World
History
Final
Exam
Review
100

This was the president who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs in WWII

Truman

100

US used this policy during the Cold War against communism

Containment

100
We were executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
100

Resource rich region in Northern China

Manchuria

100

This person practiced civil disobedience to fight against British colonialism

Mohandas Gandhi

200
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this dilemma.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
200

This is the 'ism' that means business is control by private individuals 

capitalism

200

The name of the fascist leader of Italy during WWII

Benito Mussolini

200
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
What is Sputnik?
200
It is the organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
300

What was the proxy war that resulted in a country being split along the 38th parallel

Korean War

300
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300

The invasion of this country by Hitler started WWII

Poland

300

Hitler's rebuilding of the German military violated what

Treaty of Versailles

300

Name of the plan where the United States gave Europe money to rebuild after WWII

Marshall Plan

400

George Keenan sent a document detailing the danger of the spread of communism called this

Long Telegram 

400

Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, the name given to Britain's policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked.

Appeasement

400

Name of theory that if one country fell to communism the next one would and the next would so on

Domino Theory

400
President of the United States when man landed on the moon.
Who is JFK?
400

The Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer was part of the World War II effort to do this

Create an atomic bomb

500

This is the name of the racial segregation system in South Africa during the 20th century

Apartheid

500

He spread suspicion about people being communists but never could prove anything. In the end he was censored by the Senate.

Senator Joseph McCarthy

500

The four causes of WWI

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism

500

What is the name of the place where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?

What is the Bay of Pigs?

500

People who believe that the Jewish people deserve a homeland in Israel for religious reasons are called ________.

Zionists
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