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The process in which East and West Germany were joined together and Berlin was a single city
German Combination
Reunification of Berlin
Reunification of Europe
Reunification of Germany
2
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
Japan
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What is propaganda?
biased information shared repeatedly with others to persuade
news paper articles
random acts of good behavior
an opinion shared with a few to influence them
4
Deliberate extermination of millions of European Jew and other Civilians. Find the term
Antisemitism
Aryan Supremacy
Holocaust
Nazism
5
The US dropped 2 bombs on what 2 Cities?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor
Nagasaki and Osaka
Hiroshima and Berlin
6
What does anti-semitism mean?
The hatred of Jews as a religious or ethnic group
The turning point of the war
Belief in a super race
Deliberate extermination of millions of European Jew
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What countries were the allies?
US, Britain, Russia
Germany, Italy, Japan
US, Germany, Britain
Russia, Germany, Italy
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What event ended WWII?
Soviets liberated concentration camps
The United States dropped two atomic bombs
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Germany surrendered
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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
10
All of the following are causes of the fall of Soviet Union except
US won the Cold War
command economy had problems
people protested and demanded freedom
they went bankrupt
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Which was the most important organization formed after WWII to avoid another world war?
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
NATO
12
Who did Germany invade that initially started ww2 in Europe?
France
Denmark
Poland
USA
13
What actions did the United Nations take as a result of the Holocaust?
divided Palestine and Germany
defeated Hitler and freed the Jews
created a Jewish state and made genocide a crime
helped the Jews find jobs and shelter
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What was the political system of East Germany?
communism
facism
democracy
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What Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
Czar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Who did Germany invade that initially started ww2 in Europe?
USA
Denmark
France
Poland
17
Who controls the economy in a communist government?
NATO
The League of Nations
The people
The goverment
18
What were the dates of WWII?
1929-1935
1939-1945
1914-1918
1945-1991
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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 communist and West was democratic and capitalist
East was a free state and West was occupied by Soviet Union
East was democratic and Germany was a dictatorship
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After WWII, which two countries were the superpowers of the world?
United States and Soviet Union
Soviet Union and Germany
Germany and France
England and United States
21
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
Vietnam War
Cold War
World War II
World War I
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What is genocide?
forced labor or slavery
the planned killing of a race of people
Hatred towards the Jews
the division of Palestine into Arab and Jewish States
23
In ww2 the US fought mainly against?
Germany and Japan
France and Italy
Germany and Canada
Britain and Spain
24
What three countries formed the axis of powers
USSR, Germany, Japan
Italy, France, China
Japan, Italy, Germany
USA, England, France
25
Who created the country of Isreal?
Allies
League of Nations
United Nations
Germany
26
The Iron Curtain separated what two beliefs?
Communism & Democracy
Communism & Nazism
Monotheism & Democracy
27
Divided part of Germany into communist and non communist
Nato
Berlin Wall
The Great Wall of China
Iron Curtain
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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 make sure there was never another World War again.
To make the U.S. a superpower once again.
To protect the Jewish state and make genocide a crime.
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What was the main goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
To stop and contain the spread of communism
To strengthen bonds with China and Germany
To eliminate the nation of Germany
To spread communism to other countries
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Created by the Treaty of Versailles; to ensure that a world war would never occur again
KGB
Berlin Wall
League of Nations
Central Powers
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about how many years between ww11 and ww1?
45
33
18
20
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When did the Cold War end?
2018
1989
1945
1991
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How did the Cold War get its name?
Equipment was shipped to cold areas
There was no physical fighting, only distrust
There was heavy fighting near the Iron Curtain
The United States and Soviet Union fought in the Ukraine
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The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--
Korean Pact
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
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U.S. President Truman and British Prime Minister Churchill wanted to spread what in Europe
Communism
Democracy
Militarism
Alliances
36
What is the political idea that all property should be publicly owned and managed by government
anti-semitism
communism
democracy
captalism
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What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
the fall of capitalism
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
the end of the Vietnam War
the fall of communism
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During the Cold War this divided the eastern and western Europe
NATO
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
The Great Wall of China
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Which country was the leader of the Eastern Bloc?
United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Germany
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What was the name of the largest death camp located in Poland?
Terezin
Warsaw
Bergen-Belsen
Auschwitz
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How did WWII begin?
When the Archduke was assassinated.
When Hitler invaded Poland
With the sinking of the Luisitania
With the Zimmerman telegram
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Which event pulled the United States into WWII?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Zimmerman Telegram
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
43
Hitler became dictator of what country?
Germany
Italy
USA
France
44
What are reparations?
repairing a friendship between two or more countrie
paying a tax on imported goods
Payments made for damages caused during a war
45
The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
Socialism
Communism
Nazism
Facism
46
During the Cold War why didn't the US and the Soviet Union have military conflicts
pressure from nonaligned nations kept the peace
increased tensions in the Middle East
the United Nation wouldn't let them fight
the potential for global nuclear war
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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 rebuilt the wall.
They unified into one democratic country
They unified into one communist country
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Who is NOT a Russian/Soviet Union Leader?
Vladmir Lenin
Czar Nicholas II
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
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Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Czar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
