World History CR Semester B Final

When the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin in 1948, the U.S. and United Kingdom reacted with which of the following?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Schlieffen Plan

• Operation Barbarossa

Which of the following was formed after WWI to act as a peace-keeping body and prevent more war?

• The Warsaw Pact

• The United Nations

• NATO

• League of Nations

Which of the following included the official peace terms between the Allied Powers and Germany following World War I?

• Treaty of Versailles

• The Potsdam Conference

• The Camp David Accords

• The Treaty of Paris

What leader of Germany ignored the Treaty of Versailles by remilitarizing the Rhineland and annexing Czechoslovakia?

• Erwin Rommel

• Otto Von Bismarck

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

On October 29, 1929 what major event triggered a global Great Depression?

• U.S. Stock Market Crash

• The Invasion of Normandy

• The Roaring 20's

• 9/11

The harsh terms of this peace treaty and a severe economic depression in Germany helped lead to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in the 1930's.

• The Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  
  

• The Congress of Vienna

This operation was a turning point in WWII. The allies were able to successfully liberate Paris following this battle.

• Operation Overlord/ D-Day Invasion

• Operation Barbarossa

• The Berlin Airlift

• Bombings of Dresden

Stalin breaking his promise to allow free elections in Eastern Europe launched a period of political tension with the U.S. known as the:

• The Balkan Crisis

• Detente

• The War of Jenkins Ear

• The Cold War

What led to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII?

• The Invasion of Japan

• The Manchurian Crisis

• U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• The Bombing of Bejing

What was the Nazis' "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" ?

• To take over all of Europe

• To surrender

• To drop the nuclear bomb on the U.S.

• The systematic execution of Europe's Jewish population