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20th Century European History
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Competition between the US and the USSR to launch satellites and land on the moon.
Space Race
Race of Communism
Arms Race
Race of Democracy
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What caused the Cold War to end?
The reunification of Germany
The destruction of the Berlin Wall
The collapse of Soviet Union
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
3
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Truman's promise to destroy the USSR
An alliance between Great Britain and the US
US promised to help any country who rejected communism
The treaty created at the Yalta Conference
4
What was the name of the dog in Sputnik II launched into space by the Soviets?
Spot
Boris
Niko
Laika
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What was a result of the Treaty of Versailles?
The creation of NATO
Creating hostility and bitterness among Germans
The division of Germany into occupational zones
Establishing lasting peace in Europe
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What led to the creation of NATO?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Berlin airlift
The Warsaw Pact
The Berlin Blockade
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Germany, Japan, and Italy made up what alliance in WWII?
Central Powers
Axis of Powers
They were not in an alliance
Allied Powers
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Who was the leader of the Bolshevik party that took control after the Russian Revolution?
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
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What was one major result of the Yalta Conference?
The division of Germany into occupational zones
Limiting the number of nuclear weapons a county could have
The division of Europe into east and west
The creation of the Marshall Plan
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When did World War II take place?
1914-1918
1945-1991
1961-1975
1939-1945
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Who tried to modernize the Soviet economy and promote freedom of speech during the Cold War?
Gorbachev
Truman
Stalin
Lenin
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A "War of Words” between to the United States and the Soviet Union.
What was the Cold War
What was WWI
What was WWII
What was the Yalta Conference
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A planned killing of a race of people, specifically the extermination of Jews in Europe.
What was racism?
What was the Holocaust?
What was Nazism?
What was Mein Kampf?
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The willingness of the US and the Soviet Union to go to the edge of war at any time.
What is hostility?
What is containment?
What is brinkmanship?
What is the war guilt clause?
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What caused the Russian Revolution?
The suffering of the working class
Germany's take over of Russia
The suffering of the upper class
The assassination of the Romanov family
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What was the goal of creating the Treaty of Versailles?
To help rebuild the economies in Europe
Finding someone to blame for the war
Punishing Germany
To establish a long lasting peace
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What countries played a major role in the creation of the treaty of Versailles?
Britain, France, US, and USSR
Britain, Germany, USSR, and US
Britain, Italy, Poland, and US
Britain, France, Italy, and US
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When did the Cold War take place?
1914-1918
1961-1975
1939-1945
1945-1991
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When did World War I take place?
1889-1895
1945-1991
1939-1941
1914-1918
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What was the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
January 29, 1980
June 28, 1919
December 7, 1941
September 1, 1939
21
The first satellite launched into earth's atmosphere was called?
Star Wars
Sputnik I
Telestar
Mike
22
The loss of life and property, the war debt, inflation, and the stock market crash led to what?
The Great Depression
Isolationism
World War II
Global Depression
23
What war does the cartoon depict?
WWII
Russian Revolution
WWI
Cold War
24
What was the defensive alliance established between the US, Canada, and other Euro countries?
Warsaw Pact
Axis of Powers
NATO
Allied Powers
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The declaration that Germany was solely responsible for all damages of WWI.
Appeasement
War Guilt Clause
Warsaw Pact
Reparations
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Who put a man into space first?
USSR
Britain
US
Japan
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What did Winston Churchill mean when he said an "Iron Curtain" had descended across Europe?
The Soviet Union built a wall dividing Europe
The closing of Britain's border
Germans had taken over most of Europe
The division of eastern and western Europe
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Alliance between USSR, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, & E. German
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Axis of Powers
Allied Powers
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What led to the creation of the Warsaw Pact?
The Yalta Conference
The creation of NATO
US developing the atomic bomb
Germany's invasion of Russia
30
What did Russians call their absolute monarch up until 1917?
Czar
Kremlin
KIng
Chancellor
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Payments by a government to a group of people for loss or damages caused during war.
What are taxes?
What are reimbursements?
What are debts?
What are reparations?
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The US, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France made up what alliance in WWII?
Axis of Powers
Allied Powers
They were not in an alliance
Central Powers
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What does ICBM stand for?
Inter-continental Ballistic Missile
It can't be me
Interior conquest blitz maneuver
Inter-congressional Ballot Meeting
