Homework 11; term 2

Worksheet 7: War at Sea

A. Study the cartoon above, then answer the following questions:

1. What do each of the following represent?

a. the White cliffs in the background

-Britain?

b. the sinking boat

- America

c. the lion holding the boat

-Britain

d. the captain of the boat

-Winston Churchhill

e. the sharks

-Germans

2. What are the sharks doing to the lion? What does this represent?

-They are tearing the lion apart, and eating him. This shows that the Germans are attacking , destroying, and conquering Britain.

3. Explain the point you think the German cartoonist was trying to make.

-He was trying to explain that Germany was conquering and taking over Britain.

4. Judging by what you have read in this chapter, do you think the cartoonist was accurate in his assessment of the situation? Explain your answer.

- I think he was accurate for the most part, although he may have been a little bit biased considering he was a German cartoonist.

B. Check your understanding of the words and terms used in Part Two of this book...

-Nazi Soviet Pact: signed by Russia and Germany, also known as the non-aggression pact.

-Operation Barbarossa: code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII

-scorched earth policy: a military policy which involved destroying anything that was useful to the enemy.

-neutrality: the state of being neutral... not choosing sides

-Lend Lease Act: the US supplied the Soviet Union, France, and China with vast amounts of war materials

-Tripartite Axis Pact: pact signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan which created the axis powers of WWII.

-United Nations:formed at the end of WWII to help maintain international peace and security.

-global war: when multiple countries from all different continents take place in a war.

-U boats: German submarines

-convoys: a group of vehicles traveling together for military support

-Battle of the Atlantic: the longest continuous military campaign of WWII.