Unit 6 World War II & Cold War Review

Both World Wars are considered "total wars" because:

• They brought great suffering to civilians.

• Nations from all over the world were involved.

• New technologies played a significant role in the wars.

• The nations involved devoted all their resources to the wars.

In 1939, the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with:

• Italy

• Poland

• Germany

• Great Britain

Great Britain and France entered World War II due to the invasion of:

• Poland

• Finland

• Denmark and Norway

• The Baltic States

Which event occurred on D-Day?

• The Allied invasion of Italy

• The Allied invasion of France

• The Allied bombing of Hiroshima

• The Allied bombing of Nagasaki

All of the following joined the Axis Powers EXCEPT:

• Italy

• Japan

• Germany

• The Soviet Union

What event is described as "a date which will live in infamy"?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Bombing of Hiroshima

• Signing of the Atlantic Charter

Where were atomic bombs dropped?

• Tokyo and Hong Kong

• Dresden and Berlin

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Leyte Island and Midway

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To raise funds for Communist activities in Europe

• To create a Communist party in the United States

• To judge political parties that favored communism

• To support countries that rejected communism

How did Stalin view the Marshall Plan?

• He vehemently agreed that communist countries needed economic aid.

• He welcomed it with open arms.

• He opposed it categorically, viewing it as a capitalist threat to communism.

• He did not care since the Marshall Plan only applied to Japan.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the region described as being "behind the Iron Curtain" included:

• Soviet Union only

• Soviet Union and its satellite nations