Social Science Final

Question 1

The policy of containment aimed to

Answer 1

halt the spread of Communism

Question 2

Which country lost Indochina to Japan in World War II?

Answer 2

France

Question 3

From which port did British soldiers evacuate in 1940?

Answer 3

Dunkirk

Question 4

What military operation did Curtis LeMay lead?

Answer 4

firebombing of Tokyo

Question 5

What impact did Japanese defenses on Iwo Jima have?

Answer 5

They negated American artillery forces

Question 6

Henderson Field lay on the island of

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Guadalcanal

Question 7

True or False: The Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference included the Russian Empire.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Kwame Nkrumah contributed to the independence of

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Ghana

Question 9

Bastogne became a key focus of the Battle of

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the Bulge

Question 10

The British proposal for Operation Torch aimed to

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relieve pressure on Egypt

Question 11

Why did Kaiser Wilhelm II flee Germany in 1918?

Answer 11

strikes among German workers and soldiers

Question 12

Which nickname refers to the second atomic bomb used in 1945?

Answer 12

Fat Man

Question 13

True or False: “Mein Kampf” proposed the idea that the Nazi party needed to acquire power through legitimate means.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The theory of natural selection most influenced

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Social Darwinism

Question 15

True or False: At the Trident Conference, the Allies formalized the plans for the invasion of Sicily.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

After 1946, war trials in Germany focused on

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extermination camps

Question 17

In WWII, the Maginot Line served as the

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French defense against Germany

Question 18

Who succeeded Churchill as British Prime Minister?

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Clement Attlee

Question 19

Which vessel sank before American entry into WWII?

Answer 19

USS Reuben James

Question 20

The postwar trials of Japanese officials were developed in pat at the

Answer 20

Moscow Conference

Question 21

True or False: Vladimir Lenin was for the overthrowing of imperial Russia.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What implications did the American capture of the Marianas have?

Answer 22

American bombers could reach the Japanese home islands

Question 23

The Nazi decision to implement a policy of extermination regarding European Jews happened after the

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invasion of the Soviet Union

Question 24

While planning the attack on Midway Island, Admiral Yamamoto advocated for a

Answer 24

diversionary attack on the Aleutian Islands

Question 25

The Bataan Death March occurred after the

Answer 25

American loss of the Philippines

Question 26

For what purpose did Italy invade Egypt in 1940?

Answer 26

to seize the Suez Canal

Question 27

Where did the Chinese Nationalist forces flee in 1949?

Answer 27

Formosa

Question 28

What did the Potsdam Conference produce?

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distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 29

According to the Moscow Peace Treaty, Finland

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ceded territory to the Soviet Union

Question 30

The Katyn Forest Massacre eliminated members of the

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Polish intelligentsia

Question 31

Who founded the Italian National Fascist Party?

Answer 31

Benito Mussolini

Question 32

The 1936 revisions to the Neutrality Act forbade the United States from

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lending money to belligerent nations

Question 33

With what group did the Jewish Fighting Organization have a close alliance?

Answer 33

Polish Home Army

Question 34

The Allied Declaration on German Atrocities in Occupied Europe outlined the

Answer 34

plan to persecute German officials

Question 35

Anton Drexler established a German political party that focused on

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Stopping the spread of Communism

Question 36

Operation Barbarossa referred to the

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German invasion of the Soviet Union

Question 37

Many Jews arrested during Kristallnacht were sent to

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Buchenwald

Question 38

True or False: The deciphering of Enigma ciphers happened during the "Phoney War".

Answer 38

True

Question 39

What invention contributed to British victory during the Battle of Britain?

Answer 39

radar

Question 40

True or False: Omar Bradley lead Operation Cobra.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

The Japanese launched Operation U-Go to

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counter British advances on Burma

Question 42

What event broke the impasse over Japanese surrender for the Imperial Cabinet?

Answer 42

the intervention of Emperor Hirohito

Question 43

The first majore engagement between German and American ground forces occurred during Operation

Answer 43

Torch

Question 44

Who first used the term "genocide" to describe the Holocaust?

Answer 44

Raphael Lemkin

Question 45

The League of Nations had limited effectiveness as it

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lacked a military enforcing mechanism

Question 46

The territory given to Poland during the WWI peace negotiations

Answer 46

contained a sizable German population

Question 47

The Doolittle Raid contributed to the

Answer 47

improvement of American morale

Question 48

What goal did Japan have in the Battle of the Coral Sea?

Answer 48

the capture of Port Moresby

Question 49

Which program cracked Japanese diplomatic codes in WWII?

Answer 49

Magic

Question 50

True or False:Operation Downfall was expected to cause heavy American losses.

Answer 50

True