to the above questions)
H1. Why did genocide tragically kill so many more people in the 20th century than in the rest of world history combined?
H2. The "Enigma". Explain and comment.
- The German enigma was a machine that created coded messages that the Germans thought was unbreakable. They were wrong because shortly after the allies found out it was Broken. i think the enigma was an amazing machine to be able to scramble the messages in to an almost unbreakable form. (Aran)
H3. Was it right for Churchill not to warn a town about a German bombing if he knew the town would be bombed?
- I think Churchill chose the right decision to not warn a town that they were going to be bombed, which they discovered when the German code for the enigma was broken. The Germans were not stupid and if they saw that the town that they were going to bomb was all prepared for the invasion, they would become suspicious that someone had broken their code. Churchill knew that the broken code could help the Allied forces to win the war even though many lives would be sacrificed for it. He understood that he had to use this advantage for a greater cause in a more skillful way without causing any suspicion. If he let this one go, he could use this precious information from the broken code to help them win a great victory that would make a greater difference. War is about the decisions that leaders make, whether right or wrong. (Veronika)
H4. History does "repeat itself." Give an example based on the lecture.
H5. Your view of the United Nations, please?
H6. Was General MacArthur right or wrong in the Korean War?
H7. (counts as two answers) Explain the mathematics of how the Enigma was broken (decoded) including (if you like) some words about the field of cryptology today.
H8. Write about any aspect of the lecture.