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Conflict and Change in Europe

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  • When East and West Germany decided to become whole again as one Germany, we call that _________________.
    Iron Curtain
    alliances
    division
    reunification
  • When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
    Sept 2nd 1945
    Jan 6th 1942
    Sept 1st 1939
    Dec 7th 1941
  • Which US president said the attack on Pearl harbor was "a day which would live in infamy."
    Harry Truman
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Herbert Hoover
  • Although the Cold War never involved any actual fighting, it was a state of tension between the U.S. and _____________.
    Middle East
    Germany
    the Soviet Union
    China
  • This country was blamed for World War I and forced to pay huge war reparations to the Allies.
    Great Britain
    Germany
    United States
    France
  • What was the “Holocaust”?
    the air war between France and Germany
    none of these
    Stopped Jews from taking their money if they left
    the killing of 6,000,000 Jews as well as other groups
  • Name given to the Normandy invasion of June 6th, 1944
    Operation Invasion
    D-Day Invasion
    Pearl Harbor
    Secret Mission D
  • Germany eventually divides into two parts: West Germany aligned with the Soviet Union and East Germany aligned with the United States. True or False?
    False
  • The atomic bombs used to end World War II were dropped on__________________.
    Hiroshima and Berlin
    Berlin and Tokyo
    Tokyo and Nagasaki
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • leader of Great Britain during WWII
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Joseph Stalin
    Harry Truman
    Winston Churchill
  • Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?
    Germany
    Poland
    Hungary
    Soviet Union
  • Why is the Cold War called a "Cold" war?
    Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
    The war was fought during winter months only
    There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
    The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
  • Name the structure separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West.
    Communist Bloc
    The Deutche Wall
    The Iron Curtain
    Berlin Wall
  • The United States president at the beginning of WWII was
    Harry Truman
    Hirohito
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
    Winston Churchill
  • What happened immediately after the atomic bombings in Japan?
    The Nazis surrendered
    The Soviet Union surrendered
    Italy surrendered
    Japan surrendered
  • What was the big event that started WWII?
    invasion of Hungary
    invasion of Czechoslovakia
    invasion of Austria
    invasion of Poland
  • WWII was fought from
    1939-1945
    1941-1947
    1939-1941
    1933-1941
  • leader of the Soviet Union during WWII “The Enemy of my enemy is my friend”
    Winston Churchill
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Joseph Stalin
    Harry Truman
  • Who was responsible for the Holocaust?
    Japanese
    Allies
    Hitler and Nazis
    Russians
  • The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
    Exorcisms
    Fascism
    Communism
    Socialism
  • Nazi leader of Germany during WWII
    Joseph Stalin
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Benito Mussolini
    Adolf Hitler
  • The iron curtain was a real curtain. True or False?
    False
  • What was a major reason for Cold War?
    Ideological differences between USA and USSR
    Insufficient money for war reparations
    Inability of the UN to maintain peace
    The weather was too low
  • The dividing line between the Non-Communist in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?
    The DeMilitarized Zone
    The Iron Curtain
    The 38th Parallel
    The line of demarkation
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