WWII/Cold War Test

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“Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. World War II had begun. History had again arrived at one of its great turning points.”

Which event had occurred two days previously?

the announcement of the Nuremburg Laws

the annexation of Austria

the signing of the Munich Agreement

the German invasion of Poland

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"Today, should total war ever break out again — no matter how — our two countries would become the primary targets. It is an ironic but accurate fact that the two strongest powers are the two in the most danger of devastation. All we have built, all we have worked for, would be destroyed in the first 24 hours."

— President John F. Kennedy, 1963

Which Cold War-era concept is most closely related to the point made by Kennedy in the quote above?

domino theory

anti-communism

mutually assured destruction

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This map highlights the German failure to...

ally with Italy.

invade the United Kingdom.

annex Austria.

invade the Soviet Union.

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Which event is a direct result of the photograph seen below?

Berlin Airlift

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Second Red Scare

Cuban Missile Crisis

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Following World War II, what did the Allies form to keep the peace and prevent a third global conflict?

United Nations

Nuremburg trials

League of Nations

Manhattan Project

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The picture below was taken in 1920s Germany. Which factor accounts for the scene in the image?

German children were inspired by nationalism

Soviet invasions had caused goods shortages in Germany

Hyperinflation devalued the German currency

Germany had recently switched to a communist command economy

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Which of the following developments during the Vietnam War MOST contributed to the form of protest seen in the image below?

Success of communists during the Tet Offensive

Introduction of the draft to conscript soldiers

Reports of war crimes by media covering Vietnam

Public distrust of government reporting related to Vietnam

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Which is NOT a reason for the disintegration of the US-Soviet alliance immediately after World War II?

Continued research into nuclear weapons by Soviet scientists

Soviet support for communist rebels in Greece and Turkey

Disputes over what to do with the captured Adolf Hitler

Disagreements over allowing free elections in Eastern Europe

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"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."

— J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1965 television interview

This quote describes the reaction to what milestone during World War II?

First use of an atomic bomb

First surrender to the Nazis

First use of aircraft carriers as an offensive ship

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What message did the artist of the cartoon want to portray?

Germany and the Soviet Union were historical friends.

Democratic countries needed to fight fascism as well as communism.

Germany and the Soviet Union were fierce enemies whose agreement would not stand for long.

The Soviet Union was betraying its former allies by entering into an agreement with Germany.

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“They broke our windowpanes, and the house became very cold. . . . We were standing there, outside in the cold, still in our night clothes, with only a coat thrown over. . . . Then they made everyone lie face down on the ground. . . . ‘Now, they will shoot us,’ we thought. We were very afraid.”

— Sophie Nussbaum, 48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust by Michael Goeffrey

Which of Hitler’s objectives resulted in the event described in the quote?

campaign of anti-Semitism

defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

rearmament of Germany

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The map, dated to 1941, depicts in black the ________________ at their greatest extent.

United Nations

Allied Powers

Central Powers

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Which factor best explains why the US could not easily achieve victory in the Vietnam War?

Effective use of guerilla tactics by the Viet Cong

South Vietnam's government opposed US assistance

The Soviets had given North Vietnam a nuclear weapons

Intervention in the Korean War split US military priorities

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Which of these is NOT a way the US and USSR fought the Cold War?

Direct armed conflict

Funding proxy wars in third world countries

Competing to put a man on the moon

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What factor most directly impacted the success of Germany's 1941 invasion into the Soviet Union?

Fuel shortages in Germany

Disgust with the einsatzgruppen amongst the Wehrmacht

Use of scorched earth tactics by retreating Soviet troops

Arrival of the Russian winter

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“In 1940, with Europeans distracted by war, Japan advanced into French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies. In response, the United States banned the sale of war materials, such as iron, steel, and oil, to Japan. Japanese leaders saw this move as a threat to Japan’s economy and its Asian sphere of influence.”

What did Japan do in response to the U.S. actions described in the text?

Japan invaded the Philippines.

Japan joined the Axis Powers.

Japan began developing an atomic weapon.

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

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What statement is best supported by the information on the map?

Japan's mainland was flush with resources like iron and petroleum.

Japan looked to China for the natural resources it lacked.

By 1918, ultranationalist militarists were running Japan.

The Japanese had fully invaded and occupied China by 1934.

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Which of these was a consequence of the event called "The Blitz?"

Britain became stronger in its resolve to stand up to Germany.

Germany annexed Czechoslovakia.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed.

The Soviets managed to hold off the siege of Leningrad for two-and-a-half years.

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Which of these was an immediate consequence of the Nuremberg Laws?

Germans in the Sudetenland were given self-governance.

German Jews were forced into ghettos.

Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to peaceful relations.

German Jews lost their citizenship.

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Which of the following was a core part of the Allied campaign to defeat Japan?

Kamikaze attacks

blitzkrieg

Island hopping

Battleship warfare

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Which of these was a postwar economic effect of World War II?

Nations increased their debt by continuing to sell war bonds

Europe's economy recovered quickly and on its own

The Germans funded the European effort to rebuild

Europe was obliterated, leaving factories and infrastructure mostly destroyed

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Which conclusion is best supported by the chart?

World War II had broken out by 1937.

Britain and France were not concerned about Nazi aggression.

The policy of appeasement did not succeed in achieving its goals.

The League of Nations was effective at its job of mitigating conflict.

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The battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were some of the costliest in the Pacific theater of World War II. Which reason best explains why these small islands saw such significant casualties?

US military leadership was too incompetent to manage the battles.

Japanese military culture saw death as preferable to surrender.

Invasion by the Soviet Union resulted in many war crimes.

The Germans had armed the Japanese with atomic weapons.

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What does the phrase “final solution” refer to?

the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews under their control

the Allied plan to attack the Axis from two fronts

the American decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan

the Japanese plan to brutalize the Chinese capital city

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What was the result of the destruction shown in this photograph?

Allied troops storming Normandy on D-Day

Japan surrendering and World War II ending

Soviet troops successfully defending Stalingrad

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Which event is often considered the "start" of the Great Depression?

German invasion of Poland

Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt

US stock market crash

German invasion of Belgium

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“Truman warned the Japanese that if they did not surrender, they could expect ‘a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth.’”

Which endeavor allowed the United States to make this threat?

Nuremberg trials

Rape of Nanking

Manhattan Project

Potsdam Conference

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Which choice best reflects how the process below affected the start of the Great Depression?

Britain suffered the worst under the early Depression

The US was able to end the Depression quickly due to an influx of cash

European dependence on US loans made the global economy extremely fragile

The Soviet Union avoided the Depression because it was uninvolved in US loaning

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What historical event is MOST responsible for the trend seen in the graph below?

World War II

World War I

Jazz Age

The Great Depression

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Choose TWO prompts to answer. Please use complete sentences and coherent thoughts.
Describe the causes of the Great Depression.
Trace the development and use of the first atomic bomb in warfare.
Compare and contrast Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union and Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.
Explain why the nuclear arsenal of the United States increased from two weapons in 1945 to nearly 30,000 weapons in 1965.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Appeasement		"Night of Broken Glass" - two days of anti-Jewish mob violence encouraged by the Nazis
island hopping		Hawaiian US military base bombed by Japan in Dec. 1941
Cuban Missile Crisis		American effort to build the first atomic bomb
blitzkrieg		Nazi plan for the genocide of all Jewish peoples under their control
United Nations		Policy of making concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict
Manhattan Project		Global peacekeeping organization founded after World War II to prevent a third war
Cold War		International standoff between the US and USSR over weapons shipments to the Castro regime
"Final Solution"		Turning point of World War II in Europe
Battle of Stalingrad		American capture of specific Pacific islands to get Japan in bombing range
Kristallnacht		"Lightning war" - military tactic where you use tanks, planes, and artillery in an overwhelming surprise assault
Great Depression		Intense ideological rivalry between the US and USSR lasting 1947-1991
Pearl Harbor		Severe global economic downturn 1929-1939

WWII/Cold War Test

“Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. World War II had begun. History had again arrived at one of its great turning points.”Which event had occurred two days previously?

