Mussolini said that he would make the Mediterranean Sea a "Roman lake." He meant that...

he would conquer the territory bordering the Mediterranean

Hitler promised the German people that he would ...

take back the land that was taken from Germany after WW I

Which event was considered "the straw that broke the camel's back" and the start of WW1?

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Who REALLY won the space race?

Humans, look all at the advancements the Space Race led to!, It all depends on what your perspective is!, USSR, did everything except the moon first!, USA, they made it to the moon!

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World History 2 REVIEW

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1
Why did the space race start?
To see what we can learn about space
Bragging Rights
Both A & B
Neither A nor B
2
What was a technological advancement that came from the space race?
All of The Above
Cell Phones
Television
Personal Storm Warning System
3
Which country made it to the moon first?
China
USA
USSR
North Korea
4
How many women entered the American workforce during World War I?
women were not allowed to enter the work force
1 thousand
1 hundred
1 million
5
Which Country sent a man made object to space first?
USSR
USA
North Korea
China
6
He was a COMMUNIST that took total control through the use of TERROR
Lenin
Rasputin
Czar Alexander II
Stalin
7
Who were the astronauts for Apollo 11?
All of the above
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Buzz Aldrin
8
Wanted to unite all of Vietnam as a single Communist nation
Vo Nguyen Giap
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Chi Minh
9
What helped the British win the Battle of Britain?
sonar
atomic bomb
radar
aircraft carriers
10
They were trained in Alabama
Rosie the Riveter
American Nisei Regiments
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
11
Mussolini said that he would make the Mediterranean Sea a "Roman lake." He meant that...
he would give territory around the Mediterranean to Hitler
he would conquer the territory bordering the Mediterranean
he would stock the Mediterranean with Roman fish
he would build a vacation home near the Mediterranean
12
Nationalist leader of China during WW2. He was pro-American
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Chi Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Mao Zedong
13
Hitler promised the German people that he would ...
keep Germany out of war
give more German land to France to keep the peace
take back the land that was taken from Germany after WW I
print more worthless paper money
14
Program in the 1980s to allow some private enterprise and profit making in the Russian economy
Detente
Potsdam
Glasnost
Perestroika
15
A totalitarian government that emphasizes nationalism and militarism is a ...
democratic government
fascist government
weak government
coalition governement
16
Who did Churchill refer to when he said, "never was so much owed by so many to so few." ?
British pilots
American GIs
English sailors
French partisans
17
Where was the Battle of Britain fought?
on British soil
on the French coast
in the waters surrounding Britain
in the skies over Britain
18
Who won the battle of Britain?
British
Nazis
Germans
French
19
Who won the battle of Britain?
British
Germans
French
Nazis
20
Which country fought on the side of the Central Powers?
Great Britain
U.S.A.
Germany
All were Central powers
21
International Organization created after WW2 to promote peace and diplomacy.
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
22
The Allied invasion of Italy began on the island of?
Sardinia
Malta
Corsica
Sicily
23
Hawaiian Senator Daniel Inouye was one of them.
Rosie the Riveter
American Nisei Regiment
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
24
Russia had the world's greatest __________________.
Biological Army
Technological Army
Weapons and Ammunition.
Army
25
The treaty to end World War I was named the -
League of Nations Treaty
Treaty of Versailles
Austrian Treaty
Treaty of Alliances
26
Phase coined by Winston Churchill referring to the divide between Eastern and Western Europe
Marshall Plan
NATO
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
27
They helped to translate Japanese plans in the Philippines
Rosie the Riveter
Tuskegee Airmen
American Nisei
Navajo Code Talkers
28
The U.S. government passed the ___ to allow a draft to recruit soldiers for the war.
Indentured Servitude Act
Selective Service Act
Conscription Act
War Industries Board
29
What does the symbol in the picture represent?
White Shirts
Red Shirts
Soviets
Bolsheviks
30
What is a U-boat?
German submarine
A code name used for British Ships
A British passenger ship
A safety boat for U.S navy
