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WWII and Cold War
WWII and Cold War
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1
The Vietnamese Declaration of Independence was modeled on the...
Soviet Constitution
Manifesto of the Communist Party
American Declaration of Independence
Japanese constitution
2
Blitzkrieg means
Ride the Lightning
Thor the God of Thunder
Lightning War
Warriors of Lightning
3
After 1940, the only country standing in opposition to Germany was
Italy
the Soviet Union
Britain
The United States
4
Gorbachev's policy of perestroika referred to
decentralizing the economy
reeducation
de-communism
openness
5
In 1965, which President ordered a bombing campaign in North Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
6
The Battle of Britain had the German forces
almost solely attacking from the air
Revealed the German ally of Ireland
invading through Scottland
invading from Norway and France
7
Operation Barbarossa was the
German plan for the invasion of Russia
German plan for the invasion of France
British plan to counter German aggression
Polish military plan to invade Germany
8
The German-Soviet Non-Aggression pact also
separated China into spheres of influence
the expanded to include invading England
planned the final solution
planned the division of Eastern Europe
9
Auschwitz was
the largest Nazi death camp
became a safe haven for all people during WWII
was a secret training area for Nazi spies
was primarily a research center
10
Japan surrendered to the United States in 1945 because
the United States used the atomic bombs on two cities
the American blockade caused massive starvation
the emperor resigned and a republic was established
the American forces invaded mainland Japan
11
The first successful military operation in the pacific for the United States was
the Battle of Okinawa
the Battle of Midway
Pearl Harbor
the Battle of Iwo Jima
12
The weakness of the League of Nations was revealed by the lack of action when Italy invaded
Romania
Egypt
Switzerland
Ethiopia
13
The height of Japanese atrocity in China was reached by the Rape of
Hong Kong
Nanjing (Nanking)
Beijing
Manchuria
14
The leader of the Viet Cong (North Vietnamese) was...
Vo Nguyen Giap
Mobutu Sese Seko
Syngman Rhee
Ho Chi Minh
15
Gorbachev allowed for more freedoms within soviet society with
perestroika
glasnost
uskorenie
zhivkov
16
What leader made concessions at the Munich Conference?
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
17
The highest point of appeasement was
the German invasion of Poland
Germany sending troops into the Rhineland
the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
the Munich Conference
18
The German Air Force perfected their tactics by helping in the
Ethiopian civil war
Russian civil war
Spanish civil war
Algerian civil war
19
British, French, and U.S. zones of Berlin
combined to form the Federal Republic of Germany
fell to communism in 1979
remained divided until 1984
were evacuated
20
The Soviet leader that began De-Stalinization in 1956 was
Marshall Tito
Nikita Krushchev
Harry Truman
Mikhail Gorbachev
21
Which Soviet leader pushed back against the United States in relation to Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
22
What was the "November Crime"
Germany signing the 1918 armistice
The Russian Revolution success
Japanese invasion of China
the alliance between the Soviet Union and Austria
23
The European part of World War II begins with the
Polish invasion of Germany
German invasion of Poland
Soviet invasion of Romania
Munich Conference
24
The policy of "detente" means
a commitment to allow the UN to govern the world
a reduction of hostility
an economic program between two powers
a gradual increase in hostile action
25
The Warsaw Pact was formed
in response to NATO
was a free trade organization
under the leadership of Lech Walesa
to contain communism
26
D-Day, the Normandy Invasion,
allowed Germany to crush the French resistence
focused on the invasion of Italy
overwhelmed Germany and caused a retreat to German territory
failed because the Russian forces withdrew from fighting