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Conflict and Change in Europe

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