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World War II & The Cold War Evaluation (200 point total)

Matching ( 3 Points each)
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Holocaust
d.
appeasement
b.
Auschwitz
e.
Hiroshima
c.
New Deal
 

 1. 

 Hitler’s program of genocide that killed as many as 6 million Jews
 

 2. 

 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s social programs of the Great Depression
 

 3. 

 policy of Britain and France to avoid war with Germany
 

 4. 

 city in which as many as 120,000 people were killed by an atomic bomb
 

 5. 

 a German death camp in Poland
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Battle of Britain
d.
Poland
b.
Allies
e.
Pearl Harbor
c.
Axis powers
 

 6. 

 Germany’s attempt to destroy Britain’s Royal Air Force
 

 7. 

 attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941
 

 8. 

 Germany, Italy, and Japan
 

 9. 

 divided between Germany and the Soviet Union
 

 10. 

 United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and China
 

Multiple Choice ( 5 Points each - DBQ’s are worth 2 points each)
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
(pick only one)
 

 11. 
U.S. atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and
a.
Nuremburg.
c.
Tokyo.
b.
Nagasaki.
d.
Hokkaido.
 

 12. 
____ causing Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
a.
Germany joined with Italy
c.
Hitler and Stalin signed a treaty
b.
Italy invaded Ethiopia
d.
Germany invaded Poland
 

 13. 
Stalin set up a series of Five-Year Plans in order to
a.
become a major industrial power.
b.
create the Soviet Union.
c.
pay reparations.
d.
help peasants out of poverty.
 
 
“Go outside, to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God. Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you and be happy. . . . And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.”
from The Diary of Anne Frank
 

 14. 
mc014-1.jpg The tone of this quote is ____.
a.
discouraged
c.
desolate
b.
bland
d.
hopeful
 

 15. 
mc015-1.jpg What would Anne Frank like for people to recapture?
a.
enemy soldiers
c.
food for the following day
b.
medicines
d.
happiness
 

 16. 
New technologies in the 1930s made it possible for totalitarian leaders
a.
to make television commercials.
c.
to give away radios.
b.
to urge citizens to vote.
d.
to disseminate propaganda.
 
 
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Answer the following questions by using the above graphic.
 

 17. 
mc017-1.jpgWhich of the following best characterizes Japan’s postwar society?
a.
Fewer citizens had rights.
c.
Fewer people had jobs.
b.
More citizens had rights.
d.
More citizens joined the military
 

 18. 
mc018-1.jpgWhich was a characteristic of Japan’s postwar government?
a.
one-party system
c.
large military expenditures
b.
democracy
d.
only males could vote
 

 19. 
How did the Soviet Union respond to Eastern European demands for change?
a.
relaxing control of the press
c.
democratic reform
b.
economic boycotts
d.
military action
 

 20. 
When Germany could not pay reparations, the French attempted to
a.
take over German industry.
b.
lower the value of German money.
c.
force other Central Powers to pay.
d.
declare war.
 
 
Hi Vern,
Got your letters today. It was great hearing from you. Actually, I can’t summarize my feelings of my trip to Australia [for R&R—“rest and relaxation”]. I don’t know if I had a fabulous time or not. It was weird. Getting back to a completely English-looking and -speaking country made me feel kind of ashamed of the way I’ve thought and acted over here [in Vietnam]. I realize that I’ve actually enjoyed some of the things I’ve done which would be repulsive to a healthy mind. This place does make you sick in the head.When one starts to enjoy the sickness of war, he is sick. . . .
—From Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, 1985
 

 21. 
mc021-1.jpgWhat does the soldier conclude about enjoying some of his actions in war?
a.
He was mentally ill.
c.
He needed more R&R.
b.
He was mentally healthy.
d.
He was justified in enjoying war.
 

 22. 
mc022-1.jpgWhy did this soldier have mixed feelings while on R&R in Australia?
a.
He was wounded.
b.
He felt ashamed of his actions in war.
c.
He felt under the weather.
d.
His R&R was too short.
 
 
Cold War Programs
Marshall PlanThe goals of the Marshall Plan were to help rebuild Europe and to try to stop the spread of communism. Factories were rebuilt, mines were reopened, and roads were repaired and replaced.
Truman DoctrineIn 1948 under the Truman Doctrine, the United States offered military aid to countries such as Greece and Turkey that were fighting communism inside their own borders.
NATOIn 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed to respond to possible attacks by the Soviet Union. Each NATO country agreed to treat an attack on any other member as an attack on itself. This policy is known as deterrence because it is designed to deter, or discourage, an attack.
Warsaw PactTo counter NATO, the Soviet Union formed its satellites into an anti-Western military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact  in 1955. It was named after the Polish capital city of Warsaw.
 

