ch. 32-33

Question 1

His Nazi troops conqured much of North Africa before 1942.

Answer 1

rommel

Question 2

Often referred to a s Nationalist China located on the island of ____

Answer 2

Tiawan

Question 3

This US President’s defense program eventually led to the end of the Cold War

Answer 3

Reagan

Question 4

This was the most infamous death camp in occupied Europe

Answer 4

Auschwitz

Question 5

Leader of eh Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 5

Khrushchev

Question 6

This described the non-aligned nations during the cold war.

Answer 6

third world

Question 7

The Japanese adopted this system of government after World War II

Answer 7

parliamentary

Question 8

This was the communist army in South Vietnam

Answer 8

vietcong

Question 9

This nation took Americans as hostages for over a year in the early 1980s.

Answer 9

iran

Question 10

Turning point battle in Europe during World War II

Answer 10

Stalingrad

Question 11

Hitler’s primary weapon used in the oceans.

Answer 11

uboat

Question 12

This divided Europe between communist bloc and democracies

Answer 12

iron curtain

Question 13

The British and many French troops were evacuated from this city before Hitler’s Nazi army could destroy them becoming
known as a Miracle of Deliverance.

Answer 13

dunkirk

Question 14

This battle in the South Pacific was the beginning of pushing the Japanese back during World War II.

Answer 14

guadalcanal

Question 15

The _____ Revolution by the Red Guards in China terrorized the smart people placing them in re-education camps but ultimately fails to change China

Answer 15

cultural

Question 16

The Soviets, United States, and _______ was essential sides with Tri-lateralism

Answer 16

china

Question 17

the ____ was the name for the systematic extermination of the European Jews.

Answer 17

holocaust

Question 18

He led the communist forces in conquering China in 1949

Answer 18

Zedong

Question 19

Mutual Assured Destruction relied upon ____ weapons to scare all countries into peace.

Answer 19

nuclear

Question 20

The atomic Bomb was dropped on this city at the end of World war II

Answer 20

Nagasaki

Question 21

This strategic British colony was seized by the Japanese in Asia

Answer 21

Singapore

Question 22

The Soviets invaded and became over involved in this country during the 1980s.

Answer 22

Afghanistan

Question 23

The Democracies were worried that _____ would spread across all Europe after World war II

Answer 23

communism

Question 24

This organization was to keep world peace after World War II

Answer 24

United Nations

Question 25

The 38th ______ separated free Korea from communist Korea

Answer 25

Paralell

Question 26

This nation experienced a savage civil war between the rebels and government death squads in the 1980s.

Answer 26

El Salvador

Question 27

The Khmer Rouge communist would commit geocide in this Asian country.

Answer 27

Cambodia

Question 28

This was Nixon’s idea to ease tensions between the Soviets and the US in the 1970s

Answer 28

detente

Question 29

The Battle of the _____ was Hitler’s last attempt to stop the Allied invasion of Germany in the winter of 1944-1945.

Answer 29

Bulge

Question 30

The necessity to airlift supplies to this city during the late 1940s as a direct result to a soviet blockade of the city.

Answer 30

Berlin