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Mr. Munoz Unit 3 History of Europe Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1914-1918


Russia had to pull out of this event


Mainly trench warfare


Happened mostly in Europe (especially France)


Allied Powers defeated the Central Powers

a)

WW I

b)

WW II

c)

The Cold War

d)

The Gulf War

2.
What leader rose to power in Germany in 1933 as the country was recovering from the aftermath of WWI and the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
3.
Shortly after rising to power in 1933, Adolf Hitler started to discriminate harshly against which ethnic group within Germany? This discrimination would escalate into a Holocaust in which Hitler sought to eliminate all members of this group in Germany and other areas of Europe.
a)
The Jews
b)
The Christians
c)
The Kurds
d)
The Buddhists
4.
Which agreement from the end of WWI was Hitler clearly violating leading up to the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939?
a)
The Treaty of Tordesillas
b)
The Treaty of Paris
c)
The Treaty of Versailles
d)
The Lend-Lease Act
5.

What was the cause of the Russian Revolution?

a)

The czar was executed.

b)

There were food shortages in Russia and peasants started to riot and revolt against the Czar and his family

c)

The Germans showed signs of surrender.

d)

Soldiers did not know how to use their weapons.

6.
This word means support for different sides during war; there were the Allied and Central powers during WWI.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Militarism
7.
World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.
a)
1914, 1917
b)

1917, 1918

c)
1914, 1918
8.

Who won WWI?

a)

Allied powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy)

b)

Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire)

c)

Allied Powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union)

d)

Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan)

9.

What was signed in 1919 to end WWI ?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

Treaty of Appomattox

10.

Which country had to pay $33 billion dollars in war reparations as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Bulgaria

11.

Germany was forced to give up what part of their military as a result of the Treaty of Versailles.

a)

Army

b)

Navy

c)

Air Force

d)

Germany was given severe limitations by the Treaty of Versailles in all three areas (Army, Navy, and Air Force)

12.
 Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?  
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
•  ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
a)
A.  Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution 
b)
B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico 
c)
C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy 
d)
D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War
13.

The main difference between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War were differences on what topic?

a)

A. military strategy

b)

B. economic systems

c)

C. support for Adolf Hitler

d)

D. support for Austria-Hungary

14.

Who lost WWI ?

a)

Allied powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy)

b)

Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire

c)

Allied Powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union

d)

Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan)

15.

Who lost WWII ?

a)

Allied powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy)

b)

Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire)

c)

Allied Powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union)

d)

Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan)

16.

Who won WWII ?

a)

Allied powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy)

b)

Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire)

c)

Allied Powers (U.S., Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union)

d)

Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan)

17.

"Antisemitism" was discrimination and hatred towards which group of people?

a)

Polish

b)

Jewish

c)

Czechoslovakian

d)

Armenian

18.

Why was Germany divided into parts following World War II?

a)

To maintain control and establish a new government in Germany

b)

To start the Cold War

c)

So Japan had new territory in Europe

d)

Because Hitler had a plan to create four small countries within Germany

19.

M.A.D.-Mutually Assured Destruction (with nuclear missiles) is an term that relates to which event?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Cold War

d)

The Gulf War

20.

True or False: The Berlin Wall was constructed by East Germany

a)

True, East Germany was ordered by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to construct a wall to prevent East Germans from leaving the country to go to West Germany.

b)

False, West Germany constructed the wall to keep the people of East Germany out of their country.

21.

How does World War II begin?

a)

Hitler invades Poland in September of 1939

b)

Japan invades Nazi Germany in April of 1933

c)

Churchill orders the British Navy to bomb the coast of France

d)

The United States launches a sneak attack on Tokyo in Japan

22.

USA, UK, France and other democratic countries formed what group during the Cold War?

a)

NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

The League of Nations

d)

The Justice League

23.

True or False: Democracy vs Communism was a major theme of the Cold War

a)

True, it was the major difference between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia)

b)

False, the major theme of the Cold War was over whether or not the United States or the Soviet Union should control Japan following World War II.

24.

A major turning point happened in the Cold War when the United States and other NATO countries were able to provide West Germans with food and other items during a Soviet blockade of West Germany

a)

The Berlin Airlift

b)

Operation Market Garden

c)

The Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Operation Overlord

25.

Communism ended in which country because of an economic collapse in the late 1980s/early 1990s?

a)

The Soviet Union (Russia)

b)

Japan

c)

The United Kingdom

d)

France

26.

Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, gave a speech after World War II where he described the control of the Soviet Union over Eastern Europe that was dividing the Soviet controlled area from the rest of free and democratic Eastern Europe. Churchill described this Soviet control over Eastern Europe as _____________.

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

The Great Wall

c)

The Steel Fence

d)

The Bronze Gate