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World War 2 and Cold War
World War 2 and Cold War
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Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Rommel
Eisenhower
Goring
Montgomery
2
Why is it called the Cold War?
It used military combat.
Soviet Union was in winter during the time
America was in winter during the time
It never resulted in any direct military combat.
3
Name of the German "doctor" who performed medical "experiments" on Jewish prisoners.
Mengele
Heinz
Hitler
Goerring
4
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Britain
5
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Nothing
Sent them back to Japan
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them to fight in Europe
6
Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
11 million
5 million
6 million
1.5 million
7
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Lend-Lease Act
Non-aggression pact
Supplies Act
Buy-Sell Act
8
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Germany
Great Britain
Soviet Union
US
9
What is the definition of an "Arms race?"
A race to manufacture the most planes
A race against arms
A competition to make powerful weapons
A competition to make cars
10
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Prolonged aerial bombings
Amphibious assault
Atomic bombings
11
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
B-Day
Okinawa
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
12
The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Little Man and Fat Boy
Enola Gay and Little Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy
Alfred and Big John
13
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Stalin
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
14
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Iwo Jima
15
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Germany
US
Great Britain
Japan
16
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
US and China
Germany and Japan
USSR and China
US and USSR
17
Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Radiation Poisoning
Lack of food and water
Burns
Severe injuries
18
What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?
Sterilization
All of these
Extermination
Deportation
19
What's the name of the military bond between America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Chasers
Greeks
Friendships
Arms Race
20
What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of London
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
21
Allied project to bring foreign scientists to the US to develop new technologies.
Operation Paperclip
Operation File Folder
Operation Bodyguard
Operation Stapler
22
What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Normandy
23
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tojo
24
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
Churchill
25
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
11 million
5 million
3 million
6 million
26
What is Capitalism?
The name of a government
An economic system based on private ownership and businesses
A name of a political party
Farms and businesses should be owned by the workers
27
The Truman doctrine and NATO were United States' responses to the
threat of the Nazis in the 1930s
concern about the partition of India in 1947
Fear of economic depression after WWI
communist threat after WW2
28
One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to
complete the post World War 2 rebuilding of Berlin
keep East Germans from fleeing to the West section of Berlin
promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
meet the requirements of NATO
29
The Marshall Plan in Western Europe after WW2 strengthened the forces of
communism
democracy
isolationism
autocracy
30
Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:
Concentration Camps
Projects
Internment Camps
Ghettos
31
What did the Allies do to trick the Germans so D-Day could be successful?
Operation Bodyguard
All of these
Capture of all German spies
Inflatable tanks
32
In the 1950s, what was the status of most countries in Eastern Europe
participants in the Marshall Plan
satellites of the Soviet Union
allies of the United States
members of the Common Market
33
What does NATO stand for?
Nukes Atomic Thermal Organization
North Asia Tries Organization
North Alaska Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
34
What does MAD stand for? (In the term of the Cold War)
Marine Aviation Deviation
Mean Absolute Deviation
Marine Aviation Detachment
Mutually Assured Destruction
35
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Island Hopping
Fire Bombing
Blitzkreig
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
36
The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing
government housing to refugees
military assistance to Vietnam
funds for economic recovery
nuclear weapons to NATO
37
The goal of the Nuremberg Laws was to
turn Germany into a single-party totalitarian dictatorship.
deprive German Jews of citizenship and other basic rights.
combat the effects of the Great Depression in Germany.
force Jews and other "undesirables" to leave Germany
38
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Treaty of Versailles
Lend-Lease Act
Tripartite Alliance
Non-Aggression Pact
39
During the Cold War, which event occured last?
launch of Sputnik by Soviet Union
Berlin Airlift
destruction of the Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
40
Which event illustrates the policy of containment?
launching of Sputnik
naval blockade of Cuba
Hungarian Revolt
Nuremberg Trials
41
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
42
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Austria
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
43
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Churchill
Tojo
Stalin
Roosevelt
44
What was the Holocaust?
All of these
The catastrophe
The final solution to the Jewish problem
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
45
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Hirohito
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mussolini
46
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Italy, US
47
The German philosopher Karl Marx advocated what type of economic system?
NATO
Communism
Warsaw Pact
Capitalism
48
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Roosevelt
Churchill
Tojo
Stalin
49
After which battle was the following photo taken?
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Midway
50
The imaginary line that split the West European from the East European countries after WW2 was
prime meridian
line of demarcation
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
51
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Berlin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Tokyo