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