A genocide is the planned killing of an entire group of people.
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Who was the fascist leader who established a dictatorship in Italy?
Benito Mussolini
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What was the event that caused the United States to become involved in World War II?
The Axis powers bombed United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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Where did Jews in Germany who were arrested in the early 1940's go?
Jews were sent to concentration camps.
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Who was involved in the Cold War?
The United States and the Soviet Union were the two countries involved.
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What is the definition of détente?
Détente is the policy of the 1970s that was created to relax tensions between the communists and the free world.
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Who was the American President at the beginning of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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During World War II, the Allies battled against the Axis Powers. Which were the chief countries involved in each side?
Allies: Britain, Soviet Union, United States
Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan
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How many Jews were murdered by the Nazis? How many non-Jews?
6 million Jews were murdered and 6 million non-Jews.
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____________ is an alliance of western democratic countries formed to defend member countries against Soviet attack.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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What is the definition of containment?
Containment is the U.S. policy whose goal was to keep the Soviets from gaining control of other countries.
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____________ kept a diary about his/her family's life while hiding from the Nazis.
Anne Frank
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United Nations was an organization created at the end of World War II to replace ____________.
the League of Nations
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Which groups of people did Adolf Hitler target to 'remove' from Germany?
Adolf Hitler wished to remove Jews, Gypsies, people with disabilities and those against Nazism.
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____________ is a symbol of the Cold War and the division between freedom and communism.
The Berlin Wall
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What is the definition of appeasement?
Appeasement is the policy of not opposing the fascists.
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Who was the United States President at the beginning of the Cold War?
Harry S. Truman
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What factors led to the rise of fascism in Europe?
People living in Germany and Italy wanted to see their countries return to the prominence they held before World War I.
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What did Nazis force Jews to wear on their chest? Where were they segregated to before they were taken to concentration camps?
They were forced to wear a yellow Star of David on their chest and forced to live in "ghettos."
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Why did the Vietnam War start?
Vietnamese leaders declared independence from their colonial ruler, France and France did not want Vietnam to have independence.
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What is the definition of refugee?
A refugee is a person who leaves their home to seek shelter and safety elsewhere.
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______________ was the Vietnamese leader who had communist ties.
Ho Chi Minh
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What were the names of the two cities that the United States attacked using the atomic bomb? What was Japan's reaction to being attacked?
1.) Hiroshima
2.) Nagasaki
Japan surrendered the war after being attacked.
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How did bathhouses work in concentration camps?
Jews were told that they would be taking a shower in a bathhouse, which turned out to be a gas chamber. A poisonous gas was released which killed hundreds of people at once.
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Why did the Cold War begin and why is it called the Cold War?
Americans and Europeans feared that the Soviets wished to make other nations communist. The United States and Soviet Union never fought face to face but prepared for war creating and obtaining a variety of the most powerful weapons.