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WorksheetsAssignments 36-41
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
When did Hitler initially plan to launch his campaign against the USSR?
March 15 1941
April 15, 1941
May 15, 1941
June 15, 1941
None of the above.
Which is the most complete explanation of the reasons why the Germans were so successful at first?
Took the USSR by surprise. Blitzkrieg tactics. Soviet army weakened by the purges. This sentence is just added to increase the ength of the answer. In some places they were greeted as liberators. Soviets lost a huge amount of equipment in the first few days.
Blitzkrieg tactics. Soviets traded space for time. This sentence is just added for length. In some places they were greeted as liberators. Soviets lost a huge amount of equipment in the first few days.
Soviet army weakened by purges. Traded space for time. This sentence is just added for length. In some places they were greeted as liberators. Soviets lost a huge amount of equipment in the first few days. Took the USSR by surprise.
Took the USSR by surprise. Blitzkrieg tactics. Soviet weakened by purges. Traded space for time. This is filler to disguise the length of the answer. In some places they were greeted as liberators. Soviets lost a huge amount of equipment in the first few days.
In some places they were greeted as liberators. Took the USSR by surprise. Blitzkrieg tactics . This sentence is just added for length. Soviet army weakened by purges. The Soviets traded space for time.
When did it start snowing near Moscow in 1941?
October 10
October 20
November 1
November 10
None of the above.
What term goes with this definition?
A battle over a city in the oil-producing region in the Volga valley. It lasted from July 1942 to February 1943. Between July and November, the Germans took most of the city, but failed to completely drive out the Russian defenders. In November, the Russians sent two armies to surround the city. Hitler refused to let the German soldiers withdraw, so they were trapped with dwindling supplies for two months of fighting in the middle of winter. Finally, the 91,000 surviving German soldiers surrendered in 1943. Only 5000 of these prisoners would survive the war. This was the first major defeat for the German army and marked the turning point of the war on the eastern front.
Moscow
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Kursk
None of the above.
For how long was Leningrad besieged before a land supply route was opened?
12 months
14 months
16 months
18 months
None of the above.
When was the siege of Leningrad finally fully lifted?
January 1943
June 1946
January 1944
June 1944
None of the above.
Which is the best description of Hitler's mistakes (not counting the big mistake of invading a country with the size, population and resources of the USSR in the first place)?
Split invasion force into three parts. No provision for the winter in 1941. This is a filler sentence, to disguise the length. Treated Soviet citizens brutally which encouraged resistance. Refused to allow the army to fall back at Stalingrad in November 1942.
Split invasion force into three parts. This is filler. No provision for the winter in 1941. Treated Soviet citizens brutally which encouraged resistance. Refused to allow the army to fall back at Stalingrad in November 1942. In 1941 invaded too late in the year.
No provision for the winter in 1941. Treated Soviet citizens brutally which encouraged resistance. This is a filler sentence, to disguise the length. Refused to allow the army to fall back at Stalingrad in November 1942. In 1941 invaded too late in the year.
In 1941 invaded too late in the year. Split invasion force into three parts. Treated Soviet citizens brutally which encouraged resistance. This is a filler sentence, to disguise the length. Refused to allow the army to fall back at Stalingrad in Nov. 1942.
In 1941 invaded too late in the year. Split invasion force into three parts. This is a filler sentence, to disguise the length. No provision for the winter in 1941. Treated Soviet citizens brutally which encouraged resistance.
Which is definitely not a reason why the USSR won the war?
The western allies diverted some German troops by attacking in North Africa (1940-43), and Italy (1943-5) and they opened a proper “second front” in France on June 6, 1944.
The Five Year Plans had given Russia industrial bases beyond the Ural mountains, out of reach of German ‘planes. The factories evacuated in the wake of the German advance were added to these, giving Russia a considerable industrial base.
The USA began helping the USSR with supplies, even before it officially got into the war at the end of 1941.
The strategy of “trading space for time” combined with “scorched earth” forced the Germans to fight at the end of long supply lines and overstretched their forces.
None of the above.
What term goes with this definition?
This term refers to the countries that lay between the USSR and Germany. Before World War II they had been neutral or anti-Soviet which had made it easier for Hitler to expand towards the USSR. After the war, Stalin was determined that governments of these supposedly independent countries would be "friendly" to the USSR, so that if the USSR were attacked again these states would help protect the USSR. The USA accepted this in principle, but opposed the policy when it became clear that Stalin was imposing undemocratic Communist regimes in all of these countries.
buffer states
satellite states
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Iron Curtain
What term goes with this definition?
This is another result of the war. This term refers to countries like Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Poland and Hungary during the Cold War. In theory, these were independent countries, but in practice they were completely controlled by the USSR.
buffer states
satellite states
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Iron Curtain
What term goes with this definition?
A phrase coined by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the boundary between US- dominated Western Europe and USSR-controlled Eastern Europe. This division existed from about 1949-1989. Citizens of Eastern European countries were rarely given permission to travel to the West.
buffer states
satellite states
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Iron Curtain
What term goes with this definition?
This was formed in 1949 after the USSR had made an attempt to force the USA, France and Britain out of Berlin. It was an alliance of Western European and North American states *dominated by the USA) aimed at defending against further Soviet expansion. In 1955, West Germany joined this alliance.
buffer states
satellite states
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Iron Curtain
What term goes with this definition?
An alliance of Eastern European states (dominated by the USSR) dedicated to defending the territory against attack from the West. It was also dedicated to maintaining Socialism in its member states. It was formed in 1955 after West Germany joined NATO.
buffer states
satellite states
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Iron Curtain
Which of the following did not make the USSR more secure after the end of World War II?
buffer states
satellite states
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Iron Curtain
