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Mr. Lewis' Warfare Module Review
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1
The French Republic and Czarist Russia were drawn together as allies by their mutual need to counter which country?
Ottoman Empire
Romania
Austria-Hungary
Germany
2
Winston Churchill's warning, given in his famous "Iron Curtain" speech, refers to the
"Iron" wall that the new atomic bomb would create.
Need for the United Kingdom to maintain control of the British Empire.
Inability of the Allies to overcome remaining loyalties to Nazism.
Political/ military barrier the Soviets created to dominate Eastern Europe.
3
Select the statement that best describes the division of power during the Cold War.
The United States held a strong presense in eastern Europe.
The Soviet Union controlled most of Africa.
The Soviet Union primarily dominated the western hemisphere.
The US and its allies controlled the western hemisphere, Europe, and Africa
4
What is significant about the atomic bomb that makes it a historic weapon?
It is very easy to create.
It is extremely powerful.
It kills by poisoning.
It can be hidden very easily.
5
What agreement did the Allies decide upon at the Yalta Conference?
They wanted to provide financial aid to Eastern European nations.
Abolish economic barriers that prevented nations from trading with each.
They wanted to help liberated Axis countries form democratic governments.
They wanted to halt the spread of communism.
6
What ended the internal conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1945?
The end of World War II.
Creation of the communist state of Yugoslavia.
Creation of the democratic state of Yugoslavia.
The end of World War I.
7
France's defensive barrier that stood on the German border and was considered impregnable was called the
Napoleon Line
Petain Line
Colbert Line
Maginot Line
8
How did the agreement after the Korean War affect the Korean Peninsula?
It expanded the area of conflict.
t reunified North and South Korea.
It politically and geographically divided Korea.
It limited naval and air forces in South Korea.
9
During the Yugoslavian Civil War, the Serbs seized territory in Bosnia-Herzegovina in order to
Compel military service of the adult males.
Capture weaponry.
Force out the other ethnic groups.
Seize valuables from wealthy individuals.
10
According to the map, select the statement that best describes the nuclear arms race from 1945-1985.
The United States had less nuclear tests than the Soviet Union.
USSR held the advantage of more nuclear warheads than the United States.
US controlled the majority of nuclear warheads and more nuclear tests
Outside of the US & USSR, no other countries were recognized nuclear p
11
What were Buchenwald and Treblinka?
Beaches where American troops landed during the Normandy invasion.
American code names for Nazi leaders during World War II.
Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Horses that General Eisenhower relied on during World War II battles.
12
What was the result of Germany's invasion of Poland?
Assistance from France and Britain
Isolation of the Baltic countries.
All of the above
Fall of Poland to Germany.
13
Which of the following is not a reason the United States assumed the role of world leadership?
Great Britain's inability to give aid to Greece and Turkey.
To help stabilize Europe after World War II.
To combat the rising threat of the Soviet Union.
To gain more territories in Eastern Europe.
14
What was occurring in addition to the general conflict and unrest in Sudan?
Conflict between the Arab government and black African rebels.
Conflict between the black African government and Arab rebels.
Conflict vs. the Sudan government and terrorist cells within the country.
Conflict between the Sudan government and neighboring nations.
15
All of the following were allies in the effort to take the Suez Canal back from Egypt, except
The United Kingdom
Israel
United States
France
16
Why did the United States and its European allies fear the growth of communism in Indochina?
They wanted to maintain economic control over the region.
The countries in Indochina would revolt against them.
It would increase starvation in Indochina.
They would lose their monopoly over these countries.
17
Which of the following was a result, or effect, of America's use of the atomic bomb in World War II?
The Manhattan Project was developed.
Germany surrendered to the Allies.
The cities of Berlin and London were damaged.
The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed.
18
It was the German use of "unrestricted submarine warfare" that eventually pulls this country into World War I
United States
Japan
Canada
Mexico
19
The Hungarian Revolt of 1956 was less a reaction to Marxism, and more a reaction against
Soviet control.
