Match the definitions to the correct terms
Question 1 options:
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
WWII (Causes/Effects)
Pearl Harbor
Appeasement
1.
- Appeasement, failure of treaty of Versailles, Failure of Leauge of Nations, - Millions died, cities ruined, Germany and Japan crippled, United Nations, Human Rights for all, Cold War tensions
2.
Japan, Italy, Germany
3.
In hope of preventing war, giving into the aggressor
4.
Attacked by Japan on 12.7.41, sunk two battleships, damaged 6 others, destroyed 200 planes, nearly 2500 servicemen died, led to US declaring war on Japan, "Day that will live in Infamy"
5.
Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, China, United States
Question 2 (1 point)
Match the definitions to the correct terms
Question 2 options:
Holocaust
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Nuremburg Trials
Battle of Normandy
Blitzkrieg
1.
Death by overwork, starvation, disease, and gas chambers, "complete destruction" especially by fire, Hitler's "final solution," systematic genocide of Jews and other "untouchables"
2.
Fighting on five beaches, "D-Day," some units of Allies lost 90% of men, attacking German fortifications in France from air and water
3.
In attempt to get Japanese to surrender instead of fighting against costly land invasion, atomic bomb dropped on these cities
4.
Using a massive mobile force, quickly overwhelm the enemy, "Lightning War"
5.
Demonstrating that leaders were accountable to the world and subject to laws that crossed international boundaries, special trials led by an international military tribunal, tried Nazi leaders for Crimes Against Peace and Crimes Against Humanity
Question 3 (1 point)
Match the definitions to the correct terms
Question 3 options:
United Nations
Albert Einstein
Eastern Bloc
Cold War (causes/effects)
Truman Doctrine
1.
Russian-controlled satellite nations and Russia
2.
Original security council had 5 permanent members and 6 nonpermanent members, a General Assembly with every nation having one vote
3.
To encourage nations to resist communism, US government supported anti-communist governments across the world
4.
Warned FDR Germans were developing atomic bomb, German born Jewish Physicist, left Germany to become American citizen in 1932,
for nuclear fission
5.
- Nations occupied by Soviet Union after WWII had communist governments imposed on them that were pro-Soviet, US and Russia emerge from WWII as Super Powers, Capitalist Vs. Communist, Western goods and ideas kept out. - Arms Race, wars fought by proxy with each side supported by east or west, eventually satellite nations pushed back on soviet control
Question 4 (1 point)
Match the definitions to the correct terms
Question 4 options:
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
NATO
Containment Policy
Korean War
1.
Forming alliances to prevent spread of communism
2.
$13 billion in economic aid to purchase machinery, modernize factories, repair railroads and rebuild cities, Offered to Easter Bloc but rejected, Promote stable peace through massive American aid to rebuild shattered economies of Europe
3.
Planes landing every few minutes, more than 277,000 British and American flights delivered 2.3 million tons of supplies to West Berlin when it was blockaded from Western Germany
4.
- Communist North invaded Noncommunist south in June 1950 to unite all of Korea under Communist control, - China backed by Stalin supported North, United Nations supported South, 1953: after the death of Stalin the armistice was signed
5.
Led by Britain, France and US, 12 Western countries agreed to come to each other's defense.
Question 5 (1 point)
Match the definitions to the correct terms
Question 5 options:
Berlin Wall
By Proxy
The Red Scare (1914 & 1950's)
Warsaw Pact
Cuban Missile Crisis
1.
To prevent east Berlin citizens from fleeing to West Berlin, USSR built a barrier made up of concrete, barbed wire and guards between Eastern and Western Berlin
2.
Mutual defense treaty made between Soviet Union and its satellite nations, Eastern response to NATO
3.
nothing "Un-American," wide-spread suspicion of communist spies, all federal employees go through background checks and loyalty oaths, McCarthyism
4.
