Test 11 Flashcards
(42 cards)
Adolf Hitler called his dictatorship of German the ___
Third Reich
Britain’s first woman prime minister
Margaret Thatcher
V-e and V-J day both took place in what year?
1945
Great Britain defeated this country in the Falklands War
Argentina
the war that ended in a stalemate, with neither side gaining from the war
Korean War
The Axis Powers included what countries?
Japan, Germany, and italy
The first city bombed with an atomic weapon
Hiroshima
Operation Airlift was an attempt to provide what city with much needed supplies.
West Berlin
NATO was formed to stop what kind of aggression?
Communist
The Cultural Revolution of the Communist dictator Mao Tse-tung took place in which country?
China
Three great American defenders of Christianity
J. Gresham Machen
R. A. Torrey
Billy Sunday
City of the United Nations’ headquarters
New York
Neil Armstrong was the first man to do what?
walk on the moon
What was the first battle in which the enemy ships never saw each other?
Battle of Coral Sea
Who was the brave prime minister of Great Britain during the dark hours of World War II?
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist leader of ___.
China
What American President proposed the New Deal to help end the Great Depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Who was the first man to cross the Atlantic on a nonstop flight?
Charles Lindbergh
What country contains a vital canal that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Panama
What battle was the last great German offensive of World War II?
Battle of the Bulge
Fidel Castro was the Communist dictator of ___.
Cuba
The Marshall Plan said that the ___ would help European nations recover from World War II.
United States
Which U. S. President prevented a full-fledged Communist invasion of Grenada?
Ronald Reagan
The lessening of hostilities between nations is called ___.
detente
