World History - Unit 9: Practice Test
Germanic Land
Before WWII, Hitler annexed Austria because he considered it a(n) ______.
Appeasement
Due to __________ Hitler was able to take over Czechoslovakia without a battle.
French
During the evacuation of Dunkirk, small ________ ships ferried Allied troops to safety.
Communism
Following WWII, the Yugoslavian government adopted the political ideology of ___________.
China
Japan was threatened with economic sanctions by the United States if it did not withdraw from _______.
1. Jewish Holocaust 2. Soviet Union captures Nazi Berlin 3. Cuban Missile Crisis
Number the following events in chronological order:
1. Normandy invasion 2. Surrender of Nazi Germany 3. Surrender of Japan
Number the following events in chronological order:
Democratic Capitalism
SEATO supported which type of government?
North Korea and North Vietnam
Soviet weapons were used by which two countries during their conflicts with the United States?
The Soviet Union
The Anti-Comintern Pact was signed by Japan and Germany in anticipation of an attack by ______________________________.
Japan
The Anti-Comintern Pact was signed by ________ and Germany in anticipation of an attack by the Soviet Union.
Nuclear weapons
The Cold War was characterized by the buildup of ______________.
Korea
The DMZ was established in ___________ following the Korean War.
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on ____________ led the United States to enter WWII.
Germany had been overrun with Allied forces, Hitler committed suicide, and the D-Day invasion at Normandy
The Nazis agreed to a unconditional surrender after _________. Select all that apply.
NATO
The Warsaw Pact was formed in response to which military alliance?
radar
The development of ________ helped the British win the Battle of Britain.
Castro
The shipment of nuclear weapons by the Soviet Union to __________ sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.
United States
The superpowers of the Cold War were the Soviet Union and The ___________.
Truman
This doctrine established the United States policy of "containment."
Blitzkreig
This military tactic was used by the Nazis to overwhelm their enemies.
Mussolini
This person made a military alliance with Adolf Hitler.
Iron Curtain
This was a necessary line of defense against possible future aggressions from the west.
Final Solution
What did the Nazis call their plan to eliminate the Jewish people?
National Liberation Front
What did the communist insurgents in South Vietnam call themselves?
Kruschev
Which Soviet leader promised to remove the influence of Stalin from the USSR?
German
Which army did the Soviets defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad?
East Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia
Which countries were part of the Eastern Bloc?
Marshall Plan
Which economic plan offered by the United States helped revive the West German economy?
Rising rate of defections to eastern bloc countries
Which of the following did NOT prompt the construction of the Berlin Wall?
Kim Il-Sung
Who was the communist leader of North Korea during the 1950s?
Great Britain
Winston Churchill was the prime minister of _______________ during WWII.
The U.S.
_______ dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, bringing an end to WWII.
The United States
_________ fought a "limited war" in Vietnam in order to contain communism.
Adolf Hitler
_________ wanted to establish a Germanic empire known as the Third Reich.
Italy
____________ invaded North Africa during WWII.
The Cold War
___________________ was characterized by the buildup of nuclear weapons.
