DP1 HL HI Quiz 10 - Effects of WWI an WWII

One effect of WW2 was the division of Europe into Western and Eastern Europe, aligned politically to the USA and the USSR respectively, known as the ‘____Curtain”.

One effect of WW1 was the creation of the independent state of Israel based on the ____ Declaration (2 Nov 1917).

• Dalfour

• Balfour

• Polfour

• Danfour

WWII saw the emergence of the USA and the USSR as _____, which were much more powerful than any other country, both in terms of GNP and militarily.

• global powers

• key powers

• major powers

• superpowers

WWII transformed the political situation in China, and laid the foundations for the rapid and total victory of the Chinese ____ Party (CCP) in the Civil War that broke out after the war with the Japanese ended. 

One political effect of WW1 was in Italy, where a right-wing dictatorship emerged from 1922 under Benito _____, whose rise was largely due to the discontent brought about by the war.

One political effect of ____ was that the European colonial powers were weakened by war and their authority had been discredited in the eyes of the people of Asia because they were driven out by the Japanese so easily at the start of the war.

• WWI

• WWII

One effect of WW2 on international relations was the ____ Nations, which officially came into existence on 24 October 1945.

One economic impact was war was the establishment of the _____ Plan. Announced in June 1947, it was the economic arm of the US Containment policy.

• Locarno

• Truman

• Marshal

• Marshall

To counter the Marshall Plan, ____ was set up by the Soviet Union in January 1949 to coordinate Eastern Europe's economic policies.

• Comicon

• Comecon

• Cominform

• Comincon

One social effect of war was on the role and status of women. For example, in the USA, the “_____” happened in 1968 after a female journalist sparked debates with her articles regarding gender inequality.

• The First Suffrage Wave

• The Second Suffrage Wave

• The First Feminist Wave

• The Second Feminist Wave