Final Exam

Question 1

members of the triple alliance

Answer 1

austria-hungary, italy, germany

Question 2

members of the triple entente

Answer 2

great britain, france, russia

Question 3

who is archduke francis ferdinand?

Answer 3

heir to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire. His assassination on June 28, 1914, provided the spark that ignited the Great War.

Question 4

what year did america enter into world war one?

Answer 4

1917

Question 5

who was the last czar of russia?

Answer 5

nicolas II

Question 6

who led the bolsheviks?

Answer 6

vladimir lenin

Question 7

who won the russian revolution?

Answer 7

bolsheviks

Question 8

when did WWI end?

Answer 8

November 11, 1918

Question 9

what was the peace treaty that ended WWI called?

Answer 9

Treaty of Versailles

Question 10

International body that made treaty of versailles

Answer 10

League of Nations

Question 11

scientist that created special relativity

Answer 11

Albert Einstein

Question 12

agreement to outlaw war

Answer 12

Kellogg Brian Pact

Question 13

author of Mein Kampf

Answer 13

Adolph Hitler

Question 14

Year and nation when/where the Great Depression occurred

Answer 14

1929 in the United States

Question 15

plan to fight Great Depression

Answer 15

new deal

Question 16

European countries led by dictators

Answer 16

Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union

Question 17

leader after Vladimir Linen

Answer 17

Joseph Stalin

Question 18

leader of fascist Italy

Answer 18

Benito Mussolini

Question 19

what Spanish military general led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing Spain during the Spanish Civil War?

Answer 19

General Francisco Franco

Question 20

Date World War Two began

Answer 20

June 22, 1941

Question 21

what happened that started WWII?

Answer 21

Nazi germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939

Question 22

who won Battle of Britain?

Answer 22

british

Question 23

who was the British prime minister during WWII?

Answer 23

Winston Churchill

Question 24

members of the axis powers

Answer 24

Japan, italy, germany

Question 25

members of allied powers

Answer 25

united states, soviet union, great britain

Question 26

Date of D-Day (Normandy invasion)

Answer 26

June 6, 1944

Question 27

who won WWII?

Answer 27

allied powers

Question 28

who was in the Cold War?

Answer 28

the united states and its allies, and the soviet union

Question 29

Date for the end of the Soviet Union

Answer 29

December 25, 1991

Question 30

United States president that created the containment policy

Answer 30

Harry S. Truman

Question 31

what was NATO and its purpose?

Answer 31

north atlantic treaty organization, anti-soviet and safety of allies

Question 32

soviet leader to help tension between united states and soviet union

Answer 32

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 33

years of Berlin Wall

Answer 33

1961-1989

Question 34

Date of German reunification

Answer 34

October 3, 1990