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WWII and Cold War
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Who was the Cold War between??
US and Germany
Britain and Germany
France and USSR
US and USSR
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What date did America drop the A-bomb on Hiroshima?
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
September 2, 1945
July 26, 1945
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What was the cold war?
A world war.
A war that was very cold.
A war involving Russia and netherlands
A rivalry between the united states and the soviet union.
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What is the significance of D-Day?
Bloodiest battle in history of warfare
Axis troops were able to invade Soviet Union
Last major German offensive attempt
The Allied troops liberated France
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What marks the official beginning of WWII?
Germany's invasion of Poland
Battle of Britain
Pearl Harbor
Hitler taking over Czechoslavakia
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Which best defines blitzkrieg?
using suicide bombers (kamikazes)
using slow methodical methods of killing
large #s of tanks to break through & encircle enemy position
using modern weapons
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The Strategic Defense Initiative was a...
plan to defend East Europe in the event of a Soviet attack.
series of military actions to root out communism.
coalition of nations who agreed to police the Middle East.
program to use laser tech to defend America from missiles.
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The Berlin Wall creates a barrier between:
North and West
East and West
North and East
North and South
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What was the non-aligned movement?
Countries that refused to pick a side in the Cold War
Countries without political parties
Countries aiming to fix corrupt government
Countries with high rates of scoliosis
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When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1943
December 7, 1941
December 7, 1940
September 1, 1939
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Which of the following is false? Destalinization...
...began after Stalin's death in 1953.
...was overseen by new Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
...was a series of political reforms in the USSR.
...was an American plan to assassinate Stalin.
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What was the Korean War?
A war between North Korea and the UN/South Korea
A war between North and South Korea
A war between Britain and US
A war between Afghanistan and Israel
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Which American territory was briefly taken by the Japanese during World War II?
Philippines
Hawaii
California
Midway
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Leon Trotsky
The Bolsheviks
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
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What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
Japanese soldiers could launch missiles from Cuba
Japanese now had control over Pearl Harbor and Midway
Is turning point in Pacific, U.S. begins offensive campaign
Japanesenavy now had control of the Pacific
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Why did Japan launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?
cut off their weapon shipments
cut off their oil shipments
cut off their steel production
all of the above
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Which two cities did the United States use the atomic bomb on?
Hiroshima and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Beijing and Berlin
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The Tehran Conference decided:
Where the second front/ D Day attack should be
On how to divide power war-Germany
On unconditional surrender
Where to use the nuclear weapons on
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What date is known as D-Day?
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1945
June 25, 1944
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Hitler and Mussolini preferred which type of government
Marxism
Fascism
capitalism
Communism
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When did the Cold War end?
1970
1947
1991
1990
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What was Hitler's Final Solution?
Hitler's plan to systematically kill an entire people
Hitler's plan to invade the United Sates after Pearl Harbor
Hitler's plan to invade Poland
Hitler's plan to dominate the entire world
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What was Truman's rationale for dropping a bomb on Japan that killed so many civilians?
He wanted to send a message to the rest of the world
He wanted to pay back the Japanese for Midway
He did not want to spare anymore American troops' lives
He really enjoyed using nuclear weapons
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Why did relations between USSR and Germany go badly?
Hitler invaded with Italy who was Stalin's main enemy
Hitler allied with Japan
Hitler invade Poland
Hitler broke the nonaggression pact
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What two countries did the Truman Doctrine help directly?
Iran and Greece
Turkey and Greece
Italy and Pakistan
Iran and Turkey
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Which laws took citizenship away from JewishGermans?
Treaty of Versailles
Nuremberg Laws
Yalta Conference
nonaggression pact
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Who was the leader of Great Britain during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Queen Elizabeth II
Harry Truman
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Prior to World War II, Japan had been invading different parts of Asia.
False
True
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What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
Movement to create a Jewish homeland
Prejudice against the Jews
Hold Nazis accountable for the Holocaust
Took away rights of German Jews
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What is FDR's speech the day after Pearl Harbor most widely known as?
Manhattan Project
Day of Infamy
D-Day
New Deal
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How was Japan treated by the US and Allies after WW2?
Japan was punished severely and became a colony of China.
Japan was occupied, given aid, and adopted democratic laws.
Japan was left alone to continue its imperial militarism.
Japan was forced to accept Communism by the occupying USSR.
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Who became president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died?
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
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What date did America drop the A-bomb on Nagasaki?
August 9, 1945
August 6, 1945
September 2, 1945
July 26, 1945
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What was the Bay of Pigs?
A military base that the Cuban people wanted to hold hostage.
An attempted assault on Cuba to over throw government.
An open field where people celebrated their new government.
A beach that could have been the spearhead of the invasion of Cuba.
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Hitler wanted the Sudetenland. What country did this territory belong to?
Manchuria
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
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Which of the following was a goal of the Yalta Conference?
to provide emergency relief to countries destroyed by war
to punish Germany and Japan
to impose strict sanctions on the Soviet Union
to promote a peaceful postwar world order
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What was Space race?
Competition for supremacy in warfare between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
The competition to improve education in Math and Science the U.S.
It was a highly visible 'proxy war' between the U.S. and Soviets
The competition between U.S. and USSR regarding achievements in Space.
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Who were the Japanese suicide bombers?
SA (Storm Troopers)
blitzkrieg
Kamikazes
Lutwaffe
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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To help Eastern Europe
To help Southern Europe
To help Northern Europe
To help Western Europe
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Before the war Britain and France gave into Hitler's demands, a policy known as....
appeasement
blitzkrieg
phony war
isolationism
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Why was NATO created?
To provide security against terroism
To provide security against the Soviet Union
More allies
Trade
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What was Sputnik?
Atomic bomb
A man-made satellite
Rocketship
Animal to travel into space
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Countries met at the Munich Conference to decide which country's fate?
Ethiopia
Poland
Czechoslavakia
Manchuria
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What battle was the German's last attempt to gain control in the war?
Battle of Midway
D-Day
Battle of Leningrad
Battle of the Bulge
