world war 2 map assignment

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Europe - World War II

(november 1938, right after the first vienna award).

More WWII maps will be added in time, depicting different time periods

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Map Assignment

WWII Map Assignment

Part I: Europe During WWII

Use the links to maps below to locate the following information. Please follow all directions.

Link to Map 1

Animated Map of Wars Over Europe

1. Label in BLUE PEN the following countries:

· Czechoslovakia

· Great Britain

· Lithuania

· Luxembourg

· Netherlands

· Switzerland

· Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

· Yugoslavia

2. Draw and label Rhineland and Sudetenland in BLUE PEN.

Rhineland information

Sudetenland

3. Label in BLUE PEN the following bodies of water, and lightly color all of these BLUE:

Link to Map 2

* Atlantic Ocean

* Baltic Sea

* Black Sea

* Mediterranean Sea

* North Sea

4. Locate and label the following cities. Mark their location with a *.

* Leningrad

* Stalingrad

5. Color all the MAJOR AXIS powers as of 1941 in PURPLE.

Link to Map 3

6. Color all the MAJOR ALLIED powers as of 1941 in GREEN.

7. Color all of the NEUTRAL countries in YELLOW.

8. Shade in ORANGE the additional countries below that were overrun by Germany by the end of 1940.

Link to Khan Academy Map

* Czechoslovakia

* Netherlands

9. Shade in GREY these additional countries occupied by the Axis powers by 1945.

Map Link #4

* Lithuania

* Yugoslavia

10. Draw a SOLID BLACK LINE in the U.S.S.R. showing the maximum advance of Germany.

Part II: World War II in the Pacific

Use these maps to locate the following information. Please follow all directions.

1. Go over the equator with RED

Map Link #5

2. Name the following countries or island groups on the map neatly.

* Aleutian Islands

* Australia

* Formosa (Taiwan)

* Hawaiian Islands

* Manchuria

* New Guinea

* New Zealand

* Philippines

* United States

3. Using the latitude and longitude directions given, locate and label the following individual islands.

* Okinawa 26 deg. N latitude - 129 deg. E longitude

* Iwo Jima 22 deg. N latitude - 141 deg. E longitude

* Midway 29 deg. N latitude - 178 deg. E longitude

Map Link #6

Pacific Battles

4. Lightly color the bodies of water BLUE and name the following (click on each to see the map):

* Coral Sea

* Pacific Ocean

* Indian Ocean

5. Name Indo-China

6. Color with PURPLE the fullest extent of Japanese control during World War II.

Khan Academy Video Map

Map Link #7

7. Did the Japanese hold territory in both the northern and southern hemispheres?

Map of the hemispheres --you will need to do further research to determine what countries Japan occupied. These are just maps of the world divided into hemispheres.

8. In which hemisphere were they stronger?

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Mapping World War II

Social Studies, United States History, Geography

Students map World War II in honor of Memorial Day.

• Use a map of Europe. Title the map "German and Italian Aggression in Europe in 1939." Color all the German-invaded countries red; label each country with its correct name. Color the Italian-invaded countries green; label each country with its name.
• On a map of the Pacific region, color red all the countries which were Japanese territories in 1941. Label each country with its name. Give the map an appropriate title.
• Map the European theater war battles. Draw a symbol of your choice to show where battles took place, for example, Dunkirk, Nunzio, and Kursk. Label each city with its name. On the back of the map, list each city and tell who fought there and who won.
• Use a map of Europe to show which countries were Allied forces, which were Axis powers, and which remained neutral. Color all Allied countries blue, color all Axis countries red and leave all neutral countries white. Label each country with its name.
• Draw a map of the island of Oahu. Locate and label the following military installations: Hickam Field, Wheeler Field, Pearl Harbor, Bellows Field, Barbers Point Marine Base, Haleiwa Field, and Kaneohe Naval Air Station. Draw appropriate symbols, such as planes, to indicate the path taken by the Japanese forces and the damage done to U.S. forces. Make a list of all the U.S. Navy ships which were sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• Make a map which reflects the changes in boundaries of European countries after World War II. Label each country. Make a list of those that were newly created and another list of those that were eliminated.
• Map the Battle of the Bulge, the D-Day invasion, or the Battle of Britain. Draw different symbols for each set of forces. Label the cities in which the battles were fought. Use arrows to show the directions in which the various forces moved.
• Draw a map of Germany; copy it. Label one map "Pre World War II." Label the other map "Post-World War II." Show the differences in internal boundaries between the two time periods.

Maps of European and Pacific Theaters activity page pencils paper coloring materials Cobblestone Magazine (January 1993 issue) "World War II: Americans in Europe." World War II by Tom McGowen (Franklin Watts, 1993).

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