31
The code name of the project to build the atomic bomb was
New York Project
Los Angeles Project
Denver Project
Manhattan Project
32
When Germany invaded France, French and British troops got cornered here:
Normandy
Dunkirk
Ardennes
Calais
33
Soviet led alliance of Eastern Europena countries. It was meant to be the USSRs answer to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Potsdam
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
34
Which event was considered "the straw that broke the camel's back" and the start of WW1?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
35
At Dunkirk, 330,000 troops were rescued by:
paratroopers
every kind of boat imaginable
aircraft carriers
tanks or panzers
36
This country fought on the side of the Allies:
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
France
Germany
37
Hitler HATED ...
to spend time with Mussolini
Jews and Communists
to give speeches
women and children
38
Who REALLY won the space race?
Humans, look all at the advancements the Space Race led to!
It all depends on what your perspective is!
USSR, did everything except the moon first!
USA, they made it to the moon!
39
Who did Churchill refer to when he said, "never was so much owed by so many to so few." ?
French partisans
British pilots
American GIs
English sailors
40
Which was the first country to send a human to space?
USA
USSR
North Korea
China
41
Who was the president of the U.S. when World War 1 started?
Woodrow Wilson
Jefferson Davis
John F. Kennedy
Abe Lincoln
42
The code name of the project to build the atomic bomb was
Los Angeles Project
New York Project
Denver Project
Manhattan Project
43
Their name for a tank was "tortoise killer" a bomb was an "egg".
Tuskegee Airmen
Rosie the Riveter
Navajo Code Talkers
American Nisei Regiment
44
When Germany invaded France, French and British troops got cornered here:
Ardennes
Normandy
Calais
Dunkirk
45
Americas Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism
Containment
Glasnost
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
46
Who first walked on the moon?
Lance Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Micheal Collins
47
Where was the Battle of Britain fought?
on the French coast
on British soil
in the skies over Britain
in the waters surrounding Britain
48
What helped the British win the Battle of Britain?
atomic bomb
sonar
radar
aircraft carriers
49
The Allied invasion of Italy began on the island of?
Sardinia
Malta
Sicily
Corsica
50
The Battle of Stalingrad pitted the
Soviets v. French
Germans v. Soviets
Germans v. Austrians
Germans v. British
51
An agreement nations make to support and defend each other is known as an
Alliance
Army
Nationalism
Imperialism
52
They fought the German Luftwaffe in the skies over Africa.
Rosie the Riveter
Navajo Code Talkers
American Nisei Regiment
Tuskegee Airmen
53
What were the two opposing sides during WW1?
Union and Confederates
Axis and Allies
North and the South
Allies and the Central Powers
54
Kwame Nkrumah helped bring independence to this former British colony in 1947.
South Africa
Sudan
Algeria
Ghana
55
In his purges, Stalin executed ,,,
dozens of people
one THOUSAND people
hundreds of women
more than one MILLION political opponents
56
Hitler promised the suffering German people ...
beer and cheese
a job and a loaf of bread
lobster and crab
fun and games
57
The National Socialist German Workers' Party was also called the ...
Communist party
Totalitarian party
Soviet party
Nazi party
58
Mussolini used this private army to intimidate anyone that disagreed with him. They were the...
Black Panthers
Black Muslims
Blackwater
Black Shirts
59
This type of government takes TOTAL control of -politics, economy, military, press, etc.
anarchy
Totalitarian
Coalition government
Democracy
60
Stalin turned the Soviet Union into an industrial power that was second only to ...
Hitler's Germany
the United States
Mussolini's Italy
France
61
Hitler promised the German people that he would ...
get Germany out of the Treaty of Versailles
never abandon mussolini
renew the Treaty of Versailles
be friends with Stalin
62
Norman Rockwell's famous painting of this one sold for $5 million
American Nisei Regiment
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
Rosie the Riveter
63
The Lusitania was a:
U.S. Cargo ship
French passenger ship
German U-boat
A British passenger ship
64
In his book, Hitler blamed the Treaty of Versailles on...
The United States and Canada
Mussolini and Stalin
Jews and Communists
Britain and France
65
The only one of the four that is a fictional character.
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
American Nisei Regiment
Rosie the Riveter
66
In what year did the Russian Revolution start?
