Geography Test Part 1 Flashcards
The site of the Blitz in WW2 where the German Luftwaffe bombed this city for months beginning in September of 1940
London
King Louis XVI was executed in this city
Paris
This city is where the Tiananmen Square Massacre took place
Beijing
9700 acres of this city were destroyed by firebombing during WW2
Tokyo
On August 6, 1945, US forces dropped a nuclear bomb here
Hiroshima
This city in India was a wedding gift to King Charles 2 of England
Mumbai (Bombay)
Christians and Muslims unite over this holy city
Jerusalem
Mussolini marches on this city in 1922 to gain power
Rome
After WW2, this city was divided into four occupation zones
Berlin
Following the Russian Revolution, Lenin moved the capital to this city
Moscow
Franco Francisco ruled this country
Spain
Auschwitz (the death camp) was located in this country
Poland
Velvet Revolution happened in this country at the end of the Cold War
Czechoslovakia
When this city in Vietnam fell in 1975, it was the end of the Vietnam War
Saigon
The US fought a war from 1950-1953 to protect this country from communism
Korea
Kim Jong Un lives in this city
Pyongyang
This Warsaw Pact country opened its border with Austria, allowing thousands of East Germans to cross into the West
Hungary
This is the city Saddam Hussein ruled as dictator
Baghdad, Iraq
The Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the war of Spanish succession, was signed in this country
Netherlands
Germany annexed this country in 1938 (Anschluss)
Austria
