SOL Review Activity: World Wars and Global Conflict With Positive Reinforcement for Students with...

SOL Review Activity: World Wars and Global Conflict

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Section One: The Great WarSOL Review Powerpoint

Question #1

_____1. Feelings of great pride in one’s nation, which can cause conflicts between overly sensitive nations, is called –

A. Colonialism B. Nationalism C. Militarism D. Alliance System

Question #2

_____2. The text box above is an example of –

A. NationalismB. MilitarismC. Alliance SystemD. Free Trade 

The Triple Entente Great BritainFranceRussia Each nation pledged to defend the others in the event of enemy attack.

Question #3

_____3. Which of the following nations was WAS NEVER a member of the Central Powers?

Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman EmpireFrance Bulgaria

Question #4

_____4. One of the causes of World War I was the assassination of this man on June 28, 1914 by a Serbian nationalist –

Woodrow Wilson Kaiser Wilhelm IIFranz Ferdinand Czar Nicholas II

Question #5

_____5. During World War I, the fighting between enemies was usually –

sea battles between ironclads.bombings from airplanes over capital cities like Paris, Berlin, or Washington, D.C.

trench warfare and machine gun fire along lines dug in by large armies.

horseback cavalry charges

Trench Warfare, World War I

Question #6

_____6. He was the President of the United States of America during World War I:

William J. BryanWoodrow WilsonTheodore Roosevelt

Warren G. Harding 

Question #7

_____7. From the start of World War I in 1914 to the spring of 1917, the President advised Americans –

To support the Central Powers by sending weapons and supplies to Germany.

To support the Allied Powers with machinery and supplies.

To remain neutral in mind as well as in action.

To trade with both sides and make as much money as possible off of the war.

Question #8

_____8. This English passenger liner was sunk off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915 by a German u-boat. Over 1000 men and women died, including 128 Americans –

The USS SussexThe RMS Lusitania The USS Sultana The HMS Titanic

Question #9

REASONS FOR UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I:

 Breaking the ‘Sussex Pledge.’

The Zimmermann Telegram

Freedom of the Seas____________________________________

_____9. Which of the following reasons would best complete the chart?

United States’ alliance with France and England.

To Make the World Safe for Democracy

Militarism Imperialists hopes to gain territory in Asia and Africa

Question #10

_____10 In order to raise money to pay soldiers and to buy supplies and weapons, the US government sold –

army surplusradioswar bondsvictory scrap metal

Liberty Bonds

Question #11

_____11 Germany surrendered to the Allied forces on –

December 12 at Versailles, France. November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AMSeptember 11, 1919June 6, 1918 at Normandy, France

Question #12

_____12. Which of the following values was included and encouraged in the Fourteen Point Plan?

militarism secret treaties and alliancesThe Austro-Hungarian Empire’s colonial claims

self-determination of governments by nations

Question #13

_____13. Immediately after World War I, which organization was formed to settle international disputes peacefully?

The League of NationsThe United NationsThe UN Security CouncilThe Hall of Justice

The League of Nations(Da Bunny?)

Question #14

_____14. Which of the following was a requirement of the Treaty of Versailles?

Austria-Hungary must pay reparations to Russia, France, and the United States.

Russia must join the League of Nations and follow its rules.

Germany must accept the blame for starting the war and pay reparations.

The United States got to keep Austria-Hungary as its own colony.

Question #15

QUESTION: ANSWER:

_____15. Who was the author of the Fourteen Point Plan for peace in Europe after World War I?

Georges Clemenceau David Lloyd GeorgeWoodrow WilsonVictorio Orlando

Question #16

_____16. Which of the following was not a part of the Fourteen Point Plan?

Self-determination of nations.Freedom of the SeasFree TradeAssistance for the Bolshevik Communist Dictatorship in Russia

Question #17

_____17. Did the United States of America ever join the League of Nations?

YesNo

Question #18

_____18. Did the United States ever sign the Treaty of Versailles?

YesNo

Section II: World War IISOL Review Powerpoint

Question #19

_____19. Which of the dictators below is INCORRECTLY MATCHED with the nation he ruled over?

Adolf Hilter – Germany Joseph Stalin – Soviet UnionHideki Tojo – ChinaBenito Mussolini – Italy

Question #20

_____20. He was the Anti-Semitic leader who was responsible for the “Final Solution” and the aggressor who started World War II by attacking Poland –

Benito MussoliniJoseph StalinAdolf HitlerCharles de Gaulle

Question #21

_____21. Known as “Il Duce”, he was the leader of the Fascist Party in Italy, and convinced his nation to invade both Albania and Ethiopia during the 1930s –

Benito MussoliniKing Emmanuel IIPope John XXIIIHirohito

Question #22

_____22. He was the military leader of Japan who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 –

HirohitoHideki TojoSuzuki Kamikaze Hideki Matsui

Question #23

_____23. The communist leader of the Soviet Union who signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler prior to invading Poland (and the Baltic Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) was –

Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin Joseph Dzhughashvili Nikita Khruschev  

