1 - OC - WH - World History Final Examination (Spring 2025)

The period of hostility between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Arms Race

• The Cold War

• The Warshaw Struggle

As a rich and powerful nation, what groups did President Truman suggest America had a responsibility to share science and technology with because failing to do so would have them turn to Communism both inside and outside of our country?

• Women

• Christians

• The poor and developing nations

• Youth

What type of government did Germany have right after World War I, in the Weimar years?

• a democracy

• a monarchy

• a dictatorship

Which of the following BEST describes the process of Nazi control of Germany?

• An enraged Hitler and his Nazis provoked uprisings and riots all over Germany after he is released from prison in the mid-1920s.

• Playing on Germans' resentments of WW1, Versailles, and the Great Depression, the Nazis are able to slowly, but steadily gain power by the mid-1930s.

• After conspiring with the Mussolini-led Fascists in Italy, "secret agents" are able to takeover the German Government in 1929 (immediately after the Stock Market crashed).

• Promising protection and an improved economy, the Germany people voted the Nazis in to power in 1932 in a landslide election victory.

What international organization was formed AFTER World War 2 as a vehicle of nations of the world to help prevent war and supply assistance to all nations in need at any given time? (Hint: The Soviets and Americans joined it)

• The League of Nations

• NATO

• The Warsaw Pact

• The United Nations (UN)

Auschwitz, Dachau, and Birkenbau are all associated with which World War 2 era event?

• Major Bombing campaigns

• Sites of Nazi invasions

• Sites of major negotiations to to end the war.

• The Holocaust

Which of the following events leading up to World War 2 occurred FIRST?

• The Nazis and Soviets both invade Poland

• The Nazis conquer Austria with little to no opposition.

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• Italy under Mussolini invades and conquers Ethiopia.

What happened to France in 1940 (early on in World War 2)?

• It masterminded the D-Day invasion on its shores

• It joined Nazi Germany to invade Britain

• It joined the Axis Powers alliance with Germany and Italy

• It was invaded and conquered within weeks by Nazi Germany.

Which accurately describes the March on Rome?

• Mussolini and the National Fascist Party marched to Rome, and King Victor Emmanuel III invited Mussolini to discuss his demands

• Communists and Socialists declared an ill-prepared general strike, which was stopped easily by fascists and government troops

• Civilians outraged by abolition of universal suffrage marched on Rome to take back their kingdom from Mussolini

• A parade held in Mussolini's honor was marched all the way to Rome

Which of the following was NOT a "conquest" of Germany PRIOR to the U.S. entering the war?

• Sudetenland

• Czechoslovakia

• France

• Britain