Question 1

The German military tactic,blitzkrieg,contrasted with the ____ of World War I.

Accepted Answer

A) trench warfare 
B) air power 
C) gas attacks 
D) cavalry charges 
E) use of massive artillery barrages 
A) trench warfare 
B) air power 
C) gas attacks 
D) cavalry charges 
E) use of massive artillery barrages

Question 2

V-J Day symbolizes

Accepted Answer

A) the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
B) the suicide of Hitler. 
C) victory in Europe. 
D) American troop landings at Normandy. 
E) victory in Japan. 
A) the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
B) the suicide of Hitler. 
C) victory in Europe. 
D) American troop landings at Normandy. 
E) victory in Japan.

Question 3

Wake's determination to wage a personal war against the Germans was the result of

Accepted Answer

A) the German invasion of Poland in 1939. 
B) witnessing an emotional, frenzied German youth responding to a speech by Hitler. 
C) her personal observations of the public humiliation of Jews by the Germans in Vienna. 
D) the invasion of her homeland, Australia, by the Japanese. 
E) her personal involvement in the Spanish Civil War. 
A) the German invasion of Poland in 1939. 
B) witnessing an emotional, frenzied German youth responding to a speech by Hitler. 
C) her personal observations of the public humiliation of Jews by the Germans in Vienna. 
D) the invasion of her homeland, Australia, by the Japanese. 
E) her personal involvement in the Spanish Civil War.

Question 4

The history of Nancy Wake involved

Accepted Answer

A) being brought up as a Jew in Germany. 
B) being referred to as "the White Mouse" by the Gestapo. 
C) traveling around the world as an American government official. 
D) serving in the British nurse corps during the war. 
E) the life of an Australian prisoner of war in Germany. 
A) being brought up as a Jew in Germany. 
B) being referred to as "the White Mouse" by the Gestapo. 
C) traveling around the world as an American government official. 
D) serving in the British nurse corps during the war. 
E) the life of an Australian prisoner of war in Germany.

Question 5

While the Americans could use both economic and military power to gain allies,the Soviets had to rely on

Accepted Answer

A) the charisma-and-terror methods of Stalin. 
B) the promises of a worldwide communist revolution to destroy capitalism. 
C) characterizing the United States as an imperialist. 
D) its military power. 
E) the fear of an Allied threat in the future and the alliances needed to prevent it. 
A) the charisma-and-terror methods of Stalin. 
B) the promises of a worldwide communist revolution to destroy capitalism. 
C) characterizing the United States as an imperialist. 
D) its military power. 
E) the fear of an Allied threat in the future and the alliances needed to prevent it.

The German military tactic,blitzkrieg,contrasted with the ____ of World War I.

V-J Day symbolizes

Wake's determination to wage a personal war against the Germans was the result of

The history of Nancy Wake involved

While the Americans could use both economic and military power to gain allies,the Soviets had to rely on

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Exam 15: The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939–1949

The German military tactic,blitzkrieg,contrasted with the ____ of World War I.

V-J Day symbolizes

Wake's determination to wage a personal war against the Germans was the result of

The history of Nancy Wake involved

While the Americans could use both economic and military power to gain allies,the Soviets had to rely on

Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World,1400–1600

Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia,1500–1700

Religion, Politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500–1750

Empires, Colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600–1750

The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550–1807

Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650–1837

European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600–1820

Revolutions in the West, 1750–1830

The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1765–1880

The Challenge of Modernity in China, Japan, and India, 1800–1910

State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830–1910

The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830–1914

War, Revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905–1928

Responses to Global Crisis, 1920–1939

The Cold War and Decolonization, 1949–1975

Toward a New World Order, 1975–2000

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