Question #24

_____24. Which of the following nations WAS NOT a member of the Axis Powers?

GermanySoviet UnionItalyJapan

Question #25

_____25. What nation did both Germany and the Soviet Union invade on September 1, 1939, starting World War II?

BulgariaCzechoslovakiaPolandDenmark

Question #26

_____26. When this act was passed, Americans were allowed to send food, ammunition, and military aid to our democratic Allies in Europe –

The Neutrality Act of 1937

The Wagner ActThe Lend-Lease ActThe Warsaw Pact 

Question #27

_____27. Japanese forces attacked the American naval base here, provoking the United States into a declaration of war against the Axis powers –

Guantanamo Bay, CubaPago-Pago, American Samoa

Manila, The PhilippinesPearl Harbor, Hawaii 

Question #28

_____28. FDR called this date, “a date that will live in infamy” –

August 6, 1945December 7, 1941September 11, 1941June 6, 1944

Question #29

_____29. The turning point on the Eastern Front of the European Theatre in World War II was this battle between Soviet and German troops, during which over 300,000 Nazis were captured by the Red Army (The Soviet Union’s Army) –

Berlin Budapest Moscow Stalingrad

Question #30

_____30. The Allied assault (code named Operation Overlord) on German-occupied France which took place on the beaches of Normandy was called –

The Battle of the Bulge

The Bataan Death MarchLeningradD-Day

Question #31

_____31. Japanese soldiers murdered over 10,000 Americans who stepped out of line during this massacre on the Philippine Islands in April of 1942 –

Bataan Death MarchHolocaustBattle of MidwayThe Doolittle Raids

Question #32

_____32. After being forced to evacuate the Philippine Islands in early 1942, this not-so-camera-shy American leader proclaimed, “I shall return.” Later, he did return!

Dwight David EisenhowerGeorge PattonDouglas MacArthurColin Montgomery

Question #33

_____33. The American strategy in the Pacific to capture an island, develop a small base and an airstrip there, and then launch another attack on the next island was called –

hop scotchingleap-frogging island hoppinginternment

Question #34

_____34. The name of the scientific-military program led by Robert Oppenheimer which developed the atomic bomb was –

Tennessee Valley Authority

The Las Alamos Nuclear Program

The Manhattan ProjectThe Internment Vehicle

Question #35

_____35. This 1942 battle is considered the turning point for the war in the Pacific against the Japanese. It resulted in heavy losses for the Japanese navy-

The Battle of Midway The Battle of Guadalcanal

The Battle of Leyte Gulf The Battle of Nagasaki

Question #36

_____36. The president of the United States who made the decision to drop a nuclear bomb over civilians in Japan and claimed not to have lost any sleep over the issue was –

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Dwight David Eisenhower Harry S Truman John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Question #37

_____37. This city was the target of the first atomic bomb ever used on a civilian population, August 6, 1945 –

NagasakiTokyoKyotoHiroshima

Question #38

_____38. Around 13 Million people are thought to have been murdered by the Nazis during World War II, including –

Jewish peopleGypsiesThe Mentally Handicapped

All of the Above

Question #39

_____39. Hatred of people of the Jewish faith, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s racist and bigoted outlook on the world, is called –

racismSexismanti-Semitismpolygamy

Question #40

_____40. Hitler’s “Final Solution” was a plan to murder all –

Catholic PriestsGypsiesHomosexualsJewish People

Question #41

_____41. In the United States, members of this national group were rounded up and imprisoned for the duration of World War II –

German-AmericansItalian-AmericansJapanese-AmericansMexican-Americans

Question #42

_____42. “Rosie the Riveter” encouraged –

Boys to collect scrap metal.

Men, women, and children to buy War Bonds.

Wives and disabled men not to talk about letters home – “Loose Lips Sink Ships!”

Women to work in factories to produce war supplies

Question #43

_____43. This African-American union leader demanded that blacks be hired for defense industry jobs and that African-American contracts to build war supplies be honored by the U.S. government.

Asa Philip Randolph Stokely Carmichael Martin Luther King, Jr. Thurgood Marshall

Section Three: The Cold WarThe Cold War and the Modern Era

Question #44

_____44. This world government was created by a charter signed in San Francisco, CA in 1945. The goal of the international government was to promote world peace –

The League of NationsThe World CourtThe Warsaw PactThe United Nations

Question #45

_____45. The war of beliefs and ideologies between communist nations on the one hand and capitalist democracies on the other is known as –

World War IIThe Cold WarThe Hundred Years WarThe War for Independence

Question #46

_____46. All of the nations in the text box above were members of this defensive alliance which tried to protect Europe from the threat of Soviet aggression –

The Warsaw Pact The League of Nations Organization of American States

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The United States

Canada

Great Britain

Greece

Turkey

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question #47

The Soviet Union

Hungary

East Germany

Poland

Czechoslovakia

Romania

_____47. All of the nations in the text box above were members of this defensive alliance, created to protect the Soviet Union against threats from Western Europe –

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The Eastern Europe Coalition

The Soviet Federation of States

The Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact

Question #48

_____48. The policy which vowed to stop the spread of communism using political, economic, or military force if necessary was called –

Domino TheoryBrinksmanshipContainmentIsolationism

Question #48

_____48. The policy which vowed to stop the spread of communism using political, economic, or military force if necessary was called –

Domino TheoryBrinksmanshipContainmentIsolationism

Question #49

_____49. This plan sent between $400 Million and $600 Million to Greece and Turkey in order to stop the spread of communism to those nations –

The Marshall PlanThe Homestead ActThe UN CharterThe Truman Doctrine

Question #50

_____50. Which nation attempted to blockade and take over West Berlin by cutting off all of the roads, rails, and canals into the city in 1948?

