World War II and Cold War Study Guide

Question 1

Adolph Hitler rose to power and established Nazism in which country?

Answer 1

Germany

Question 2

What was a major consequence of Germany paying for WWI?

Answer 2

Germany suffered economic depression, and many Germans blamed the Treaty of Versailles for their country’s hardship.

Question 3

What did the Treaty of Versailles require Germany to do?

Answer 3

1.Pay reparations 2. take full responsibility 3. give their land to France 4. disarm military

Question 4

Why did the United States stop helping Europe shortly after 1929?

Answer 4

Great Depression destroyed US economy

Question 5

Why were Germans bitter after WWI?

Answer 5

Treaty of Versailles was unfair

Question 6

Who did Hiltler sign alliances with saying that Germany would help them if they were attacked by the Soviet Union?

Answer 6

Japan, Italy

Question 7

Which country did Germany team up with to take over Poland in 1939?

Answer 7

Soviet Union

Question 8

What event caused France and England to finally declare war on Germany in WWII?

Answer 8

Invasion of Poland

Question 9

What is Blizkrieg?

Answer 9

Invasion of Netherlands and Belgium

Question 10

What is Luftwaffe?

Answer 10

German Air Force

Question 11

What is the Royal Air Force?

Answer 11

British Air Force

Question 12

Who won the Battle of Britian?

Answer 12

Royal Air Force

Question 13

How close did the German army get to capturing Moscow?

Answer 13

200 miles

Question 14

Why were the Germans unable to capture Moscow?

Answer 14

Winter arrived

Question 15

What event caused the United States to finally join World War II?

Answer 15

Pearl Harbor

Question 16

In what year did Germany surrender, leading to Allied victory in Europe?

Answer 16

1945

Question 17

The horrifying period in history in which more than 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis is remembered as?

Answer 17

The Holocaust

Question 18

Why could the Nuremberg Trials not try Hitler?

Answer 18

He had already killed himself

Question 19

What was a major difference between the League of Nations and the United Nations?

Answer 19

The United States joined the United Nations, but not the League of Nations.

Question 20

What is the purpose of the United Nations ?

Answer 20

To promote peace

Question 21

The fall of European communism resulted in reunification of what country?

Answer 21

Germany

Question 22

Why is the reunification of Germany important?

Answer 22

Ended separation between East and West Germany

Question 23

What is the Iron Curtain?

Answer 23

A phrase describing the division of Europe in capitalist and communist countries.

Question 24

Which two nations were superpowers?

Answer 24

US & USSR

Question 25

Which of the following was an example of a conflict that occurred because of the Cold War.

Answer 25

The Berlin Airlift, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Korean and Vietnam Wars

Question 26

Which best describes the Soviet view o Germany post World War II?

Answer 26

The Soviet Union wanted Germany to pay for the War.

Question 27

Which best describes the USA view on Germany post World War II?

Answer 27

The USA wanted to rebuild Germany.

Question 28

Why did the Soviet Union build the Berlin Wall?

Answer 28

East unhappy about Germany fleeing to the West.

Question 29

The Soviet Union’s collapse led to all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 29

The emergence of a stronger Russia

Question 30

Why did Germans elect someone like Adolph Hitler to power?

Answer 30

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Question 31

What events during WWII caused the direction of the war to change (fro Germany winning to Germany loosing)

Answer 31

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Question 32

How was Europe divided after World War II during the Cold War?

Answer 32

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Question 33

How did the fall of the Berlin Wall symbolize the end of communism in Europe?

Answer 33

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