General Facts 1
What was the Truman Plan?
A plan to support countries fighting communism
The euro is the currency of what?
European Union
formed to respond to possible Soviet attack
NATO
political and economic system of the Soviet Union
Communism
True or False: Albert Einstein was asked to run for office in Germany after WWII.
False (Israel)
Before the United States joined World War II, the Allies were Britain, France, and who?
China
During the Cold War, the policy that discouraged attack by threatening nuclear war was what?
deterrence
economic union of European nations
Common Market
grabbing other countries for their resources
Imperialism
True or False: April 11, 1954 is considered to be the most exciting day in history because it had so many breaking new stories.
False (Considered most boring, for there were no news stories)
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg joined together to form what?
Benelux Trade Union
What was the Berlin airlift?
defeat the Soviet blockade
free Germany from communist control
economic alliance between communist countries
COMECON
family members supply their own equipment to make goods
Cottage Industry
True or False: There were human zoos in Europe until 1958.
True
Which country was once split into communist and democratic parts but is now reunited?
Germany
What was the World War II alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan called?
Axis Powers
period when people used machinery and new methods to increase productivity
Industrial Revolution
supply of workers
Human Resources
True or False: Prince Harry is the first British royal to abdicate the throne because he married an American (Meghan Markle).
False (King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry American Wallis Simpson)
Countries that claim colonies in other lands are what?
Imperialists
Name three weapons that emerged in WWI.
Tanks
Airplanes
Machine Guns
Poison Gas
anti-Western military alliance formed between the Soviet Union and other communist countries
Warsaw Pact
countries bordering the Soviet Union
Satellite Nations
True