All Together Now
When the US and Britain offered support and cash to devastated
nations after WW2, many were grateful to receive it....all except
___________ who refused aid.
Stalin
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered that ________________ made a
great anti-biotic and consequently saved millions of lives.
Penicillin
Tractors were packed in wooden crates and shipped to this country
after WW2 so they could resume food production.
France
His theory of relativity confused and amazed the world.
Einstein
Many world leaders believed that a ____________ ____________
should be formed. Each nation could learn to behave in such a way that he
would not harm his neighbors.
United Nations
When Wilhelm Roentgen noticed a lab screen glowing, and his own
bones showing, he knew he’d discovered a new kind of energy. What did
he call it?
X-ray
When Stalin would not supply Eastern Berlin with food, medicine and
supplies, Great Britain and the US did not stand idly by. They flew in food,
coal and medicine. This was called the _________________
Berlin Airlift
The scientists in this nuclear power plant were running a test when the
reactor melted down and exploded. The city of ____________ became a
ghost town as inhabitants evacuated immediately.
Chernobyl
In order to hold things together, and make sure Germany behaved itself,
three allied nations looked after West Germany. Another nation controlled
the East. Who were these four nations?
GB, France, US and Russia
Heredity is the study of information passed from parents to offspring.
The instructions for cells are carried in the _____________ which is found
in human chromosomes.
DNA
After WW2, much of Europe was destroyed. A US General headed
organized reconstruction of factories, bridges, roads and cities. This was
called the __________________ Plan, after the General who was in
charge of it.
Marshall
Known for his peaceful protests and lengthy fasts, this man failed to
care for his own family.
Gandhi
This organization formed in 1949. It was an agreement of 29 nations to
help defend each other from communist action of the Soviet Union.
NATO
One village was completely underwater. The Marshall Plan
administration undertook the pumping of sea water, restoring the village. In
which country was the village?
Netherlands or Holland
His work in Quantum physics won him the Nobel prize in 1918.
Einstein would study his work.
Max Planck