1914
1915
1917
1916
67
The Treaty of Versailles helped to create the League of Nations to do what?
Punish Germany
To help fight the Central powers
None of these
help nations solve their problems peacefully
68
At Dunkirk, 330,000 troops were rescued by:
every kind of boat imaginable
paratroopers
tanks or panzers
aircraft carriers
69
Represented the 6 million women working manufacturing jobs during the war
American Nisei Regiment
Rosie the Riveter
Navajo Code Talkers
Tuskegee Airmen
70
While in prison, Hitler wrote a book. It's title was...
Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
Mein Liebe (My Love)
Mein Lieblingswitze (My Favorite Jokes)
Mein Große Angst (Great Fear)
71
American sponsored program to aid Eurpoean countries economically after WW2
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Perestroika
72
He started the first Fascist government
Mao tse Tung
Stalin
Mussolini
Hitler
73
He was born in Austria but he fought bravely for Germany in WW I
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Churchill
74
Fought in the early 1950s as the first armed struggle of the cold war
Loatian Civil War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Berlin Blockade
75
Russia belonged to which faction of the WWI?
Mensheviks
Central Powers
Allies
Triple Northern Countries
76
Communist leader of China. He led the revolution to turn China communist after WW2.
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Vo Nguyen Giap
Mao Zedong
77
Hitler promised the German people that he would ...
give each citizen a copy of his book, Mein Kampf
join the Allies to fight against Japan
give each citizen stacks of worthless money
rebuild the German MILITARY
78
What is the name of this character?
Grigori Yefimovich
Grigori Yefimovich Nicholaus
Grigori Yefimovich Reason
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
79
Who was the ruler of Russia during the World War I?
Czar Nicholas IV
Czar Nicholas II
Czarina Alexandra II
Czar Nicholas III
80
An agreement to stop fighting is called an
isolationist
Armistice
ally
war
81
They included the decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Tuskegee Airmen
American Nisei Regiment
Navajo Code Talkers
Rosie the Riveter
82
What country sent an animal to space first?
China
North Korea
USA
USSR
83
Who was Alexandra?
The Russian Czarina
Rasputin's Wife
Stalin's Wife
Alexis' Mother
84
The first Soviet satellite launched into space.
Apollo
Sputnik
Vostok
Laika
85
During Stalin's Purges, opponents were ...
treated well
convinced to vote for Stalin
sent to work camps in Hawaii
executed
86
What three things did Lenin promise?
Bread, Arms, and Land.
Peace, Technology, and Land.
Peace, Land, and Meat.
Peace, Land, and Bread.
87
In the Space Race, the Soviets beat America to____ but the USA beat the USSR to _____.
Space/the buffet line
Space/Mars
Space/The Moon
The Moon/Space
88
What was one way American citizens could support the war at home?
all are ways citizens supported the war
Grow Victory Gardens
buy Victory Bonds
Give up certain foods
89
__________________ was the leader of the Russian Revolution.
Joseph Stalin
Saint Petersburg
Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
90
Siberia is a frozen desert. People sent to work camps in Siberia ...
worked hard to earn their freedom
Still worked against Stalin from hundreds of miles away
found that the exercise helped them to live longer lives
never came back
91
Hitler's private army, the Brown Shirts, did this
fought Mussolini's Black Shirts in WW II
used violence against Hitler's opposition
switched to white shirts in the evening
waved flags at children's birthday parties
92
A totalitarian government usually turns out to be this
a democracy
a dictatorship
a government that shares power
a system of checks and balances
93
Soviet plan in the 1980s to allow more "openness" such as freedom of religion and speech.
Wasaw Pact
United Nations
Glasnost
Containment
94
The building up of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries is known as -
Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism
95
Nicknames for the group included "Redtails"
Navajo Code Talker
American Nisei Regiment
Tuskegee Airmen
Rosie the Riveter
96
He admired Mussolini and developed a fascist government in Germany
Rudolph Hess
Hitler
Stalin
Herman Goring
97
Who took over after Lenin?
Alexandra
Joseph Rasputin
Frederick Lenin
Joseph Stalin
98
In a DICTATORSHIP the power is...
shared by the people
shared by the generals
passed on to whoever is elected the next dictator
in the hands of one man
99
The Battle of Stalingrad pitted the
Germans v. Austrians
Soviets v. French
Germans v. British
Germans v. Soviets

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