10. Adolf Hitler was a fascist. Which of the following descriptions would apply to him and his government?

Hitler believed the government should be very powerful

1. What is a reason that European countries wanted to explore and colonize?

To find valuable natural resources

25. Which of the following explanations best summarizes what this cartoon means?

Ronald Reagan's ideas helped end the Cold War.

7. Which of the following is a result of the Russian Revolution?

The Soviet Union came into existence

13. What happened in the Soviet Union in 1991 (the end of the Cold War) under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev?

Communism ended and the Soviet Union collapsed into 15 different countries

17. How did the Great Depression affect the world?

There were very few jobs and not enough money for basic needs

The political party that ruled Germany during WWII

9. What event started World War II in Europe?

Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939

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18. What event was caused by anti-Semitism in Germany and caused many people to die in places like Auschwitz?
Holocaust
World War I
Russian Revolution
Cold War
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10. Adolf Hitler was a fascist. Which of the following descriptions would apply to him and his government?
He allowed the citizens freedom to participate in government
There were free and fair elections held for the leaders
Hitler believed the government should be very powerful
The military was not very important in his plans
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1. What is a reason that European countries wanted to explore and colonize?
To stop the spread of Communism
To overthrow other governments
To stop German invasions of other countries
To find valuable natural resources
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14. What country was reunited (came back together) after the Cold War ended?
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
USSR
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25. Which of the following explanations best summarizes what this cartoon means?
Ronald Reagan's ideas helped end the Cold War.
Ronald Reagan tore down the Berlin Wall.
Ronald Reagan took walks around Germany.
Ronald Reagan was a giant of a man.
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5. What country was forced to pay for the damages caused during World War I?
Germany
Soviet Union
United States
United Kingdom
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24. Which one of the following alliances was part of World War II?
NATO
Central Powers
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
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16. What European country eventually had the largest empire in the world?
Portugal
Italy
France
Great Britain
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2. A 91-mile structure surrounding the communist east portion of the capital city of Germany
Grand Canyon
Berlin Wall
Baghdad Wall
Great Wall of China
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7. Which of the following is a result of the Russian Revolution?
Russia became a democratic nation
Russia entered World War I
The Czars were elected to rule in Russia
The Soviet Union came into existence
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21. Which is an example of a primary source?
An Internet webpage on World War II
Your Social Studies Textbook
The United States Constitution
A Novel about the Holocaust
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13. What happened in the Soviet Union in 1991 (the end of the Cold War) under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev?
A wall was built to split Berlin into East and West
The USSR invaded Afghanistan to spread communism to another country
Communism ended and the Soviet Union collapsed into 15 different countries
Russia became a communist country
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17. How did the Great Depression affect the world?
Many people were afraid of nuclear war
There was a lot of interest in finding new sources of raw materials
There was a big push to contain communism
There were very few jobs and not enough money for basic needs
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11. What is Nazism?
An alliance formed by the United States after WWII
The political party that ruled Germany during WWII
An alliance formed by the Soviet Union after WWII
The type of government in the Soviet Union during WWII
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4. Whose assassination in Serbia started World War I?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Czar Nicholas II
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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19. What alliance was formed after World War II to defend the United States, against the Soviet Union?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
Superpowers
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22. Which event that we studied in our European history unit is closely connected to Toccoa, Georgia?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Colonization of Georgia by the British
D-Day invasion of Normandy
Sinking of the Lusitania
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9. What event started World War II in Europe?
The US invasion of France on D-Day
The murder of the Romanov family in Russia
Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939
Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor
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20. Why was the Cold War so dangerous?
Both sides had poisonous gas
Both sides were in a space race
Both sides had submarines and tanks
Both sides had nuclear weapons
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3. What war ended with the Treaty of Versailles?
Cold War
World War I
Russian Revolution
World War II
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23. During World War II, many Jews were forced to live in crowded sections of a city. What were these areas called?
ghettos
Safe houses
Concentration Camps
trenches
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15. Which of the following events occurred during the Cold War?
The Holocaust
The Russian Revolution
The Civil War
The Vietnam War
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6. What type of government did Russia have after its revolution in 1917?
fascist
monarchy
communist
democracy
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12. Which of the following does NOT describe the enemies of the Cold War?
North Nazis and South Fascist
NATO and Warsaw Pact
East Communist and West Capitalists
USA and USSR
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8. Who led the Russian Revolution of 1917?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini

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