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World History Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who created an Independent Communist Yugoslavia? | Tito |
| "Those who speak out." | Dissidents |
| "Restructuring" in German. | Perestroika |
| Where did the "missile crisis" take place? | Cuba |
| What was the "SYMBOL" of the Cold War? | The Berlin Wall |
| Agency that used covert operations in the Cold War; Bay of Pigs. | CIA |
| "One falls, all will fall." | Domino Theory |
| "The purchasing power of income." | Real wages |
| "Both sides have atomic weapons, thus preventing war." | Deterrence |
| It provided $13 billion to rebuild war-torn Europe. | Marshall Plan |
| Cold War policy establish on March 12, 1947; $400 million. | Truman Doctrine |
| "Countries build up armies and weapons." | Arms Race |
| Formed in April 1949 in Belgium; Western defense alliance. | NATO |
| Policy of keeping communism at current borders; Formulated by Keenan. | Containment |
| What triggered the U.S. into WWII? | Pearl Harbor |
| Relaxation of tension between super powers. | Detente |
| How were the troops rescued at Dunkirk? | They were taken across the English channel by Royal Navy and civilian boats. |
| It collapsed in 1991. | USSR |
| Act that Serbs committed to Bosnians in 1998. | Ethnic cleansing |
| What year did the Berlin wall fall? | 1989 |
| Nicolae Ceausescu ruled this country with an "iron-fist". | Romania |
| Which European country signed armistice with Germany in 1940? | France |
| Servants | Unskilled |
| People who assisted the enemy. | Collaborators |
| "I must write, for what weighs on my heart, I must express!" | Beethoven |
| Frenchman who proposed a germ theory of disease. | Louis Pasteur |
| Belief in the uniqueness of each person. | Individualism |
| Living space. | Lebensraum |
| Mary Shelley's example of Romantic literature. | Frankenstein |
| The most romantic of the arts. | Music |
| What were aerial fights called in WWI? | Dogfights |
| Who was the infamous German ace pilot who amassed approximately 80 kills in the air. | Red Baron |
| What was the name of the only Naval Battle in WWI? | Tutland |
| Name 2 ailments that affected the bunker men? | trench foot & shellshock |
| When did WWI combat end? | 11/11/18 |
| Largest peacetime military buildup in US history. | Ronald Reagan |
| Reason for Olympics boycott on Moscow. | USSR attack on Afghanistan |
| Against Jews. | Anti-Semitic |
| Discovered By French scientist. | Radium |
| Result of public education. | Literacy |
| Lightning war. | Blitzkrieg |
| Quack-science used by Nazi's to achieve "Master-Race". | Eugenics |
| Restrictions intended to enforce international law. | Sanctions |
| 4 allies: | Britain, USSR, France, U.S. |
| What did Woodsworth believe had reduced nature to a cold object of study? | Science |
| Physical extermination; deliberate systematic murderl. | Genocide |
| 4 Basic causes of WWI: | Militarism, Individualism, Nationalism, Totalitarianism. |
| Hitler directly violated the | Armistice |
| 3 axis powers: | Japan, Italy, Germany. |
| What was the turning point of war in the east? | The Battle of Stalingrad |
| The act of assembling or preparing for war. | Mobilization |
| Giving concessions to an aggressor to seek peace. | Appeasement |
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