Unit 23 Test

Question 1

The purpose of the Truman ___, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin ___ was to help people in other countries. The purpose of the North ___ Treaty Organization was to protect its members from the U.S.S.R.

Answer 1

Doctrine; Airlift; Atlantic

Question 2

A group of baseball teams that play against each other is called a ___. Each year the National League champion and the American League champion play a series of games called the World ___ to determine the world champion.

Answer 2

league; Series

Question 3

The Petrified Forest is a part of the ___ Desert which is on the Colorado Plateau. Part of this desert is on land belonging to the ___ Nation.

Answer 3

Navajo

Question 4

Winston Churchill said that an Iron ___ had descended across Europe. The conflict between Communist countries and free countries is called the ___ War.

Answer 4

Curtain; Cold

Question 5

The initials UN stand for ___ Nations.

Answer 5

United

Question 6

President Eisenhower traveled with the Army on the Lincoln Highway in the first transcontinental ___. President Truman was president of the National Old ___ Association.

Answer 6

convoy; Trails

Question 7

The American ___ founded a baseball league for teenagers. ___ League is a baseball league for younger children.

Answer 7

Legion; Little

Question 8

In Potsdam, Germany, Truman met with leaders from the United ___ and the U.S.S.R. While he was there, Truman made the difficult decision to drop an ___ bomb on Japan.

Answer 8

Kingdom; atomic

Question 9

The two nicknames of Route 66 are Main __ of America and the ___ Road.

Answer 9

Street; Mother

Question 10

Jackie ___ was the first African American to play in the major leagues in the 20th century. He said that God and Branch Rickey made it possible for him to integrate Major League Baseball.

Answer 10

Robinson