World War 1, War 2, & Cold War

____________ was the imaginary line that divided the communist Soviet Union controlled Eastern bloc from the Allied Power controlled democratic Western bloc in Europe during the Cold War.

• Berlin Wall
• iron curtain
• Great Wall of China
• Ural Mountains

Standing from 1961 to 1989, this structure served as the symbol of communism in Europe, dividing the capital city of Germany.

• iron curtain
• Berlin Wall
• Auscwitch
• Great Wall of China

________________ was the period (1945-1991) of distrust and tension between the Soviet Union and United States.

• Cold War
• World War 1
• World War 2
• Civil War

Treaty of Versailles brought an end to ____________.

• World War 2
• World War 1
• Cold War
• Communism

Which country was hurt the most by the stipulations of the Treaty of Versailles?

• United States
• France
• Russia
• Germany

"The Holocaust" of World War II generally refers to the

• treatment of Chinese people by Japan in the late 1930s.
• bombing of the interior regions of Germany by Allied bombers.
• planned murder of Jews, gypsies, communists, and others by the German government.
• internment of Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II.

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of decades of _______________ rule in the nation.

• capitalist
• democratic
• communist
• loyalist

Hitler's plan to eliminate Jewish people in all of Germany was known as the _______________.

• "Final Solution"
• Nuremburg Laws
• Berlin Wall
• Mein Kampf

·Laid responsibility for The First World War on Germany.
·Dictated that Germany would pay reparations and disarm its military.
·Resulted in substantial loss of territory for Germany.
·Helped set the stage for European conflict that would eventually result in World War II.

• Treaty of Versailles
• Battle of Anteitum
• Cold War
• United Nations

The popularity of the Nazi Party grew in Germany because

• it had been declared illegal following World War I and Germans resented the ban.
• the Spanish Civil War had shown that communists could successfully take control if not monitored.
• Italian leader Benito Mussolini had sent troops to Germany to train the Nazis and instruct Hitler on how to take power.
• people were in despair following the loss of the war, the Great Depression, and the very weak government.