FranceGreat BritainThe Soviet Union The United States

Question #51

_____51. In response to the Soviets attempt to take over Berlin, in 1949, the United States and Great Britain –

declared war on the USSR.

took over Leningrad, in the Soviet Union.

attempted to overthrow communist Fidel Castro in Cuba.

Airlifted food and supplies to the people of West Berlin.

Question #52

_____52. The government in the Soviet Union, China, and the “satellite republics” of Eastern Europe were –

◦democracies◦constitutional monarchies◦aristocracies◦totalitarian dictatorships

Question #53

_____53. In 1949, Americans were surprised to learn that China had been taken over in a communist revolution led by –

Kim Il SungHo Chi MinhJoseph StalinMao Zedong

Question #54

_____54. In June of 1950, Kim Il Sung and communist forces from this nation started the Korean War by attacking without warning –

JapanNorth KoreaChinaVietnam

Question #55

_____55. This former World War II hero of the Pacific was the primary leader of United States forces during the Korean War –

Dwight D. EisenhowerGeneral Douglas MacArthur

General George PattonGeneral Benjamin O. Davis

Question #56

_____56. When US forces crossed over the Yalu River on the northern boundary of Korea, attempting to unify the peninsula under democratic rule, this nation attacked –

VietnamChinaJapanThe Soviet Union

Question #57

_____57. The end result of the Korean War of 1950 – 1953 was –

Communists controlled all of the Korean Peninsula.

Democracy and Capitalism ruled over all of Korea.

Victory for North Korea

A Stalemate  

Question #58

_____58. This Wisconsin senator claimed that he had a list of communist agents in the State Department, who were attempting to plot against the US government –

Margaret Chase SmithJoseph McCarthyJohn F. Kennedy Robert La Follette

Question #59

_____59. The willingness to go to the very edge of nuclear war in order to combat communism, often threatening armed conflict in order to make our enemies give up, was called –

containmentthe domino theoryNSC-68brinksmanship

Question #60

_____60. The competition between the USA and the Soviet Union to produce more powerful and effective weapons and nuclear bombs between the 1940s and the 1990s was called –

the arms racethe space racethe alliance systembrinksmanship

Question #61

_____61. The USA discovered missiles in Cuba by using –

radar technologysatellite imageryvideo phonesU-2 spy planes

Question #62

_____62. The President of the United States of America during the Cuban Missile Crisis, who went on television to announce to the world that the threat of nuclear war was real, was –

Dwight EisenhowerHarry S TrumanJohn F. KennedyLyndon B. Johnson

Question #63

_____63. The idea that if one nation fell to communist rule, that other nations geographically nearby would also fall to communism was –

containmentinfectious disease theorydétente the domino theory

The Domino Theory

Question #64

_____64. The leader of Vietnamese troops in their War for Independence, who defeated the French, the Japanese, and eventually, American military forces was –

Kim Il SungMao ZedongChaing Kai-Shek Ho Chi Minh

Question #65

_____65. The supply route which was used by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters to bring supplies and ammunition to the South was called –

The Shaghai RoadThe Ho Chi Minh TrailThe Heart of DarknessThe Trail of Tears

Question #66

_____66. The President of the United States who escalated the War in Vietnam and eventually sent over 500,000 US troops to the war was –

Dwight EisenhowerRichard NixonJohn F. KennedyLyndon Baines Johnson 

Question #67

_____67. This act allowed the President to use military force against communist forces in Vietnam –

a formal declaration of war.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The War Powers ActUN Resolution #5762

Question #68

_____68. Both napalm and Agent Orange were used by the United States Army in order to –

execute suspected spies

torture enemy captives

destroy the jungle canopy

attack civilians

Question #69

_____69. This January 1968 attack by the Viet Cong and NVA on every American position in South Vietnam was unsuccessful militarily; however, many Americans realized that the war was no where close to being finished –

The Battle of Da Nang The Battle of Hue The Tet Offensive Dien Bien Phu

Question #70

_____70. The easing of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States which occurred during the 1970s as a result of Richard Nixon’s efforts to reach out to communist China the Soviet Union was called –

perestroika brinksmanship détente glasnost

Question #71

_____71. During the year 1961, in order to prevent the immigration of its citizens from the western section of this city, the Soviet Union and East German built a concrete wall around this city –

DanzigWest BerlinPragueBudapest

Question #72

_____72. In 1989, this was torn down with much celebration –

The KremlinThe BastilleThe Berlin WallThe Eiffel Tower

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989