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World History - WWII & the Cold War
World History - WWII & the Cold War
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1
Which battle turned the tide of the war in the Pacific?
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Midway
Coral Sea
2
Who were the Vietcong?
Vietnamese rebels trained by the US to overthrow Ho Chi Minh
Chinese nationalists who provided aid to the North Vietnamese
Chinese nationalists who provided aid to the South Vietnamese
Guerilla forces in Vietnam that supported communism & opposed Ngo Dinh Diem
3
Which of the following groups were not part of the White Army in Russia’s civil war?
people who wanted to restore the monarchy
people who advocated for a more democratic styles of government
socialists who disagreed with Lenin
people who wanted the Bolsheviks to control the government
4
D-Day was code-named Operation ________.
Torch
Overlord
Desert Storm
Barbarossa
5
Which was a cornerstone of Hitler's anti-Semitic beliefs?
He believed that Jews were to blame for Germany's defeat in World War I.
He resented Jewish opposition to the Weimar government.
He feared that Jews would soon outnumber Aryans in Germany
He was a strong supporter of German Christian churches
6
Which of the following is not characteristic of totalitarian rule?
indoctrination
police terror
multi-party system
propaganda
7
Russia’s government under the czar was similar to the Soviet Union’s government under Lenin & Stalin in that…
They favored communism
They advocated for the end of a class system
They had absolute power and punished anyone who threatened their rule
They engaged in organized violence against the Jews
8
How did major effects of World War I impact the Russian economy leading up to the March 1917 revolution?
Landowning nobles would not give in to post-war agreements
Russia's economy depended heavily on importing raw materials
Military resources strained the already poor pre-war economy
Farming became the economic mainstay of returning soldiers
9
__________ is the event that took the lives of millions of non-Aryans deemed inferior by the Nazis.
Perestroika
The Holocaust
Blitzkrieg
Kristallnacht
10
Which of the following statements about Stalin’s Russia is false?
many churches were burned & religious leaders were arrested or killed
He imprisoned and/or executed millions of supposed traitors
Women were considered inferior & expected to be homemakers/mothers
All forms of media were censored to produce things that glorified Stalin
11
Which event is considered the beginning of WWII?
Hitler's invasion of Poland
the attack on Pearl Harbor
the Battle of Britain
the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
12
Which of the following is not associated with Mao Zedong’s rule of China?
The Great Leap Forward
The Cultural Revolution
Urging China's youth to revolt against the leader
Scaling back on socialist policies to improve China's economy
13
Why did President Kennedy attempt to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro?
He wanted to stop refugees coming to the United States from Cuba
He thought the Cuban government might spread communist ideas in the US
He wanted to help Cuba become a communist state
He didn't want the USSR to use Cuba to launch an attack on the US
14
Hitler sent Rommel to help Mussolini's forces in...
Africa
Italy
Asia
Spain
15
_____ is the belief that if one country fell to communism, all that surrounded it would also fall.
sitzkrieg
detente
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
16
The Manhattan Project developed...
cyanide gas
the machine gun
the atomic bomb
the hydrogen bomb
17
The 38th parallel remains the dividing line between democracy and communism in...
Korea
Berlin
China
Vietnam
18
How did the US end neutrality without entering the war?
supplying the Axis with weapons & money
assisting in the rescue at Dunkirk
spying on Japanese movements in the Pacific
supplying the Allies with weapons & money
19
_____ is the practice of instructing citizens in their government’s beliefs.
propaganda
isolationism
indoctrination
censorship
20
_______ is the policy of giving in to an aggressor to maintain peace.
neutrality
detente
brinkmanship
appeasement
21
Which event is considered the end of the Cold War?
the Battle of Stalingrad
the Cuban Missile Crisis
detente
the fall of the Berlin Wall
22
Which battle turned the tide of the war in Europe?
Dunkirk
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day Invasion of Normandy
Battle of Stalingrad
23
What occurred at the Yalta Conference?
the plan for the United Nations was developed
it was agreed to divide Germany into occupation zones &allow free elections
the treaty that ended the WWII in Europe was agreed upon and signed
Churchill convinced FDR & Stalin to enter WWII on the side of the Allies
24
Which of the following did not factor into the struggle of the US to secure victory in Vietnam?
The South Vietnamese wouldn’t cooperate with US forces
The terrain was difficult to navigate
The North Vietnamese were supported by the USSR and China
The war was unpopular at home
25
What was the USSR’s response/equivalent to NATO?
Sputnik
The Warsaw Pact
The Atlantic Charter
Kristallnacht
