World History Exam Review 2023 Part 3

Question 1

This battle was a turning point in the Pacific, when the Allies began to take control of Japanese held islands.

Accepted Answer

Midway

Question 2

When Winston Churchill said "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent" of Europe in 1946, what did he mean?

Accepted Answer

Part of Europe was being isolated from democracy.

Question 3

The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was to aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

In 1948, the state of Israel was formed to give which group of people a homeland?

Accepted Answer

Jewish

Question 5

Which of these events of the nuclear arms race brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of war?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 6

This occurred on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops landed on 5 beaches and it is known as D-Day.

Accepted Answer

Normandy invasion

Question 7

How did the utilization of nuclear bombs during World War II lead to the conflict between two global superpowers?

Accepted Answer

Led to the fear of nuclear destruction which led to a US/USSR arms race

Question 8

Why did Hitler stop the airstrikes against Great Britain in the Battle of Britain?

Accepted Answer

Hitler needed to focus his military efforts on the Soviet Union.

Question 9

During the Korean War, the United States backed non-communist Koreans in the south, and...

Accepted Answer

The Soviet and Chinese helped Korean communists gain power in the north

Question 10

The phrase “Iron Curtain” is associated with what era of history?

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 11

Which battle was Germany’s last attempt to push the Allies out of the mainland of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Battle of the Bulge

Question 12

The US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and ______________.

Accepted Answer

Nagasaki

Question 13

The Big 3 at the Yalta Conference included all the following Allied leaders except:

Accepted Answer

Emperor Hirohito

Question 14

After the formation of Israel on May 14th 1948, what was the reaction of surrounding Arab nations?

Accepted Answer

The Arab nations built up their militaries in preparation for an attack

Question 15

Japan lost important trade routes in Southeast Asia with the loss of which battle?

Accepted Answer

Leyte Gulf

Question 16

During which U.S. presidency did the nuclear arms race begin

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 17

This battle marked the first time Japan suffered defeat and lost land during World War 2.

Accepted Answer

Guadalcanal

Question 18

Which territory was controlled by Great Britain and lost land when the nation of Israel was created in 1948?

Accepted Answer

Palestine

Question 19

This battle operation in North Africa was the Allied response to Joseph Stalin demanding to open a second front

Accepted Answer

Operation Torch

Question 20

Which group was created during the Cold War to unify all of the member countries against communist aggression?

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 21

In order to break the Soviet blockade against West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Britain

Accepted Answer

Began an airlift designed to keep West Berlin supplied with goods

Question 22

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the

Accepted Answer

U.S. plans to make an atomic bomb

Question 23

Which BEST explains why Israel became a nation-state in Palestine after 1948?

Accepted Answer

The United Nations decided that Jewish people needed a homeland after WWII

Question 24

Which technology was a product of the arms race following World War II?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen bomb

Question 25

This battle is memorialized with a monument in Washington DC; the Allies were attacked from underground tunnels, etc.

Accepted Answer

Iwo Jima

Question 26

Which battle ended with Hitler’s suicide and Germany’s surrender to end WWII?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Berlin

World History Exam Review 2023 Part 3

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World History Exam Review 2023 Part 3

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