 23. 
mc023-1.jpgWhen was NATO formed?
a.
1955
c.
1948
b.
1949
d.
1945
 

 24. 
mc024-1.jpg The alliance that was formed to counter NATO was known as the ____.
a.
SEATO
c.
Truman Doctrine
b.
Warsaw Pact
d.
DEW system
 

 25. 
mc025-1.jpg What countries opposed each other during the Cold War?
a.
the United States and Great Britain
c.
the Soviet Union and China
b.
the United States and the Soviet Union
d.
the United States and China
 

 26. 
What was the purpose of D-Day?
a.
to defend Britain
b.
to overthrow Mussolini
c.
to attack German forces
d.
to free Jews from Auschwitz
 
 
Under Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader from 1958 to 1964, the Soviet Union invested heavily in space exploration. The first spacecraft to orbit the earth was the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1, launched in 1957. Soviet Air Force Colonel Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the earth in 1961. These advances spurred competition from the United States and kicked off the space race.
 

 27. 
mc027-1.jpg Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in 1961?
a.
Gorbachev
c.
Stalin
b.
Khrushchev
d.
Yeltsin
 

 28. 
mc028-1.jpg Which of the following events happened first?
a.
Sputnik 1 orbits the earth.
b.
Yuri Gagarin orbits the earth.
c.
John Glenn orbits the earth.
d.
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet leader.
 

 29. 
mc029-1.jpg What was the battle between the Soviet Union and the United States to dominate space called?
a.
the space race
c.
glasnost
b.
perestroika
d.
the Cold War
 

 30. 
Mohandas Gandhi protested British rule of India by
a.
leading the Indian National Congress.
b.
using nonviolent methods.
c.
raising a military force.
d.
running for office.
 

 31. 
The Nazis made Jews wear ____ on their clothing.
a.
a swastika
c.
a yellow, six-pointed star
(Star of David)
b.
a green, three-pointed leaf
d.
a red cross
 

 32. 
Why did Allied leaders meet in 1943 to make plans for the post-war world?
a.
They were losing the war.
c.
The atomic bomb had been tested.
b.
They were winning the war.
d.
Mussolini had been overthrown.
 

 33. 
What new technology did the Royal Air Force use to stop German airplanes?
a.
American weapons
c.
smart bombs
b.
radar
d.
super fighter planes
 

 34. 
____ was known for his anti-Semitism, or hatred of Jews.
a.
Vladimir Lenin
c.
Benito Mussolini
b.
Adolf Hitler
d.
Joseph Stalin
 

 35. 
British leaders used a(n) ____ policy to avoid war with Germany.
a.
negotiation
c.
appeasement
b.
mediation
d.
treaty
 

 36. 
In a totalitarian state, leaders attempt to
a.
rescue the economy from depression.
b.
reinstate royal families.
c.
set up a democracy.
d.
completely control citizens’ lives.
 

 37. 
What new technology did the Royal Air Force use to stop German airplanes?
a.
super fighter planes
c.
smart bombs
b.
American weapons
d.
radar
 

 38. 
How did the United States help Great Britain early in World War II?
a.
the cash-and-carry policy
b.
by staying neutral
c.
by developing radar
d.
by attacking Japan
 

 39. 
The U.S. policy of containment was meant to
a.
divide Berlin.
b.
stop nuclear proliferation.
c.
stop communism’s spread.
d.
win World War II.
 

 40. 
A once important symbol of the Cold War was
a.
communism.
c.
the Great Wall of China.
b.
Red Square.
d.
the Berlin Wall.
 

 41. 
The civil rights movement began in the United States in the
a.
1960s.
c.
1940s.
b.
1950s.
d.
1970s.
 

 42. 
The Truman Doctrine pledged that the U.S. would
a.
build a wall in Berlin.
b.
drop atomic bombs on Japan.
c.
provide economic aid to Europe.
d.
fight the spread of communism.
 

 43. 
Which of the following was a major turning point in World War II?
a.
Hitler’s suicide
c.
the Battle of the Bulge
b.
the invasion of Normandy
d.
the revolt of people in Paris
 

 44. 
The United States sent troops to Korea in an attempt to
a.
contain communism.
c.
test nuclear weapons.
b.
wipe out communism.
d.
support their Chinese allies.
 

 45. 
The Cold War was
a.
a nuclear war between the United States and the U.S.S.R.
c.
a continuation of the fighting in World War II.
b.
an ideological struggle.
d.
none of these.
 

Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
 

 46. 
The Cold War included which of the following (select all that apply).
 a.
the space race
 d.
the Vietnam conflict.
 b.
the nuclear arms race
 e.
none of these
 c.
the Korean War.
 

 47. 
The Allies were
 a.
the United States.
 d.
Italy
 b.
the Soviet Union.
 e.
Israel
 c.
China
 

Essay ( 20 Points - You must answer one.  You should answer both.  Answers need to be written on the lines at the bottom of the answer sheet.  If you need more space, use the back of the answer sheet.  Use complete sentences with complete thoughts.
 

 48. 
Describe the ideas of Adolf Hitler.
 

 49. 
What was the Manhattan Project? What was its ultimate result?
 



 
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