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WorksheetsWorld War II and Cold War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
In December of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that the United States had declared war on Japan. The event that led to this decision was Japan's:
a)
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
b)
Bombing of England
c)
Bombing of Normandy
d)
Bombing of London
2.
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of American pilots who flew many missions during World War II. They were good pilots who earned a great deal of recognition, but were also unique in the military because they were
a)
Japanese Americans
b)
Asian Americans
c)
African Americans
d)
Mexican Americans
3.
What is the name of the system where the government owns the stores, factories, banks, and all means of economic production?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Democracy
d)
Communism
4.
German leader who led the Nazi Party
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Hirohito
5.
The nuclear arms race was between
a)
The United States and the Soviet Union
b)
United States and Korea
c)
United States and Japan
d)
United States and Germany
6.
The president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
7.
What was the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that was a struggle between their ideologies of democracy and communism?
a)
World War III
b)
The Cold War
c)
The Marshall Plan
d)
Russian American War
8.
Which term described how the Soviet Union's effort to control some countries in Eastern Europe by not allowing their people to communicate with others outside of the Soviet Union?
a)
The Iron Curtain
b)
Soviet Union Control
c)
The Berlin Airlift
d)
The Warsaw Pact
9.
What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?
a)
League of Nations
b)
The U.S. Congress
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
United Nations
10.
Which war began in 1950 with a communist government invading its southern neighbor?
a)
World War II
b)
The Vietnam War
c)
The Cold War
d)
The Korean War
11.
Which part of Korea is communist?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
12.
The United States sent troops to Vietnam
_________.
_________.
a)
to stop the spread of communism
b)
as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
to set up a capitalist goverment
d)
because they bombed us
13.
What were the results of the Korean War?
a)
The two sections of Korea reunited
b)
North Korea & South Korea remained divided
c)
The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
d)
China set up a communist government
14.
How were the Korean War and Vietnam War similar?
a)
both were fought in Eastern Europe
b)
Both were fought to stop the Soviet Union from taking over
c)
Both were fought to stop the spread of communism
d)
Both were fought between the east and the west
15.
Under this economic system, ordinary people and businesses control the means of production.
a)
McCarthyism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
16.
A leader who gains complete control over a country’s government is called a ____.
a)
Prime Minister
b)
dictator
c)
political party
d)
fascism
17.
Germany, Italy, and Japan became known as the ________.
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Dictators
d)
Prime Ministers
18.
Great Britain, Canada, the Soviet Union, and eventually the United States became known as the ________.
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Dictators
d)
Prime Ministers
19.
WWII began when _____.
a)
when Spain sunk the U.S Maine
b)
when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
c)
when the stock market crashed.
d)
when Hitler(germany) invaded Poland.
20.
________________ and __________________ affected the lives of millions of Americans and led to a 10 year period of economic depression in the United States.
a)
The Stock Market Crash and the New Deal
b)
The Stock Market Crash and the Dust Bowl
c)
World War I and the Stock Market Crash
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