History Sem2 Assessment
K12 History Grade 4
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- Nazi Party
- Hitler was an evil genius in the 1930s. He took advantage of German anger and European weariness of war. He built up a nationalist party determined to make Germany a giant. What was his party called?
- Soviet Union
- What was Russia now called?
- Suez Canal
- What the did the French and Egyptians build that connected the Mediterranean and the Red Seas?
- Winston Churchill
- Who led Britain through World War II
- World War II
- The world entered an even worse conflict than World War I. What do we call this terrible war Hitler started?
- Africa
- Which continent was almost entirely colonized by European nations in 1900?
- Mohandas Gandhi
- India was one of many nations that gained its independence from former European empires. Who led the Indian drive for independence?
- Communist government
- Russia pulled out of the war and set up a government. Russian revolutionaries overthrew the czar. What kind of government did they establish in his place?
- Allies
- Which side was Stalin's Soviet Union on during World War II?
- telephone
- What invention did Alexander Graham Bell give us to transmit the human voice?
- United States and Soviet Union
- Which two nations were the leading powers after World War II?
- light bulb
- What did Thomas Edison invent?
- Wright Brothers
- Who invented the first successful airplane?
- imperialism
- What is the drive to build empires called?
- Pope John Paul II
- A pope from Poland inspired resistance to communist rule. What was his name?
- Great Britain
- Which European nation built the largest empire at this time?
- Jews
- Hitler blamed everyone else for Germany's problems. Which group did he blame the most?
- Josef Stalin
- The new communist government (Russia) was led by Vladmir Lenin. Lenin was followed by another communist dictator who renamed Russia and ruled with an iron hand. Who was that man?
- Italy and Japan
- Hitler teamed up with two other nations to form the Axis. Which two nations were they?
- appeasement
- Hitler marched his troops into countries that weren't his. He expected the French and British to stand aside and let him. They did. What was that idea of keeping peace with Hitler called?
- Great War
- What was a another name for World War I?
- Pearl Harbor
- What event brought the United States into World War II?
- Cold War
- The United States led democratic nations; the Soviet Union led the communist world. They often opposed each other. Both sides built many nuclear weapons. It was a dangerous time. The U.S. and the Soviet Union never actually fired weapons at each other, but often they seemed on the brink of it. What was this non-shooting standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union called?
- Model T
- What did Henry Ford make?
- Holocaust
- Hitler sent millions of Jews to concentration camps to work and to die. What is that mass murder called?
- Atlantic and Pacific oceans
- What two bodies of water did the panama canal connect?
- Spanish American War
- Which war did the Americans fight to free Cuba and gain colonies overseas?
- Ronald Reagan
- Which American President went to Berlin and called for the Soviets to "tear down this wall?"
- Eiffel
- Which Frenchman built a huge tower in Paris to commemorate the French Revolution?
- Franklin Roosevelt
- What is the name of the U.S. president who led the United States through most of the war?
- telegraph
- What device used clicks and pauses to transmit messages over wires?
- Marconi
- Which Italian inventor made the radio part of our lives?
- Berlin Wall
- What was the name of the wall that became a visible symbol of the Cold War struggle?