Question 1
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What does D-Day mean in military parlance?
the date of an important operation
a reference to an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle
the day a discovery is made
the day a demilitarized zone is created
Question 2
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Who championed the cause of European relief after World War II?
Theodore Roosevelt
George Marshall
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
Question 3
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What was Operation Bagration?
all of these answers are correct
the capture of Austro-Hungarian trenches by the US
a major offensive against German forces by the USSR
the first battle where poison gas was used
Question 4
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Which of the following describes a political goal of Nikita Khrushchev?
ease restrictions on the intellectual life of the nation
reestablish the agrarian base of the Soviet Union
all of these answers are correct
install nuclear missile silos in Cuba
Question 5
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Who led the Soviet Union starting in the 1920s?
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Nikita Khrushchev
Lev Tolstoy
Question 6
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Why did the aircraft carrier become the most important naval vessel in World War II?
because of its ability to engage in sea-based air warfare
because it was smaller than most battleships
because it was less expensive
none of these answers are correct
Question 7
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Who implemented the first Five-Year Plan?
Vladimir Putin
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Question 8
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What is the largest single-day invasion of all time?
Normandy Landings
Invasion of Åland
Russian invasion of West Prussia
German invasion of Belgium
Question 9
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What significant change in world leadership happened near the end of World War II?
Roosevelt died
Mussolini was killed
Hitler committed suicide
all of these answers are correct
Question 10
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Which of the following best explains why the period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States was called the “Cold War”?
both sides raced to be the first to develop cold-formed steel
it lasted over 40 years
it was a fight between imperialism and isolationism
there was no direct large-scale fighting
Question 11
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What happened at the Potsdam Conference?
Allied leaders reconfirmed earlier agreements about Germany and restated the demand for Japan’s unconditional surrender
leaders from the U.S., Egypt, and Israel established a framework for a historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev declared that the Cold War was over
Allied leaders committed to open a second front against Nazi Germany, including an invasion on France
Question 12
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Which of the following best describes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
an organization that safeguards the banking industry
a plan that involved providing military help to any country that was under threat of being taken over by communism
an alliance between the Soviet bloc nations under Russia’s influence
an alliance between Western European nations and North America
Question 13
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What was the first significant disagreement between the Western nations and the Soviet Union after World War II?
the terms of the Warsaw Pact
the installation of nuclear missile silos in Cuba
the creation of the Berlin Wall
the future of Poland
Question 14
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What was the Warsaw Pact?
a plan that involved providing military help to any country that was under threat of being taken over by communism
an alliance between the Soviet bloc nations under Russia’s influence
a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of West Berlin
an alliance between Western European nations and North America
Question 15
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How did the Soviet Union interpret the creation of NATO?
as an opportunity to voice communist concerns to the international community
as a threat to communism
as a helpful resource for the third Five Year Plan
as a helpful resource for the first Five Year Plan
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