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American Wars Quiz 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates.

a)

Proxy War

b)

Border War

c)

Insurrection

d)

Cold War

2.

is a blanket term relating to the various conflicts that arose as the result of overseas territories being settled by foreign powers

a)

Proxy War

b)

Colonial War

c)

World War

d)

Border War

3.

is a war between organized groups within the same state or country.

a)

Border War

b)

Insurrection

c)

Conflict

d)

Civil War

4.

"a war engaged in by all or most of the principal nations of the world"

a)

World War

b)

Border War

c)

Proxy War

d)

Ongoing War

5.

is a military conflict between two or more nations without either side issuing a formal declaration of war.

a)

World War

b)

Border War

c)

Fault Line War

d)

Undeclared War

6.
a)

Civil War

b)

Colonial War

c)

Border War

d)

Proxy War

7.

a)

Civil War

b)

Cold War

c)

Border War

d)

Proxy War

8.

a)

1700s

b)

1800s

c)

1900s

d)

2000s

9.

is a type of usually violent conflict, most commonly in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the American West. The subject of these conflicts was control of open land for cattle or sheep

a)

Proxy War

b)

Border War

c)

Insurgency

d)

Range War

10.

What is a "police action"

a)

A war that is undeclared

b)

When the country's police force is used as military

c)

Insurrection where the police revolt

d)

Military action by the police

11.

Which image is NOT from World War II?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Which weapon would have been used in the Indian Wars of the latter half of the 19th century?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

This is from which time period?

a)

1914-1918

b)

1941-1945

c)

1965-1970

d)

1980-1985

14.

This painting is of-

a)

Barbary Wars

b)

Korean War

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Indian Wars

15.

This photo has to be from?

a)

1980s

b)

2000s

c)

1940s

d)

1890s

16.
a)

1812-1815

b)

1914-1918

c)

1635-1648

d)

1922-1927

17.

Which image is NOT from the Spanish American War (1898)

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which photo represents the Cold War (1945-1991)

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which photo below represents the Vietnam War? (1955-1975)

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.
a)

1990 - present

b)

1945 - 1990

c)

2001 - 2003

d)

2001 - 2011

21.

Match this with a photo below

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

a)

1700s

b)

1800s

c)

1900s

d)

2000s

23.
a)

Marine

b)

Navy

c)

Space Force

d)

Army

24.
a)

1917

b)

1980

c)

1776

d)

1941

25.
a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

Modern

d)

Really old