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6th History 3rd Quarter Exam
6th History 3rd Quarter Exam
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6th Grade
03/07/2014

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What did the Spanish army call itself?
Definition
Nationalist Party
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Which party did the United States support?
Definition
Nationalist Party and General Franco
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What country decided to help the Popular Front?
Definition
Soviet Union
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What did "Sieg Heil" mean?
Definition
"Hail, Victory"
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What were the armies fighting against Germany known as?
Definition
Allied Powers
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What name do we give to Germany, Italy, and their allies?
Definition
Axis powers
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What happened in Spain in 1936?
Definition
A war broke out
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What did Alfonso III do in 1931?
Definition
He composed a public statement, to be read to the Spanish people.
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What did the "Red Spanish" rebels want?
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They wanted to see the end of the monarchy and the beginning of rule by common people.
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What was unusual about Alfonso XII when he was coronated at 16?
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He left Spain and went to Rome
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What did the German troops do on September 1, 1939?
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They marched into Poland
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What happened 2 days later on September 3rd?
Definition
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany
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What was the Anschluss?
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German takeover of Austria
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What did Hitler call this "Germany" that had existed in older times?
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Fatherland
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What country did Hitler add to the "Fatherland" next?
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Czechoslavakia
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How did Fransico Franco keep control of Spain?
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Soldiers helped him to keep control
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How did he treat those who was against him?
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They were taken prisoner or put to death.
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What did Hitler believe that everyone was "eternally fated" to do?
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Serve and obey German people
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What two arrangements did Hitler make with Joseph Stalin?
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Germany and Russia would divide Poland, and Russian soldiers wouldn't join in any resistance to Germany
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What did Hitler do after he was given the Western half of Czechoslovakia?
Definition
He claimed the rest of it
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What did FDR form in 1944 to help rescue Jewish refugees?
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The War Refugee Board
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Which country acted to protect the Jews?
Definition
Demark helped the Jews get to Sweden.
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What do we call Hitler's final solution?
Definition
The Holocaust
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What was "ghetto"?
Definition
An area where all the Jews were forced to live.
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What is "genocide"?
Definition
The killing of an entire nation.
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What did Jesse Owens do in the 1936 Olympics?
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He won 4 gold medals and he beat the best German athlete.
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Where were Jews sent after they were rounded up and put on trains?
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Concentration Camps
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What were the Jews forced to wear in Germany?
Definition
The Star of David
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According to Hitler, what kind of people were smater, stronger, and better than others?
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People of Aryan
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What do we call the war between Japan and the Allies in the east?
Definition
The War of the Pacific
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In what battle did the Americans destroy 4 Japanese aircraft carrier?
Definition
The Battle of Midway
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How did the United States react to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Definition
The United States declared war on Japan, Italy, and Germany
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Why did Japan want to get rid of our battle ships?
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The U.S. battle ships would try to keep Japan form taking Allied Colonies.
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When did the attack began?
Definition
December 7, 1941
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What was Hitler's final solution?
Definition
He began to kill the Jews in the camp
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What did Japan do first?
Definition
They attacked first
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List 3 other "inferior"people who were killed in the death camps?
Definition
Catholics, Gypsies, Russians, Poles, Serbs, and the Handicapped
Term
List 2 ways that Jews were treated badly before WWII began.
Definition
Jews could not be German citizens, they couldn't vote, they couldn't marry German people, and they couldn't compete in the Olympics.
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Name two of the people that Hitler thought were inferior.
Definition
Africans, Gypsies, and Jews
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Name the three wars that were going on at the same time all over the world.
Definition
World War II, the War of the Pacific, and the Sino-Japanese War.
Term
Who were the "Free French"?
Definition
French soldiers who fought for the Allies
Term
What were U-boats?
Definition
They were German submarines that sank ships headed for Great Britain.
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What does V-E Day stand for?
Definition
Victory in Europe Day
Term
What new organization of Peace Loving Nation was formed after WWII?
Definition
United Nation
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What happened on August 14, 1945?
Definition
WWII offically ended all over the world
Term
When did the Japanese surrender?
Definition
They offered to surrender after the bomb dropped in Nagasaki
Term
Why did Hitler believe that Einstein's discovery was wrong?
Definition
Because Einstein was Jewish
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Where did Einstein go when he left Germany?
Definition
He came to the United States
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What did Einstein tell the President that  he was afraid of?
Definition
That the German army was developing an atomic bomb
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What was the code name for the atomic bomb?
Definition
The Manhattan Project
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What year did they first test the atomic bomb?
Definition
July of 1945
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Did Japan and Germay surrender at the same time?
Definition
No, Japan went of fighting
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What 3 leaders met to decide what to do about the problem?
Definition
Joseph Stalin-leader of the Soviet Union, Truman-President of the United States, and Winston Churchill-Prime Minister of Great Britain
Term
What did they tell Japan to do?
Definition
Surrender and sign a peace treaty or be invaded by Allied Forces
Term
What did President Truman do to end the war?
Definition
He dropped atomic bombs on Japan
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Where did the first bomb fall?
Definition
Hiroshima
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Where did the second bomb fall?
Definition
Nagasaki
Term
What caused people to die later?
Definition
Nuclear fallout, the posion spread by the bomb
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What was the nickname for the plan to take back the beaches of France?
Definition
It was nicknamed "D-Day"
Term
Who was the commander of the "Free French" soldiers?
Definition
General Charles de Gaulle
Term
What happened to Mussolini?
Definition
The Anti-Nazi Partisans killed him
Term
What happened to Hitler?
Definition
He shot himself
Term
What happened on August 25, 1944?
Definition
The Allies marched into Paris
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What was the Battle of Britain?
Definition
The fight between the British Airforce and the German Airforce
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How did the Battle of the Bulge get its name?
Definition
The German soldiers pushed the Allied lines back until they bulged
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What was the two code names that was given to the Beaches in Normandy?
Definition
Omaha and Utah
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