WWII
The battle that stopped the German advance in Eastern Europe and was a turning point.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Name one of the two superpowers during the Cold War.
What is the United States or the Soviet Union?
The pope during most of WWII.
Who is Pope Pius XII?
The economic system that blends capitalism with social programs.
What is the social market economy?
American movies, fashion, and music influenced this continent after WWII.
What is Europe?
The event that marked the Allied invasion of Western Europe in June 1944
What is D-Day?
The type of war where no direct fighting occurred between superpowers.
What is a proxy war or a cold war?
The modern council that was called to update the Catholic Church.
What is the Second Vatican Council?
This plan helped rebuild Europe after WWII with U.S. money.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The plan to keep Eastern Europe under Soviet control.
What is Soviet occupation or influence?
The conference led to the decision for unconditional surrender by Axis powers.
What is the Casablanca Conference?
The organization was formed to promote peace after WWII.
What is the United Nations?
The pope that opened the Second Vatican Council.
Who is Pope John XXIII?
This alliance of 27 nations was formed to unite Europe economically and politically.
What is the European Union?
This conference included Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin to plan post-war Europe
What is the Tehran Conference?
Hitler’s “Final Solution."
What is the plan to exterminate the Jewish people?
The term that describes countries not aligned with either the U.S. or USSR during the Cold War?
What is the Third World?
The pope that concluded the council
Who is Pope Paul VI?
The city that was divided between East and West during the Cold War
What is Berlin?
A term describes the division between the West and Soviet bloc in Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
An alliance that included the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union during WWII.
What are the Allies?
The ideology that promised equality and land reform, attracting some Third World nations?
What is communism?
Name one way Pope Pius XII helped save Jewish lives.
What is hiding Jews or using diplomacy?
The country that was split into zones by the Allies after WWII.
What is Germany?
The major WWII event began the atomic age.
What is the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?