5.13 - Unit Assessment: World War II Reshapes The World, Part 1 Quiz

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Which was a cause of WWII in Europe?
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Right Answers: ~ failure of appeasement ~ German and Italian aggressions ~ failure of the Treaty of Versalies
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Which event led the US into WWI?
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~ Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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Which nation was a part of the Axis Powers?
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(The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan) ~ Germany
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Who was president of the united states during most of WWII?
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~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Who led the soviet union during world war II?
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~ Joseph Stalin
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Which best describes the meaning of the Holocaust?
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~ the systematic killing of the Jews
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Which was an outcome of the Nazi government's "Final Solution"?
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Right Answers: ~ Millions died in German death camps ~ The deaths of about 6 million Jews.
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Which argument led the United States to use the atomic bomb during WWII?
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~ An invasion of Japan would cost hundreds of thousands of American lives.
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Which is true of World War II?
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~ More people were killed in WWI than in any other war in history
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Which was true in the years just after the end of World War II?
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Right Answers: ~ The United States was in a position to expand economically and did. ~ The United States was the richest country on earth.
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Which was a goal of the victorious Allies after World War II?
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Right Answers: ~ Division of Germany into military zones ~ A lasting peace (WRONG) - unification of Germany
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Which was a reason for the Nuremberg Trials?
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~ To judge Nazi leaders for their policies and orders
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Which best describes the Cold War?
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~ a struggle between the Eastern Bloc and the West that lasted 40 years
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Which committed the United States to the anticommunist policy of containment?
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~ Truman Doctrine
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Which was a goal of the Berlin Airlift?
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~ Providing supplies for German citizens
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Which best describes NATO?
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~ a mutual defense alliance among Western nations
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What was the result of the Korean War?
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~ a communist North Korea and a non-communist South Korea
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Which accurately describes an aspect of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Right Answers: ~ Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union improved afterward. ~ The United States announced a blockade of Cuba. ~ The Soviet Union and the United States barely narrowly avoided a nuclear war
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Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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~ castro
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Who was the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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~ John Kennedy
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Which occurred in the United States in the decades after World War II?
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Right Answers: ~A Baby Boom ~Civil Rights Movement ~a "red scare"
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Which did the nations of Western Europe attempt to achieve in the decades following World War II?
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Right Answers: ~ a common market for goods ~ Increased cooperation
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Which created a challenge to Soviet control over Poland in 1980?
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~ Solidarity
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Which U.S. president called for the Soviet Union to "tear down this wall"?
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~ Ronald Reagan