World History Unit 8 Review

All of the following were part of the Allied Powers in WWII except...

The Israel-Palestine conflict...

The war in Syria began as a...

Both the war in Iraq and Afghanistan were part of the Global War on Terror.

Global issues facing the world today include poverty, water scarcity, war, environmental issues, disease, etc.

Decolonization & independence movements after WWII occurred mostly in these 2 regions of the world.

Largest land, sea & air operation in military history. Allowed Allies to start pushing Germany back to her borders.

A ruler with total power over a country...

At the beginning of WWII the Axis Powers included Germany, Italy & Japan.

The deliberate killing of a large group of people based on their ethnic group...

Cold War policy whose aim was to stop the spread of communism to new regions.

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance between Russia and her allies.

German military strategy during World War II which brought swift victory was called the blitzkrieg.

Name of terrorist organization in the Middle East aimed at creating the Islamic State.

Modern genocides are or did occur in all of the following places except...

Nations economically & politically controlled by the Soviet Union after WWII.

Gandhi led the independence movement in China using civil disobedience.

Competition during the Cold War to build up a nations military capablilites.

WWII began with the German invasion of....

International peace keeping organization founded at the end of WWII.

The German invasion of ____ marked the beginning of WWII.

The Domino Theory stated that if one country in a region fell to communism surrounding nations would also fall.

Germany attacked Britain during World War II in this way which caused mass destruction...

The Cold War would see conflict in Korea, Vietnam & Cuba.

Policy of trying to avoid war by accepting some demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace is known as...

This peace conference helped decide the end of WWII.

All of the following are associated with the Indian Independence Movement except...

Leader of the communist party in China.

Name given to the rising tensions between the US & Soviet Union after WWII.

Anschluss was the unification of Germany & Austria.

Decolonization happened after WWII because after WWII nations could no longer afford to maintain their colonies.

Competition between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. to explore space & send satellites & men to space is called the Arms Race.

In August 1939, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with...

The Japanese surprise attack on _______ brought the United States into WWII.