Khrushchev denouncing Stalin.
Atomic weapons.
The nonalignment movement.
20
The Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin understood the key to gaining legitimacy after their coup was to achieve what first?
Better relations with the allies
Peace with Germany
Land reform
Final defeat of Germany
21
What type of nationalists were the Young Turks?
Ethnic nationalists
Xenophobic nationalists
Cultural nationalists
Liberal nationalists
22
The Warsaw Pact, created in 1955, was the Soviet Union's belated reaction to the existence of
Neutron bomb deployment
U.S. reporters
NATO
SEATO
23
The West saw Joseph Stalin as the real source of the Soviet Union's
Belligerence
Messianic visions of change
Military exploitation
Marxist ideology
24
Why did both the United Nations and Amnesty International slam Sudan?
For invading neighboring nations in the region.
For human rights abuses like torturing, slavery, and murder.
For aiding terrorist cells.
For war threats against the United States, United Kingdom, and France.
25
To investigate the causes of the killings, the United Nations created for both the Bosnian and Rwandan genocides
Criminal tribunals.
International police forces.
Improved agriculture.
Elite military squads.
26
The intention of the nations that attended the Bandung Conference was to
Satisfy the egos of Nehru and Sukarno.
Build a Third World nuclear power.
Create alliance of states not associated with the West or the Soviet Union.
Build an army to attack democratic countries.
27
What term is most commonly used to refer to discrimination against and hatred of Jews?
Anti-Semitism
Internment
Anti-Judaism
"Red scare"
28
What are the estlimated deaths from the Armenian Genocide?
600,000 to 1.5 million
700,000 to 3 million
100,000 to 2 million
500,000 to 1 million
29
What is the name of the Serbian group that planned the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The Brown Shirts
The Black Hand
The Masked Command
The White Feather
30
The policy known as "appeasement" was an effort by the British to do what?
Let Germany expand to the East, then attack.
Allow for German expansion and avoid war.
Give Germany the ability to reestablish its economy.
Boost German strength for a future war with Russia.
31
Why does Germany invade and occupy Greece in 1941?
So that Germans could more easily get access to Turkey.
To give Germans control over the Greek merchant fleet.
To allow German access to Classical artifacts that facinated Hitler.
To deny the British an anti-German ally in southeastern Europe.
32
The Holocaust, or mass murder of six million European Jews, was part of what war?
World War I
World War II
The Spanish-American War
The French Revolution
33
How did Germany attack Poland?
Threw rocks from grenade guns.
Strategically utilizing guerrilla warfare.
Lightning fast raids using bombers.
Slowly with massive infantry.
34
In order to be considered genocide
It is the reason for the killings and not the amount killed
The events must occur on religious holidays.
The people killed must all be from the same ethnic group.
Over one million people need to be killed.
35
The two countries that the Truman Doctrine wanted to protect from Soviet influence were Turkey and
Egypt
Greece
Germany
Israel
36
In following a policy of appeasement, Britain and France were
Giving into Hitler's demands.
Entering into a formal defense alliance.
Declaring war on Germany.
Pressuring the United States to enter the war.
37
Why did the Soviet Union wish to gain liberated countries along their western border as communist satellite states?
Lot's of oil and metal depostis which would aid the Soviets
To help accrue a larger number of communist soldiers.
They wanted these areas to act as a buffer zone between the USSR & W Europe
It was a strategic placement of offensive Soviet military forces.
38
In 1941, the country with the largest number of tanks was
Germany
France
United States
Soviet Union
39
The Japanese failed to make full use of what superior naval resource?
Submarines
. Trained pilots
Battleships
Bombers
40
What did the Marshall Plan call for?
Further efforts to provide military support to foreign nations.
The development of better war strategies.
Economic aid for reconstruction of Western European nations.
Expanded militarization of the United States.
41
The Soviets viewed the Marshall Plan as the United States' attempt toProve the superiority of capitalism.
Display the generosity of the United States.
