Study for 4th Post (9th)

Hitler's use of fast traveling airplanes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces to conquer Poland in 1939 was referred to as...

• appeasement

• isolationism

• Anschluss

• blitzkrieg

Which of the following was not a major event of World War II?

• Battle of Britain

• Building of the Berlin Wall

• D-Day

• Fall of France

Which major country fell to the Germans in World War II?

• France

• Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• Japan

Which of these best describes the Iron Curtain?

• a natural barrier that isolated Europe from Asia

• a physical wall built to protect Asian countries from European countries

• a water route that increased trade between Western Europe and the Soviet Union

• a political division that separated Soviet-controlled countries from Western Europe

How did the United States view the Berlin Blockade?

• The United States viewed the Berlin Blockade as the Soviet Union's attempt to challenge the stability of Europe.

• The United States viewed the Berlin Blockade as a chance to impose sanctions on the Germans.

• The United States viewed the Berlin Blockade as the first form of military conflict with the Soviet Union.

• The United States viewed the Berlin Blockade as an opportunity to form an alliance with the Soviet Union.

Why were the United States and the Soviet Union competing for influence in Egpyt during the Cold War?

• The United States and the Soviet Union wanted control of Egyptian colonies.

• The United States and the Soviet Union were competing for control of the Suez Canal.

• The United States and the Soviet Union were competing for control of the Panama Canal.

• The United States and the Soviet Union both wanted to end the spread of communism in Africa.

Identify three issues surrounding the Berlin Wall...

• The wall physically and ideologically divided the city of Berlin

• The wall prevented people from East Berlin from migrating outside of the communist Eastern Block

• The wall prevented people from West Berlin from migrating outside of the communist Western Block.

• The wall prevented people in West Berlin from obtaining food and supplies, except by airlift.

Identify the alliance formed to protect democracy through political and military means...

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• European Union

• Warsaw Pact

• League of Nations

Identify two countries that supported North Vietnam in the Vietnam War...

• China

• Soviet Union

• United States

• France

Which of the following benefits did the Marshall Plan give to post-World War II European countries trying to rebuild their economies?

• Funds were strategically directed to invest key industries

• Large national debts to foreign creditors were forgiven

• Governments received grants they did not need to repay

• It paid for supplies and other goods needed for reconstruction.