World War II/ Cold War 6th Grade AC World Geography
Name: ______Class Period: ______Test Date: 12/o1/17
In the three boxes below, you should write the term, event, or person’s name and define it. For some of these words, you will also need to explain its importance.
Also you can create either a study page, flashcards, OR quizlet.
militarism / alliance / imperialism / Allies / AxisConcentration
Camps / ghetto / propaganda / armistice / Arms race
Iron Curtain / Nazism / NATO / Warsaw Pact / Eastern Bloc
Western Bloc / Anti- Semitism / Superpowers / communism / reunification
Treaty of Versailles / appeasement / Marshall Plan / Berlin Wall / fascist
Great Depression / Russian Revolution / Berlin Airlift / Holocaust / Cold War
Adolf Hitler / Benito Mussolini / Joseph Stalin / Tojo Hideki/ Hirohito / Mikhail
Gorbachev
Answer the questions below. You should write in complete sentences.
- Explain how the U.S. and the Soviet Union demonstrated militarism during/after World War II.
- What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall? How/When was it built?
- Who coined the phrase “iron curtain” and what did he mean? Where was it located? Was it a real thing?
- Describe how the people were feeling after the Russian Revolution (this is how Hitler was able to rise). What other countries were feeling the same way/why?
- What was the main goal of foreign policy after World War II?
- What is the “space race”? Why was it included in the Cold War?
- What started the collapse of the USSR?
- How did Gorbachev lead the USSR through its breakup?
- Did you know that East Germany was the strongest nation east of the Iron Curtain? Why?
10. After WWII, what type of government did most Eastern European countries have?
11. Review: What sparked World War I?
12. Review: What sparked World War II?
13. Identify the four separate administrative zones that Germany was divided into after World War II.
______, ______, ______= West Germany
______= East Germany
Be sure to study, study, study! Those who are prepared will be successful!