The Twentieth Century

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Objective: Answer at least 14 questions correctly. Only answer each question once or it will be counted as a mistake. JavaScript required!

1. A formal agreement between nations agreeing to work together on war or commerce is called ______.

the United Nations
a code
an alliance
an assembly

2. A slowdown of business that can cause widespread poverty is called ______.

an abolition
a depression
an oppression
a migration

3. The German's sudden attack, or "lightning war," was called the ______.

Holocaust
eastern front
ziggurat
blitzkrieg

4. People who are not soldiers are called ______.

civilians
consuls
plebeians
helots

5. Feeling devotion to one's country, language, and culture is called ______.

solidarity
nationalism
communism
socialism

6. The terrible and deliberate destruction of millions of lives during World War II is known as the ______.

;Holocaust
Reign of Terror
Pax Romma
Reformation

7. During World War II, France was one of the ______.

Central Powers
Axis Powers
Allied forces
neutral nations

8. Although he had make a promise at Yalta, after World War II Stalin refused to allow ______.

concentration camps in German
economic changes in Italy
foreign colonies in Russia
free elections in Poland

9. The title NATO stands for the ______.

New American Territory Ordinance
National Alliance Trust Operation
Nations Against Totalitarian Order
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

10. What happened because of Serbian territorial wars against Austria-Hungary?

A Serb killed the archduke of Austria-Hungary and started World War I.
Serbia declared its independence and became a world power.
Austria-Hungary fell under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
The British government declared war on Serbia and Austria-Hungary.

11. The two alliances in World War II were the Allies and the ______.

Nazis
Axis powers
Central Powers
United States

12. The Warsaw Pact was the military alliance between seven Eastern European countries and ______.

Poland
North America
Germany
USSR

13. Which countries made up the Axis powers?

Britain, France, and Russia
Germany, Serbia, and Italy
Japan, Germany, and Italy
Britain, Russia, and America

14. D-Day was the code name for ______.

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Allied invasion of North America
Battle of Britain
Allied invasion of France

15. Hitler's government passed laws against German citizens who were ______.

Jewish
Socialists
architects
civilians

16. After World War II, tension between the Soviet Union and the democratic western nations created the ______.

atomic bomb
Cold War
Nazis
United Nations

17. At the end of World War II, which nation gained control of the countries of Eastern Europe?

the USSR
Germany
the U.S.A.
Great Britain

18. Revolts in Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia have been against ______.

invasion from Asia
democracy and the Untied States
communism and the Soviet Union
Europe and the Common Market

19. Which two opposing groups were formed after World War II?

Asia and the Versailles Treaty
the Nazis and the Axis powers
Allies and the Yalta Conference
NATO and the Warsaw Pact

20. The treaty of Versailles angered Germans and made Hitler call it a "death sentence" because it ordered Germany to ______.

stop building factories and farms
give up land, stop making weapons, and pay huge fines
accept the government of the National Socialists
sell products only to Eastern countries

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