Semester 2 Final Exam

On September 1, 1939 World War II began because of this event:

The ______________ was the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals, and other "undesirables"

What was the U.S. strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific Theatre, beginning in the middle of 1942?

The Soviets obtained blueprints of the Trinity design and detonated their first atomic weapon on August 29th, 1949.

What was Japan's goal in the attack on Pearl Harbor?

What did "kamikazes" do?

Why was the Battle of Midway (June 1942) significant?

By most accounts, The Space Race officially began when which event took place?

Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?

Russia invented the submarine and used it very effectively at the beginning of the war.

Which of the Big 4 came up with the League of Nations to promote global peace after WWI?

Military tactics such as trench warfare and the use of poisonous gas kept casualty rates low.

How did the Great Depression impact society in Germany?

Which Cold War conflict was between Northern Communists and Southern Democrats divided along the 38th Parallel?

The terms of the Treaty of Versailles required Germany to do which of the following?

Which of the following was a major factor in the United States decision to enter World War I?

What is the best description of "Massive retaliation?"

What was the main reason for the English victory in the Battle of Britain?

Which event took place first?

The end of the Soviet-Afghan War: USSR signing an accord with the U.S. and Afghanistan remaining a nonaligned country.

An underlying cause of The Great War was:

The code name for the top secret American plan to build atomic weapons was:

This man was a leader of the anti-Apartheid revolution and eventually became president of South Africa.

What happened on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

What was the main reason President Truman authorized the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan?

What is significant about the Soviets also having atomic weapons?

What did the Nuremburg Laws do?

This Nazi officer "Aryanized" Jewish property, developed anti-Jewish propaganda. He committed suicide in prison.

Which historical event began the Great Depression?

What is being shown on the map below?

What is V-E Day (May 8th, 1945)?

Who are the light blue countries aligned with?

Which of the following helped the Soviet Union defeat Germany in World War II?

Who defeated the government of Fulgencio Batista to become dictator of Cuba in 1959?

Which Cold War conflict was fought by North Communists and South Democrats resulting in a united communist country.

The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was the most significant weapon produced during the Cold War.

How did the U.S. trade embargo placed on Cuba affect its economy?

The Nazi propaganda below is depicting anti-Semitic views

Kwame Nkrumah was a leader of the Ghana independence movement and former Prime Minister.

In Korea & Vietnam conflicts, the US & allies supported South Democrats, USSR/China supported North Communists.

How did the Great Depression affect to world?

Most of the world aligned with which Political/Military alliance?

_________________ was the Communist leader of China who implemented the Great Leap Forward.

The Entente became known as the Allied Powers and included: Britain, France, Russia and more.

How did Americans respond to the perceived constant threat of nuclear attack?

The majority of the Great Depression took place in which decade?

Which historical event is considered to have brought an end the the Great Depression?

What did the U. S. impose on Cuba after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion?

What was the location of the Paris Peace Conference and signing of the treaty that ended The Great War?

Tariff: tax placed on goods imported into a country. Tariffs protect a nation's industries from goods produced overseas.

Which vocabulary term is being represented by the propaganda poster below?

What are considered to be the causes of World War I?

The US created the first atomic bomb, which advantages did it give to the U.S.?

Which event was the "spark" that started World War I?

Who was the first human to walk on the moon?

What Cold War event led to President Nixon abandoning the Truman Doctrine?

Which country sent the first woman into space?

What happened at Dunkirk?