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How long did the Soviet Union stay in Afghanistan after its initial invasion?
10 years
The Allies had an economic advantage over the Axis, with their combined economies ranging from ________ as large as those of the Axis before the United States entered the war and ________ by 1945.
2.1 times; 5 times
Of all the prisoners of war during World War II, what percentage died due to starvation and disease?
20-33 percent
Women made up approximately ________ percent of the labor force in the United States during the war, whereas in the USSR, they made up about ________ percent of the workforce.
28; 60
How many Koreans were killed during the Korean War?
3 million
How many different theaters were there during World War II?
4
How many men did the Axis Powers lose at the Battle of Stalingrad?
800,000
There were ________ Jews in Europe before World War II, and the Nazis killed ________ of them.
9-10 million; 5.6-6 million
Which two territories had Japan defeated in war before World War I?
China and Russia
In which country of the Western Hemisphere did both major players of the Cold War get involved in conflict?
Cuba
Germany and Japan largely relied on ________ to fill jobs left empty by the millions of young men who were part of the military.
Forced Laborers
Which three countries experienced the worst destruction to their cities caused by enemy bombing raids?
Germany, Japan, and Britain
Why did Japan attack China in 1937?
It wanted the raw materials of China to fuel its own military and economy.
Which of the following is true of the Axis home fronts?
Italians were not wildly fond of the war, exited it, and then fought among themselves while occupied by both sides.
Besides the United States, USSR, and British-controlled Middle East, what two other countries were top oil producers in 1940?
Mexico and Venezuela
Which of these countries was safest from Hitler's plans for lebensraum?
Spain
Which of the following is true of the Vietnam War and its aftermath?
The American defeat in Vietnam cost the United States more than 59,000 lives as well as prestige around the world.
Which of the following is true about the coalitions of the war?
The Axis was primarily a coalition in name only, even working against one another, while the Allies worked together efficiently despite ideological differences.
Which of the following is true of the propaganda campaigns of the Cold War?
The USSR regularly portrayed itself as a workers' paradise despite the actual grim conditions in the country.
Which of the following is true of the war in China?
The leaders of Chinese forces expected to engage in civil war once World War II was over, as they were divided on who should rule.
How did the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States respond to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in 1941?
They stopped all oil and steel exports to Japan.
When Churchill said, "If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons," he meant that he didn't have to like someone in order to work with them to defeat Germany.
True
Which country suffered the most war dead in terms of both total numbers and as a percentage of its population?
USSR
Which three countries refused to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?
USSR, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia
Which country came out of World War II with the strongest economy?
Untied States
Which of the following is true of the Allied home fronts?
Women in the United Kingdom were required to sign up for national service detail, and often worked in factories.
Resistance to occupation was strongest in ________ and parts of the Soviet Union.
Yugoslavia
Stalin wanted to protect the USSR from further invasions by creating ________
a buffer zone of compliant states and controlled territories.
How many nuclear tests were conducted during the Cold War?
about 2000
How many of the recruits to Italy's army in the late 1930s were illiterate?
about 33 percent
A 1922 treaty limited Japan's navy to just ________ of the U.S. fleet, but by the mid-1930s, its army was ________ the size the American army.
not 40 percent; 4 times 30 percent; 3 times
An invasion of the Japanese homeland was expected to eventually cost ________ American lives; instead, the dropping of the atomic bombs instantly killed ________ Japanese citizens.
not; 1,500,000; 25,000 800000; 75000
Which country's protests and demonstrations were met with the deadliest response from the Soviets?
not; East Germany Czechoslovakia
Which country left the war in 1943, leaving its side to bear the burden of continuing?
not; Japan Germany
Which of the following is true of the eastern front?
not; The soldiers of the eastern front were primarily Italian. The fighting on the eastern front left about 12 million people homeless.
Churchill and Roosevelt felt that the best way to save the Jews from the destruction of the labor and extermination camps was to ________
not; send resistance members into the camps to smuggle people out. accept as many refugees from Europe as they could.
The war in Europe ended in 1945 after ________ took Berlin and Hitler ________.
not; the United States military; was captured the British army; surrendered
The German army pushed east into the Soviet Union for ________ until it was stopped at ________.
not; 6 months, moscow
By the spring of 1940, which European nation was still able to resist the advances of the German military?
not; Denmrk Belgium France
The main change Mao Zedong made to the Chinese form of Marxism was the idea that ________
peasants could lead the communist revolution.
Operation Barbarossa was the German attack on ________
the Soviet Union.
The two main "combatants" in the Cold War were ________ and they primarily disagreed on ________.
the United States and the USSR; economic issues and visions of Europe's future
The most dangerous of all the military developments of the Cold War era was ________
the nuclear arms race.
Why did the Japanese attack British Malaya, the Philippines, and Pearl Harbor in December of 1941?
to gain critical war supplies while eliminating enemies
China was the only theater of war in which there was no decisive victory that turned the tide for the Allies.
true
Many Jews fought back against the Nazis, using violence if they had to.
true
The United States and USSR were able to produce large amounts of war materiel in part because of the process of using interchangeable parts.
true