Final Review Game
Round 1: WWII
1. 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: WWII
1. 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: WWII
4. 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 War
1. 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 War
1. The closest America and the U.S.S.R.
came to fighting was during the________.
Answer: Cuban Missile Crisis
2. 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 War
4. What was the outcome of the Korean
War?
Answer: A “truce” led to the division of
Korea with communism only in the North
5. What year did the Soviets launch
Sputnik?
Answer: 1957
6. 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. Movement
1. 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: 1948
2. Name two civil rights leaders from 100
years ago.
Answer: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.
Dubois
3. 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: France
5. 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!