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Deliberate extermination of millions of European Jew and other Civilians. Find the term
Nazism
Antisemitism
Aryan Supremacy
Holocaust
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U.S. President Truman and British Prime Minister Churchill wanted to spread what in Europe
Communism
Alliances
Militarism
Democracy
3
The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--
Korean Pact
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
4
Who did Germany invade that initially started ww2 in Europe?
France
USA
Poland
Denmark
5
Who did Germany invade that initially started ww2 in Europe?
Poland
Denmark
France
USA
6
Created by the Treaty of Versailles; to ensure that a world war would never occur again
KGB
Berlin Wall
Central Powers
League of Nations
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What countries were the allies?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Russia, Germany, Italy
US, Germany, Britain
US, Britain, Russia
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What actions did the United Nations take as a result of the Holocaust?
helped the Jews find jobs and shelter
created a Jewish state and made genocide a crime
defeated Hitler and freed the Jews
divided Palestine and Germany
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Which country was the leader of the Eastern Bloc?
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
10
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
Cold War
World War II
Vietnam War
World War I
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Which was the most important organization formed after WWII to avoid another world war?
NATO
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
12
During the Cold War why didn't the US and the Soviet Union have military conflicts
increased tensions in the Middle East
the United Nation wouldn't let them fight
pressure from nonaligned nations kept the peace
the potential for global nuclear war
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How did WWII begin?
With the Zimmerman telegram
When Hitler invaded Poland
With the sinking of the Luisitania
When the Archduke was assassinated.
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After WWII, which two countries were the superpowers of the world?
Germany and France
England and United States
United States and Soviet Union
Soviet Union and Germany
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All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
Japan
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
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What is the political idea that all property should be publicly owned and managed by government
democracy
captalism
anti-semitism
communism
17
What were the dates of WWII?
1939-1945
1929-1935
1945-1991
1914-1918
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Who is NOT a Russian/Soviet Union Leader?
Vladmir Lenin
Czar Nicholas II
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
19
The process in which East and West Germany were joined together and Berlin was a single city
German Combination
Reunification of Germany
Reunification of Berlin
Reunification of Europe
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The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
Nazism
Facism
Communism
Socialism
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What does anti-semitism mean?
Deliberate extermination of millions of European Jew
The turning point of the war
The hatred of Jews as a religious or ethnic group
Belief in a super race
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Hitler became dictator of what country?
USA
Germany
France
Italy
23
All of the following are causes of the fall of Soviet Union except
they went bankrupt
people protested and demanded freedom
command economy had problems
US won the Cold War
24
What Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Cold War?
Czar Nicholas II
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
25
What is propaganda?
news paper articles
an opinion shared with a few to influence them
biased information shared repeatedly with others to persuade
random acts of good behavior
26
What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
the fall of communism
the end of the Vietnam War
the fall of capitalism
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
27
What are reparations?
paying a tax on imported goods
Payments made for damages caused during a war
repairing a friendship between two or more countrie
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Who controls the economy in a communist government?
The goverment
NATO
The League of Nations
The people
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1. What was the ultimate goal for the U.S. during the years of the Cold War?
To stop the spread of communism.
To protect the Jewish state and make genocide a crime.
To make sure there was never another World War again.
To make the U.S. a superpower once again.
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Which event pulled the United States into WWII?
The Zimmerman Telegram
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
31
When did the Cold War end?
1945
2018
1991
1989
32
What three countries formed the axis of powers
USSR, Germany, Japan
USA, England, France
Japan, Italy, Germany
Italy, France, China
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The Iron Curtain separated what two beliefs?
Communism & Democracy
Communism & Nazism
Monotheism & Democracy
34
Who created the country of Isreal?
Allies
Germany
United Nations
League of Nations
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What event ended WWII?
Germany surrendered
Soviets liberated concentration camps
The United States dropped two atomic bombs
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
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What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
They kept the same political system
They unified into one democratic country
They rebuilt the wall.
They unified into one communist country
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What was the name of the largest death camp located in Poland?
Terezin
Auschwitz
Bergen-Belsen
Warsaw
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What is genocide?
the division of Palestine into Arab and Jewish States
Hatred towards the Jews
the planned killing of a race of people
forced labor or slavery
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Divided part of Germany into communist and non communist
Nato
Berlin Wall
The Great Wall of China
Iron Curtain
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What was the political system of East Germany?
facism
democracy
communism
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The fall of the Berlin Wall directly led to the--
dissolving of the Soviet Union
the end of WWII
the reuniting of the United Kingdom
the overthrow of Joseph Stalin
42
about how many years between ww11 and ww1?
18
33
45
20
43
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
Czar Nicholas II
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How did the Cold War get its name?
There was no physical fighting, only distrust
The United States and Soviet Union fought in the Ukraine
There was heavy fighting near the Iron Curtain
Equipment was shipped to cold areas
45
The US dropped 2 bombs on what 2 Cities?
Hiroshima and Berlin
Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki and Osaka
46
In ww2 the US fought mainly against?
France and Italy
Britain and Spain
Germany and Canada
Germany and Japan
47
During the Cold War this divided the eastern and western Europe
Iron Curtain
The Great Wall of China
NATO
Berlin Wall
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What was the main difference between East and West Germany?
East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim
East was a free state and West was occupied by Soviet Union
East was democratic and Germany was a dictatorship
East was communist and West was democratic and capitalist
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What was the main goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
To spread communism to other countries
To strengthen bonds with China and Germany
To stop and contain the spread of communism
To eliminate the nation of Germany
