Final Review Game

Round 1: WWII1. What U.S. ally was never conquered by the Axis Powers?

2. Name the three Axis powers and at least two of their leaders.

3. What event officially started World War II?

4. Where did U.S. military forces see their first major action?

5. What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?

6. WWII finally came to an end because of what significant event(s)?

Round 1: WWII1. What U.S. ally was never conquered by Germany?Answer: Great Britain 2. Name the three axis powers and at least two of their leaders.Answer: Germany (Adolph Hitler), Italy (Benito Mussolini), Japan (Hideki Tojo)

3. What event officially started World War II?Answer: The German attack of Poland

Round 1: WWII4. Where did U.S. military forces see their first major action?Answer: North Africa

5. What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer: It was a turning point battle in WWII. The German advance was halted in Russia.

6. WWII finally came to an end because of what significant event(s)?

Answer: The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Round 2: The Cold War1. The closest America and the U.S.S.R. came to fighting was during the_______.2. After WWII which country possessed the world’s largest military?3. What is the diplomatic policy called that brought the world close to war but never “crossed the line”?4. What was the outcome of the Korean War?5. What year did the Soviets launch Sputnik? 6. Name two events that triggered the rise of Joseph McCarthy.

Round 2: The Cold War1. The closest America and the U.S.S.R. came to fighting was during the________.Answer: Cuban Missile Crisis2. After WWII which country possessed the world’s largest military?Answer: The U.S.S.R.3. What is the diplomatic policy called that brought the world close to war but never “crossed the line”?Answer: Brinkmanship

Round 2: The Cold War4. What was the outcome of the Korean War?Answer: A “truce” led to the division of Korea with communism only in the North5. What year did the Soviets launch Sputnik? Answer: 19576. Name two events that triggered the rise of Joseph McCarthy.Answer: The communist takeover of China and the Soviet testing of the atomic bomb

Round 3: C.R. Movement1. What year did Truman integrate the military?2. Name two civil rights leaders from 100 years ago.3. What started the modern Civil Rights Movement?4. What two civil rights events served as turning points in 1963 and 1964?5. Compared to the early part of the 1960’s, the second half of the decade was more ____.6. Besides African Americans, what other three minority groups made progress in the 1960s?

Round 3: C.R. Movement

1. What year did Truman integrate the military? Answer: 19482. Name two civil rights leaders from 100 years ago.Answer: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois3. What started the modern Civil Rights Movement ?Answer: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Round 3: C.R. Movement

4. . What two civil rights events served as turning points in 1963 and 1964?Answer: The “I have a dream” speech during the march on Washington and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.5. Compared to the early part of the 1960’s, the second half of the decade was more ____.Answer: Confrontational and violent 6. Besides African Americans, what other three minority groups made progress in the 1960s?Answer: Hispanics, Native Americans, and Women.

Round 4: The Vietnam War

1. Why did the U.S. never invade North Vietnam?

2. Today the Vietnamese city of Saigon is named _______.

3. What was the turning point of the Vietnam War? Why was it the turning point?

4. What nation held control over Vietnam in the early 1950s?

5. Who won the national Vietnamese elections in the 1950s?

6. What event is considered to be the “official start” of the Vietnam War?

Round 4: The Vietnam War

1. Why did the U.S. never invade North Vietnam?

Answer: They were afraid of drawing the USSR into the Vietnam War.

2. Today the Vietnamese city of Saigon is named _______.

Answer: Ho Chi Minh City

3. What was the turning point of the Vietnam War? Why was it the turning point?

Answer: The Tet Offensive because it created the perception that the war still had a long way to go.

Round 4: The Vietnam War

4. What Nation held control over Vietnam in the early 1950s? Answer: France5. Who won the national Vietnamese elections in the 1950s?Answer: No one. The elections were called off because of the fear of a communist victory. 6. What event is considered to be the “official start” of the Vietnam War?The Tonkin Gulf attack / Resolution

Round 5: PESC Developments

1. In response to the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. launched an invasion into ________.

2. Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Gerald Ford are all members of the ______ party.

3. Which decade witnessed the rise of Rock and Roll?

4. What does NAFTA stand for?

5. What do James Dean, Elvis Presely, and Jack Kerouac have in common?

6. MTV, the Bill Cosby Show, and Cheers all became popular in what decade?

Round 5: PESC Developments

1. In response to the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. launched an invasion into ________.

Answer: Afghanistan

2. Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Gerald Ford are all members of the ______ party.

Answer: Republican

3. Which decade witnessed the rise of Rock and Roll?

Answer: The 1950s

Round 5: PESC Developments

4. What does NAFTA stand for?

Answer: North American Free Trade Agreement

5. What do James Dean, Elvis Presely, and Jack Kerouac have in common?

Answer: They are all examples of 1950s rebels

6. MTV, the Bill Cosby Show, and Cheers all became popular in what decade?

Answer: The 1980s

Good Luck on the Exam!