When a major power supports a war without becoming directly involved
5.
supported by the USSR, Fidel Castro formed a communist government in Cuba, US found out that nuclear weapons were being stationed in Cuba, US demanded missiles and weapons be dismantled and blockaded Cuba to prevent more deliveries, Soviets withdrew from Cuba and US withdrew missiles from Turkey after high tension negotiations over two weeks
1. Allied Powers - Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, China, United States
2. Axis Powers - Japan, Italy, Germany
3. WWII (Causes/Effects) - Appeasement, failure of treaty of Versailles, Failure of League of Nations, - Millions died, cities ruined, Germany and Japan crippled, United Nations, Human Rights for all, Cold War tensions
4. Pearl Harbor - Attacked by Japan on 12.7.41, sunk two battleships, damaged 6 others, destroyed 200 planes, nearly 2500 servicemen died, led to US declaring war on Japan, "Day that will live in Infamy"
5. Appeasement - In hope of preventing war, giving into the aggressor
1. Holocaust - Death by overwork, starvation, disease, and gas chambers, "complete destruction" especially by fire, Hitler's "final solution," systematic genocide of Jews and other "untouchables"
2. Hiroshima & Nagasaki - In attempt to get Japanese to surrender instead of fighting against costly land invasion, atomic bomb dropped on these cities
3. Nuremberg Trials - Demonstrating that leaders were accountable to the world and subject to laws that crossed international boundaries, special trials led by an international military tribunal, tried Nazi leaders for Crimes Against Peace and Crimes Against Humanity
4. Battle of Normandy - Fighting on five beaches, "D-Day," some units of Allies lost 90% of men, attacking German fortifications in France from air and water
5. Blitzkrieg - Using a massive mobile force, quickly overwhelm the enemy, "Lightning War"
1. United Nations - Original security council had 5 permanent members and 6 nonpermanent members, a General Assembly with every nation having one vote
2. Albert Einstein - Warned FDR Germans were developing atomic bomb, German born Jewish Physicist, left Germany to become American citizen in 1932, for nuclear fission
3. Truman Doctrine - To encourage nations to resist communism, US government supported anti-communist governments across the world
4. Eastern Bloc - Russian-controlled satellite nations and Russia
5. Cold War (causes/effects) - Nations occupied by Soviet Union after WWII had communist governments imposed on them that were pro-Soviet, US and Russia emerge from WWII as Super Powers, Capitalist Vs. Communist, Western goods and ideas kept out. - Arms Race, wars fought by proxy with each side supported by east or west, eventually satellite nations pushed back on soviet control
1. Marshall Plan - $13 billion in economic aid to purchase machinery, modernize factories, repair railroads and rebuild cities, Offered to Eastern Bloc but rejected, Promote stable peace through massive American aid to rebuild shattered economies of Europe
2. Berlin Airlift - Planes landing every few minutes, more than 277,000 British and American flights delivered 2.3 million tons of supplies to West Berlin when it was blockaded from Western Germany
3. NATO - Led by Britain, France and US, 12 Western countries agreed to come to each other's defense.
4. Korean War - Communist North invaded Noncommunist south in June 1950 to unite all of Korea under Communist control, - China backed by Stalin supported North, United Nations supported South, 1953: after the death of Stalin the armistice was signed
5. Containment Policy - Forming alliances to prevent the spread of communism
1. Berlin Wall - To prevent east Berlin citizens from fleeing to West Berlin, USSR built a barrier made up of concrete, barbed wire and guards between Eastern and Western Berlin
2. By Proxy - When a major power supports a war without becoming directly involved
3. The Red Scare (1914 & 1950's) - Nothing "Un-American," wide-spread suspicion of communist spies, all federal employees go through background checks and loyalty oaths, McCarthyism
4. Warsaw Pact - Mutual defense treaty made between Soviet Union and its satellite nations, Eastern response to NATO
5. Cuban Missile Crisis - supported by the USSR, Fidel Castro formed a communist government in Cuba, US found out that nuclear weapons were being stationed in Cuba, US demanded missiles and weapons be dismantled and blockaded Cuba to prevent more deliveries, Soviets withdrew from Cuba and US withdrew missiles from Turkey after high tension negotiations over two weeks