World history/WHME103/WWII aftermath/Review

The Aftermath of World War Two Multiple Choice Review Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• The Charter of the United Nations specifically states the purposes of the organization are:
  • to prevent a third global conflict
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the UN Charter in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • to maintain international peace and security and to promote equal rights
    • Correct. Well done!
  • to prevent another Holocaust
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the UN Charter in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the UN Charter in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The United Nations:
  • first met in 1946
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on the UN in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • was designed to be a more powerful successor to the League of Nations
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on the UN in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • deals with economic, social, cultural and humanitarian issues
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on the UN in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• All of the below statements about the Nuremberg trials are true, except:
  • Both German and Japanese war criminals were prosecuted at Nuremberg
    • Correct. Well done!
  • Two hundred war criminals were tried at Nuremberg, although another 1600 were tried in subsidiary tribunals
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the effects of the Second World War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • The majority of those convicted at Nuremberg were sentenced to death by hanging
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the effects of the Second World War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Two of the most powerful Nazi leaders, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels, were not tried at Nuremberg
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the effects of the Second World War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The first major conflict of the Cold War was:
  • The Korean War
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the origins of the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • The Vietnam War
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the origins of the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • The Berlin Airlift
    • Correct. Well done!
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the origins of the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.

The Aftermath of World War Two True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• The US and the USSR never declared war on each other.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. The conflict between the two superpowers was called the 'Cold War' for this reason.
• At the end of World War Two, the US and the Soviet Union were in roughly equal economic positions.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the origins of the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• After World War Two, some Jewish survivors of the Holocaust trying to return to their homes were attacked and killed in pogroms.
  • True
    • Correct. Sadly this is true.
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the reconstruction of Europe in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• In 1947, the newly formed United Nations proposed a plan for the creation of Israel.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the reconstruction of Europe in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The end of World War Two brought properity to the United States and Europe.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the reconstruction of Europe in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• One reason communism was popular in Europe after World War Two was because of the strong communist resistance to the Nazis.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the reconstruction of Europe in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.