The Berlin blockade clearly demonstrated that

Berlin could survive without outside support.

The Allied D-day invasion of Europe was

a massive land and sea attack on German-occupied France.

With reference to World War II, the term Holocaust refers to

Hitler's campaign to exterminate the Jews.

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1
What president made the decision to drop atomic bombs in Japan at the end of the WWII?
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
2
The Berlin blockade clearly demonstrated that
the western allies were afraid of a nuclear war.
Berlin could survive without outside support.
Britain would not be intimidated into abandoning Berlin
Space Race was about to start
3
The Allied D-day invasion of Europe was
last battle of the war in Europe.
Japan’s destruction of the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Germany’s mass murder of Jews
a massive land and sea attack on German-occupied France.
4
Which of the following would not be an example of the U.S. policy of containment?
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
NATO
Vietnam War
5
Who were the Axis power?
Italy, U.S.A and Soviet Union
Bulgaria, Sweden and Germany
France, Spain and Poland
Italy, Germany and Japan
6
Political ideals that seek to represent the interests of ordinary people can be described as
Fascism
Populism
Democracy
Idealism
7
The Truman Doctrine arose when the Soviets attempted to gain control of Greece and
Turkey
Sicily
Germany
Iran
8
The United States tentatively supported a failed invasion of Cuba at
Havana
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba Embargo
9
What U.S. action created tension with Japan?
Blockade to Japanese ports
Embargo against Japan
Development of nuclear weapons
Its default on Japanese loans
10
One of the two locations on which the United States dropped atomic bombs were
Tokyo
Hiroshima
All of the above
Okinawa
11
Ideologically, the two competing sides in the cold war were
Fascism and Capitalism
Communist and Capitalism
Communism and Socialism
Capitalism and Socialism
12
With reference to World War II, the term Holocaust refers to
the American nuclear destruction against Japanese civilians
Genocide of everyone non-jewish
Hitler's blitzkrieg against Poland
Hitler's campaign to exterminate the Jews.

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