This map highlights the German failure to...

Which event is a direct result of the photograph seen below?

Following World War II, what did the Allies form to keep the peace and prevent a third global conflict?

The picture below was taken in 1920s Germany. Which factor accounts for the scene in the image?

Which of the following developments during the Vietnam War MOST contributed to the form of protest seen in the image below?

Which is NOT a reason for the disintegration of the US-Soviet alliance immediately after World War II?

What message did the artist of the cartoon want to portray?

The map, dated to 1941, depicts in black the ________________ at their greatest extent.

Which factor best explains why the US could not easily achieve victory in the Vietnam War?

Which of these is NOT a way the US and USSR fought the Cold War?

What factor most directly impacted the success of Germany's 1941 invasion into the Soviet Union?

What statement is best supported by the information on the map?

Which of these was a consequence of the event called "The Blitz?"

Which of these was an immediate consequence of the Nuremberg Laws?

Which of the following was a core part of the Allied campaign to defeat Japan?

Which of these was a postwar economic effect of World War II?

Which conclusion is best supported by the chart?

The battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were some of the costliest in the Pacific theater of World War II. Which reason best explains why these small islands saw such significant casualties?

What does the phrase “final solution” refer to?

What was the result of the destruction shown in this photograph?

Which event is often considered the "start" of the Great Depression?

“Truman warned the Japanese that if they did not surrender, they could expect ‘a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth.’”Which endeavor allowed the United States to make this threat?

Which choice best reflects how the process below affected the start of the Great Depression?

What historical event is MOST responsible for the trend seen in the graph below?

“Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. World War II had begun. History had again arrived at one of its great turning points.”Which event had occurred two days previously?

This map highlights the German failure to...

Which event is a direct result of the photograph seen below?

Following World War II, what did the Allies form to keep the peace and prevent a third global conflict?

The picture below was taken in 1920s Germany. Which factor accounts for the scene in the image?

Which of the following developments during the Vietnam War MOST contributed to the form of protest seen in the image below?

Which is NOT a reason for the disintegration of the US-Soviet alliance immediately after World War II?

What message did the artist of the cartoon want to portray?

The map, dated to 1941, depicts in black the ________________ at their greatest extent.

Which factor best explains why the US could not easily achieve victory in the Vietnam War?

Which of these is NOT a way the US and USSR fought the Cold War?

What factor most directly impacted the success of Germany's 1941 invasion into the Soviet Union?

What statement is best supported by the information on the map?

Which of these was a consequence of the event called "The Blitz?"

Which of these was an immediate consequence of the Nuremberg Laws?

Which of the following was a core part of the Allied campaign to defeat Japan?

Which of these was a postwar economic effect of World War II?

Which conclusion is best supported by the chart?

The battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were some of the costliest in the Pacific theater of World War II. Which reason best explains why these small islands saw such significant casualties?

What does the phrase “final solution” refer to?

What was the result of the destruction shown in this photograph?

Which event is often considered the "start" of the Great Depression?

“Truman warned the Japanese that if they did not surrender, they could expect ‘a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth.’”Which endeavor allowed the United States to make this threat?

Which choice best reflects how the process below affected the start of the Great Depression?

What historical event is MOST responsible for the trend seen in the graph below?

“Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. World War II had begun. History had again arrived at one of its great turning points.”

Which event had occurred two days previously?

“Truman warned the Japanese that if they did not surrender, they could expect ‘a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth.’”

Which endeavor allowed the United States to make this threat?

“Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. World War II had begun. History had again arrived at one of its great turning points.”

Which event had occurred two days previously?

“Truman warned the Japanese that if they did not surrender, they could expect ‘a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth.’”

Which endeavor allowed the United States to make this threat?