Prove the superiority of capitalism.
Stop the spread of communism.
All of the above.
42
Great Britain is most frightened by the rise of German power for what reason?
German immigration to the United States
German expansion at sea and in the colonies
The quality of German steel
German cavalry forces
43
Which organization was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Serbian Black Hand Terrorist group
Serbian Red Hand Terrorist group
Bosnian Black Hand Terrorist group
A single assassin operating alone
44
In 1941, the Japanese were eager to conquer the Dutch East Indies to get all of the following except
Bauxite
Rubber
Oil
Phosphorus
45
Who made speech initiating the assistance program for the reconstruction and recovery of Europe following World War II?
U.S. President Harry S. Truman
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall
Soviet Premiere Joseph Stalin
46
The Treaty of Versallies did all of the following except
Better relations with the allies
Created an independent Polish state
Peace with Germany
Land reform
47
The combination of which two weapons forced all armies into the use of trenches?
Airplanes and blimps
Gatling gun and rifles
Artillery and machine guns
Poison gas and bombs
48
The death camps and concentration camps used by the Nazis during the Holocaust were located in what part of Europe?
Scandinavia and northern Europe
Italy and Greece
Spain and southwestern Europe
Eastern Europe
49
Which country below was not a primary participant at Yalta and Potsdam?
Soviet Union
United States
United Kingdom
France
50
What ended the fighting between North and South Korea?
A peace agreement
Korean Armistice Agreement
EUA Agreement
1949 Armistice Agreement
51
When did the term "genocide" become prominent?
After the Bosnian ethnic cleansing
After the Herzegovina ethnic cleansing
After the Rwanda ethnic cleansing
After the Holocaust
52
The arms race and the space race were tied together by the goal of
Building a more powerful lift rocket to reach a space station.
Giving the US and the USSR something on which to focus their attention.
Supporting conservative politicians.
Building missiles and launch platforms to deliver nuclear weapons.
53
Why was the Truman Doctrine the official declaration of the Cold War?
The Soviet Union responded by invading Vietnam and Afghanistan.
The USSR armed all of the countries in the Warsaw Pact with nuclear weapons
The United States invaded countries allied with the Soviet Union.
The United States wanted to limit and resist communist expansion
54
The atomic bomb had originally been put into development with the intent that it would be used first against
Soviet Union
France
Japan
Germany
55
During World War II, the Bosnians had sided with the
Russians
British
French
Germans
56
How did the agreement after the Korean War affect the Korean Peninsula?
It reunified North and South Korea.
It limited naval and air forces in South Korea.
It expanded the area of conflict.
It politically and geographically divided Korea.
57
What effect did the creation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente have politically?
The separation of countries and the establishment of two new governments.
Nationalism had expanded, leading to land-based arguments over annexation.
It created even more tensions leading to World War I.
It created a universal separation between the two alliances
58
When George C. Marshall proposed a plan to rebuild Europe's economies, "Marshall Plan," he was serving as United States
Vice President
President
Secretary of State
Chief of Staff
59
Why was nationalism a problem in the growing tensions between the countries of Europe leading to World War I?
It created and built rivalries.
The govt. of each country thought they had power to protect from others
It halted technological innovations.
Nationalism had been adopted all over the world
60
Japan provoked an Asian war by invading China in
1941
1940
1937
1929
61
In 1931, the Japanese began their domination of the Asian mainland with the conquest of
Singapore
Vietnam
Okinawa
Manchuria
62
What name was given to the systematic murder of about six million Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II?
The Luftwaffe
The Cold War
The Holocaust
Kristallnacht
63
Which of the following was the result of the Truman Doctrine?
The beginning of the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
The United States and Soviet Union achieved peace.
Greece and Turkey remained free and democratic.
Communism spread throughout Western Europe.
64
What triggered the mobilization of military in Austria-Hungary?
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
Growing tensions between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance.
The annexation of the Balkans.
The 1815 treaty at the Congress of Vienna.
