The Second World War: outcomes
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Classify the consequences of the Second World War into political, economic and social groups (two each).
Political: UN, two poles; economic: devastated Europe, Marshall Plan; social: many victims, refugees.
2
Write two differences between the UN and the League of Nations.
Most major states are UN members and the Security Council can adopt binding decisions; the League lacked such power.
3
What was the Holocaust and why is it important to study it? Write four sentences.
The systematic murder of Jews by the Nazi regime; to understand the consequences of discrimination and hatred and to honour the victims’ memory.
4
State neutrally two views of historians on the use of the atomic bombs.
Some say it ended the war sooner; others say it was not militarily necessary and that many civilians died.
5
Write Uzbekistan’s contribution during the war in three facts.
Receiving evacuees, relocation of enterprises, participation at the front and losses.