Social unit test

Question 1

What year did World War I begin?

Answer 1

1914

Question 2

What was the main cause of World War I?

Answer 2

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 3

Which countries were part of the Allies in World War I?

Answer 3

France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and the United States

Question 4

What treaty ended World War I?

Answer 4

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 5

What year did World War II begin?

Answer 5

1939

Question 6

Which event triggered the start of World War II?

Answer 6

The invasion of Poland by Germany

Question 7

Name one major Axis power in World War II.

Answer 7

Germany, Italy, or Japan

Question 8

What was the Holocaust?

Answer 8

The genocide of six million Jews and others by the Nazi regime

Question 9

What year did World War II end?

Answer 9

1945

Question 10

What was the primary goal of the Cold War?

Answer 10

To contain the spread of communism

Question 11

True or False: The Cold War was a direct military conflict.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

What was the name of the political and military alliance formed by the Soviet Union?

Answer 12

The Warsaw Pact

Question 13

Fill in the blank: The arms race during the Cold War primarily involved ________.

Answer 13

Nuclear weapons

Question 14

What was the Iron Curtain?

Answer 14

The division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War

Question 15

What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?

Answer 15

It symbolized the division between East and West Berlin and the Cold War.

Question 16

What major event occurred in Russia in 1917?

Answer 16

The Russian Revolution

Question 17

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution?

Answer 17

Vladimir Lenin

Question 18

True or False: The Russian Revolution led to the establishment of a communist government.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What were the two main factions in the Russian Civil War?

Answer 19

The Red Army (Bolsheviks) and the White Army (anti-Bolsheviks)

Question 20

What was the New Economic Policy (NEP)?

Answer 20

A temporary economic policy introduced by Lenin to revive the economy.

Question 21

What was the primary ideological conflict during the Cold War?

Answer 21

Capitalism versus communism

Question 22

What event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

Answer 22

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

Question 23

Which two superpowers were involved in the Cold War?

Answer 23

The United States and the Soviet Union

Question 24

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

Answer 24

To provide economic aid to Western European countries after WWII.

Question 25

Fill in the blank: The space race was a competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to achieve ________.

Answer 25

Space exploration and technological superiority

Question 26

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 26

A 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over missile deployment in Cuba.

Question 27

What was the primary outcome of the Yalta Conference?

Answer 27

The division of post-war Europe into spheres of influence.

Question 28

What was the main purpose of NATO?

Answer 28

To provide collective defense against aggression.

Question 29

True or False: The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

What was the Red Scare in the United States?

Answer 30

A period of intense fear of communism and its influence in America.

Question 31

What major event in 1963 symbolized the tensions of the Cold War?

Answer 31

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy