10.6 WWImpacts
10.7 Totally Totalitarian
10.8 Who's, What's, and When's of World War II
10.9 The Post-World War 2 World
Brrrr...Cold War
100
This treaty ended WWI. What is the name of the treaty?
What is Treaty of Versailles.
100
After the death of Lenin, who took control of the Communist Party in Russia?
What is Josef Stalin.
100
The 1939 Non-Aggression Pact was between these two leaders, agreeing not to attack each other and to jointly attack Poland in the future. Name the two leaders.
Who are Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler.
100
Which country was partitioned into zones of military occupation as a result of the Yalta Conference?
What is Germany?
100
This idea was introduced by Eisenhower to justify U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia - the idea that if one country in Asia fell to communism, the countries around it would also fall to communism.
What is the Domino Theory.
200
These are the three countries had the most territorial changes as a result of WWI. Name the three countries.
What are Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary?
200
The Bolshevik Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, eventually became the _________ Party.
What is communist party.
200
This term means giving in to an aggressor to avoid conflict or keep the peace. It was often used with Hitler when he was making his quest for more lebensraum (living space). What is the term?
What is appeasement?
200
Which country lost the most lives as a result of WWII?
What is the Soviet Union?
200
This 1989 demonstration for democratic reform in Beijing, China resulted in troops being called in and the death and injury of thousands of protesters.
What is the Massacre at Tiananmen Square?
300
Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald were labeled as a part of this group of writers who were disillusioned with society after WWI. What is the name given to of this group of writers?
What is the Lost Generation?
300
Complete economic, political, and cultural control along with police terror and propaganda are characteristics of this type of government or state. What do we call this type of government or state?
What is totalitarian?
300
________, ______________, and ____________ were the members of the Axis powers during WWII.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
300
At which conference did the Allied leaders realize that Stalin had no intention of offering free elections in Eastern Europe?
What is the Potsdam Conference?
300
This military alliance was made up of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations. It dissolved when the satellite nations began declaring independence in 1991. What is the name of this military alliance?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
400
In the Treaty of Versailles' War Guilt Clause, this country is specifically blamed as sharing a larger responsibility for WWI. What is this country?
What is Germany?
400
How did the devastation of WWI lead the way for totalitarian leaders to come into power in Europe?
Any of the following is acceptable: - economic recession/depression/unstable economies - looking for stronger leadership - new democracies were not seen as effective
400
Which action by the U.S. marked the end of WWII in Japan?
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
400
These two countries tried to use the United Nations as a forum to spread their influence after World War II.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
400
This Cold War event during Kennedy's presidency is believed to be the best example of brinkmanship, or the closest we ever got to nuclear war?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
Why did the United States reject the League of Nations after WWI?
Any of the following is acceptable: - isolationist - stay out of European wars - required respect of member country boundaries which could lead to war - take away U.S. sovereignty, or right to make own decisions
500
Name the country that each of the following totalitarian leaders is associated with... 1. Adolf Hitler - 2. Benito Mussolini - 3. Josef Stalin - 4. Francisco Franco -
1. Hitler - Germany 2. Mussolini - Italy 3. Stalin - Soviet Union/Russia 4. Franco - Spain
500
Place the following in the correct chronological order: Final Solution, Ghettoes, Kristallnacht, Mein Kampf, Nurembeg Laws, Nuremberg Trials
The correct order is: Mein Kampf, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, Ghettoes, Final Solution, Nuremberg Trials
500
Three reasons that the United States and Soviet Union had poor relations after WWII are... 1. 2. 3.
Acceptable answers: - high Soviet Union death toll - U.S. kept atomic bomb secret from Soviet Union - Stalin originally had a pact with Hitler - U.S. did not use a military strategy to prevent Soviet deaths - Soviet Union did not help with war in Pacific soon enough
500
What is a key difference between the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine?
While the Marshall Plan specified that it was not against a specific country or doctrine but only against hunger, poverty, and desperation, the Truman Doctrine did specify that it was trying to help countries resist communism.
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