ww2

Question 1

What was the duration of World War 2?

Answer 1

1939-1945

Question 2

What were the main causes of World War 2?

Answer 2

Harsh treatment of Germany by Treaty of Versailles.
Appeasement.

Question 3

Who was the leader of Germany during World War 2?

Answer 3

Adolf Hitler

Question 4

Who was the leader of the USSR during World War 2?

Answer 4

Joseph Stalin

Question 5

Which countries made up the Allies?

Answer 5

UK, China, U.S, Soviet Union

Question 6

Which countries were considered the Axis Powers?

Answer 6

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 7

Who was the Commander General of Italy during the War?

Answer 7

Benito Mussolini

Question 8

Why did the United States declare War on Japan in 1941?

Answer 8

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 9

How did they force the Japanese to surrender in 1945?

Answer 9

dropping 2 nuclear bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Question 10

What was the international organization which was formed at the end of World War II which was devoted to worldwide security and peace?

Answer 10

The United Nations Was Formed.

Question 11

What was the Iron Curtain?

Answer 11

An imaginary line of secrecy and mistrust that separated the USSR and Eastern Europe.

Question 12

Who first introduced this concept?

Answer 12

Winston Churchill

Question 13

Why was there distrust between the USSR and US at the end of World War 2?

Answer 13

USSR communism
U.S nuclear weapons

Question 14

What was the line that separated North Korea and South Korea referred to?

Answer 14

the 38th parallel

Question 15

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? 1962

Question 16

What were the consequences of this Crisis?

Answer 16

The USSR removed its nuclear warheads from Cuba

The United States removed its nuclear warheads from Turkey

Kennedy authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion

Question 17

What was the Bay of Pigs?

Question 18

Who invaded Cuba during the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 18

Cuban exiles and expatriates.

Question 19

What was the name of the leader of Cuba during the invasion?

Answer 19

Fidel Castro

Question 20

What did NATO stand for and what was its purpose?

Answer 20

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Question 21

What was the main function of the United Nations? (1pt)

Answer 21

The main function of the United Nations is to preserve international peace and security. Chapter 6 of the Charter provides for the pacific settlement of disputes, through the intervention of the Security Council, by means such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and judicial decisions.

Question 22

List two causes of the Cold War

Answer 22

Historians have identified several causes that led to the outbreak of the Cold War, including: tensions between the two nations at the end of World War II, the ideological conflict between both the United States and the Soviet Union, the emergence of nuclear weapons, and the fear of communism in the United States. ​.

Question 23

What was the main goal of aid provided by the European Recovery Programme or the Marshall Plan?

Answer 23

Due to the slow progress of Europe’s economic development following WWII, Truman devised another plan to offer aid called the Marshall Plan. The plan was named after Secretary of State George Marshall due to Truman’s respect for his military achievements. Truman hoped that by enacting the Marshall Plan two main goals would be accomplished. These goals were: It would lead to the recovery of production abroad, which was essential both to a vigorous democracy and to a peace founded on democracy and freedom, and which, in the eyes of the United States, the Soviet Union had thus far prevented. It would support world trade, from which U.S. businessmen, farmers, and workers could benefit.

Question 24

How did appeasement contribute to the outbreak of World War II? (2pt)

Answer 24

Because of appeasement dictators like Hitler was able to expand their territory.

Question 25

How did the United States force the Japanese to surrender bringing an end to World War 2?

Answer 25

They bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Question 26

What was the Truman Doctrine? Name the first country in which this policy was applied?

Answer 26

The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy with the primary goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947,[1] and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to contain the communist uprisings in Greece and Turkey.