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WorksheetsWorld War II and the Cold War
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 24mins
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong were opposing parties in the civil war of which country?
(a)
In order to escape government forces, Mao Zedong led close to 100,000 communists on a 6,000 mile trek called the (a) March.
What were the two important principles that Gandhi taught in order to help India gain independence from Great Britain?
Fight until death
Civil disobedience
Nonviolence
Make alliances
Honor authority
In 1948, the area of (a) was divided up between Arabs and Jews.
There was massive economic growth in the U.S. during the (a) Twenties.
One thing that contributed to the Great Depression was that people were purchasing too much on
(a)
The day the stock market crashed is known as ______ Tuesday.
Black
Fat
Wild
Scary
FDR's plan to revive the U.S. economy through public works programs and new regulations is known as the
(a)
The Smoot-Hawley Act caused additional economic pain in the world by placing (a) on imported goods.
The Italian dictator Mussolini was a
Fascist
Nazi
Communist
Capitalist
The Soviet Union policy of (a) planning placed economic decisions in the hands of the government.
What did Stalin use to punish disobedient peasants and others who he felt threatened by?
(a)
Germans despised the (a) Republic because it weakened them after the Treaty of Versailles.
Which book did Hitler write while being jailed for treason?
Mein Kampf
Communist Manifesto
War and Peace
The Scarlet Letter
Hitler was referred to as Fuhrer, which was another word for
(a)
The (a) Laws took away Jewish citizenship and rights.
Kristallnacht, when Jewish synagogues and business were destroyed, is also known as the Night of Broken
(a)
Which of the following did Nazis want to destroy?
Communism
Capitalism
Fascism
Totalitarianism
When Hitler ran for president, he lost to General von Hindenburg, who soon gave Hitler the position of
(a)
Hitler used a (a) set in the German Parliament building as justification to be granted emergency powers.
Nazism is different than communism because it allows (a) property, though still under strict government regulation.
The religion of communism is
(a)
Nazis wanted to create one German master (a) .
Which country was NOT an Axis Power in World War 2?
Germany
Italy
Japan
Austria-Hungary
Which of the following countries were on the Allied side of World War II?
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
France
Finland
Which countries were neutral in World War II?
Spain
Switzerland
Ireland
The Netherlands
Neville Chamberlain's policy towards Hitler was called
Appeasement
Containment
Detente
Mutually Assured Destruction
Sudetenland, handed over to Hitler by the Allies, was part of which Eastern European country?
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Ukraine
Neville Chamberlain is famous to have said that he had achieved " (a) in our times".
Which of the following were causes of World War II?
Russian containment
Japanese expansionism
Treaty of Versailles
U.S. militarism
Which German was in charge of the SS - the Nazi secret police?
Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Eichmann
Josef Mengele
All Jews in Nazi Germany had to wear a Star of (a) as identification.
Hitler's plan to eliminate Jews across Europe was called the Final
(a)
Which of the following were German concentration camps?
Dachau
Auschwitz
Buchenwald
Gulag
There was a uprising amongst Jews in the (a) Ghetto in 1943.
To which continent did many top Nazis escape before they were captured?
Africa
Asia
South America
Australia
Anschluss was the term for when the Germans took over the country of
Romania
Belgium
Austria
France
Near the beginning of World War II, Russia and Germany signed a pact of "non- (a) ."
Near the beginning of World War II, the Soviet Union and Germany signed an agreement to defeat and divide the country of
Italy
Poland
Denmark
Great Britain
World War II officially began on (a) 1, 1939.
Which of the following were battleships either sunk or damaged in Pearl Harbor?
Arizona
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Washington
About how many Americans died in the Pearl Harbor attacks?
2,400
5,100
1,300
4,500
In FDR's famous speech after Pearl Harbor, he referred to the attack day as a date which would live in (a) .
Japanese were placed in (a) camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Name the only member of Congress to vote against American involvement in both world wars.
Jeanette Rankin
Joseph Cannon
Alice Paul
Warren Burger
The U.S. responded to the attacks on Pearl Harbor by first attacking
Russia
Germany
Japan
China
Dorie (a) was a mess attendant who grabbed a machine gun at Pearl Harbor and shot down at least 3 Japanese planes.
In which battle did the British air force hold off the advancing German planes?
Britain
Midway
Leyte Gulf
Barbarossa
The assault on (a) , France, nicknamed "D-Day", was the largest amphibious invasion in history.
The Battle of the (a) was Hitler's last attempt at stopping the Allies from invading Germany.
The year 1945 is sometimes referred to as "Year (a) " because the war devastation caused a need to start over.
How many total lives are estimated to have been lost in World War II?
60 million
25 million
6 million
37 million
Due to abuse from the Soviets, an average of (a) million abortions took place in Germany for a 4 year period.
Which cities were reduced to rubble during World War II?
Warsaw
Tokyo
Berlin
Kiev
Lisbon
Which leader was NOT at the Yalta Conference?
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Truman
At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed to help defeat (a) 3 months after Germany's surrender.
At Yalta, the Soviet Union was made a permanent member of the _____ _____ Security Council.
(a)
At the (a) Conference, Germany's economy was reduced from heavy industry to light industry and agriculture.
Which of the following choices does NOT relate to the dropping of the atomic bombs?
Enola Gay
Fat Man
August 15
Nagasaki
Which of the following was NOT a result of World War II?
India gained independence from Great Britain
America and Soviet Union became superpowers
Germany lost Vietnam
The Netherlands gave independence to Indonesia
The threat of America and Russia destroying each other with atomic weapons was called mutually assured (a) .
The (a) Plan aimed to help Europe rebuild, using about $15 billion from the U.S.
The (a) Bill was created to help war veterans get educated and build a home.
The policy of (a) was meant to keep communism from spreading.
The term "Iron Curtain" was coined by
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Mao Zedong
Which country would NOT have signed the Warsaw Pact?
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Switzerland
The Candy Bomber's operation to bring candy to West German children was nicknamed "Operation Little (a) ."
Which conflict came first?
Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War
War on Terror
Which communist Cuban came to power during the Cold War?
Fidel Castro
Daniel Ortega
Hugo Chavez
Juan Peron
Who was next in line as a Soviet leader after Stalin's death?
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Lenin
Gorbachev
