All of the following were similarities between the start of WWI and WWII EXCEPT

Germany was not the first aggressor country

All are reasons why Germans were able to commit atrocities during the Holocaust EXCEPT

lack of fear of the German government

first mass transportation to concentration camps

Was taken over by a communist government

All of the following are true of the Cold War EXCEPT

It included direct conflict between the US and USSR

The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to

Try and punish perpetrators of the Holocaust

In which way was total war different in WWII than WWI

war involved attacking civilian targets

The Final Solution refers to

Hitler's plan to commit Genocide

Appeasement is a policy of

giving small concessions to aggressive countries

Italy switched sides during WWII due to

Allies invading from the south and pushing Mussolini out

Which of the following was the main reason the US decided to drop the bomb

to save allied lives that would be lost during an invasion

Which of the following is true of the Atomic Bomb

It is more destructive and contains radiation

imagined border between Communism & non-communist countries

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Unit 12: WWII and Cold War

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1
All of the following were similarities between the start of WWI and WWII EXCEPT
Extreme nationalism was being promoted across Europe
Alliances pulled multiple countries into war
Countries were working on new military technology
Germany was not the first aggressor country
2
The turning point that got the Allied powers back into France is known as
The Battle of Versailles
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Normandy
The Battle of Stalingrad
3
US strategy used in the Pacific Theater was known as
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
Cold War
Gestapo
4
All are reasons why Germans were able to commit atrocities during the Holocaust EXCEPT
lack of fear of the German government
Scapegoating Jewish people
Desire to be obedient to authority
Dehumanization of Jewish people
5
kristallnacht was
Event of mass execution by Stalin
first mass transportation to concentration camps
Hitler's first attempt at a takeover
campaign launched against the Nazi's by USSR
6
Post WWII, China
Was taken over by a democratic government
Was taken over by a communist government
Was partial given to Japan
Was divided between the Allied nations
7
All of the following are true of the Cold War EXCEPT
US and USSR worked hard to increase their military tench
US tried to "contain" the spread of communism
US and USSR raced to be the first into space
It included direct conflict between the US and USSR
8
The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to
Evaluate the legality of the use of the Atomic Bombs
Try and punish perpetrators of the Holocaust
Decide if USSR could build the Berlin Wall
Mediate conflict between USSR and US during Cold War
9
All of the following are ways that Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT
Germany's invasion of the Rhineland
Germany's switching industry to making war time goods
Germany's invasion of Russia
Germany's started rearmament
10
In which way was total war different in WWII than WWI
war involved attacking civilian targets
people at home were asked to ration goods
Industries were asked to produce war goods
Europe relied on colonial forces
11
All of the following are strategies used by Fascists dictators to take over EXCEPT
scapegoating
freedom of speech
extreme nationalism
Censorship of media
12
The Yalta/Potsdam conference differed from the Treaty of Versailles in that it
was held by the Ally powers
focused on creating a international peacekeeping force
took power away from Germany
aimed to rebuild all of Europe
13
Which of the following officially made it the US mission to contain communism?
Iron Curtain
NATO
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
14
The Munich Conference and agreement were in response to
Germany taking the Sudetenland
Germany invading Russia
Italy and Germany signing the Pact of Steel
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor
15
The policy of giving financial aid to European nations that were NOT communist to rebuild was
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
16
The Final Solution refers to
Hitler's plan to commit Genocide
Japan's plan to bomb Pearl Harbor
The US decision to drop the Atomic Bomb
Allies plan for Germany post WWII
17
Appeasement is a policy of
supporting the spread of communism
giving small concessions to aggressive countries
trying to stop the spread of communism
giving support to fascist countries
18
All of the following could be considered moral crimes/war crimes during the war EXCEPT
Nuremberg Trials
Holocaust
Japanese internment camps
Rape of Nanjing
19
Which states that if one country falls to communism than all others in the region will follow
Domino Theory
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Truman Doctrine
20
All of these countries were neutral for all of or some of the war EXCEPT
US
USSR
Spain
Britain
21
Which of the following was a goal of Nazism
power for proletariat class
Uniting of all Slavic people
equality for all
Ethnic Nationalism
22
Italy switched sides during WWII due to
them realizing their were on the losing side
Allies invading from the south and pushing Mussolini out
Hitler invading Italy and trying to take over the government
the country falling into a civil war over resources
23
Which of the following was the main reason the US decided to drop the bomb
In order to test out their new technology
to save allied lives that would be lost during an invasion
For revenge from WWI
Due to ethnic hatred for the Japanese
24
____ was a military alliance between the USSR and other communist states
Munich Agreement
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
NATO
25
Which of the following was a goal of Japan's war in the Pacific
to avoid direct conflict with the US
to expand Japan's empire
to spread communism
to prevent Stalin from conquering Japan
26
Which of the following is true of the Atomic Bomb
It was used to end the war in the European theater
it was invented during WWI
It is more destructive and contains radiation
Americans knew fully what effects it would have
27
The Iron Curtain was
physical barrier between Western and Eastern Europe
proxy war between Eastern and western Europe
Physical barrier between East and West Berlin
imagined border between Communism & non-communist countries
28
Prior to the start of WWII Japan has already invaded
US
India
Russia
China
29
The Berlin Airlift was caused by
Hitler storming Stalingrad
Italy refusing to surrender during the war
Intense nationalism in the city of Berlin
Stalin blockading West Berlin
30
After WWII, European countries
decided to let Germany rebuild on their own
Declared war on Russia
Mostly became communist nations
agreed to decolonize

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