Unit 6 World War II & Cold War Review

Front

Both World Wars are considered "total wars" because:

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The nations involved devoted all their resources to the wars.

Front

In 1939, the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with: Italy, Poland, Germany, Great Britain

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Germany

Front

Great Britain and France entered World War II due to the invasion of:

Back

Poland

Front

Which event occurred on D-Day?

Back

The Allied invasion of France

Front

All of the following joined the Axis Powers EXCEPT: Italy, Japan, Germany, The Soviet Union

Back

The Soviet Union

Front

What event is described as "a date which will live in infamy"?

Back

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Front

Where were atomic bombs dropped?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Front

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

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To support countries that rejected communism

Front

How did Stalin view the Marshall Plan?

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He opposed it categorically, viewing it as a capitalist threat to communism.

Front

In the 1940s and 1950s, the region described as being "behind the Iron Curtain" included:

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Soviet Union and its satellite nations