Tehran, and Yalta, and Potsdam, Oh My!
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  • Question 1
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    How many official Allied Conferences took place during World War II?

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    3

    10

    13

    More than 25

  • Question 2
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    Check off each leader who was a part of the Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam Conferences.

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    Franklin Roosevelt

    Winston Churchill

    Josef Stalin

    Clement Attlee

  • Question 3
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    Why did Churchill leave the Potsdam Conference part way through?

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    His Conservative Party was crushed by the Labour Party.

    He became gravely ill with lung cancer.

    He felt it was important to be in Britain when it was under attack.

    He had a major falling out with Stalin over the future of Europe.

  • Question 4
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    When did the Tehran Conference take place?

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    Soon after the Battle of Midway.

    Just before D-Day.

    Not long after the Battle of Stalingrad.

    During the Battle of the Bulge.

  • Question 5
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    Which of the following were agreed to at the Tehran Conference?

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    Britain and the U.S. agreed to open up a second front against Germany by mid-1944.

    Stalin demanded that Germany be split into two independent countries.

    Stalin promised to enter the war against Japan after Germany was defeated.

    They all agreed to replace the League of Nations with a new world peace organization.

  • Question 6
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    Where is Yalta located?

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    In the Mediterranean Sea.

    In the Swiss Alps.

    In the Crimea.

    In Iran.

  • Question 7
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    At Yalta, it was decided that these territories would become part of the Soviet Union.

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    Bessarabia

    Latvia

    Lithuania

    Estonia

  • Question 8
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    Which of the following WAS NOT agreed to at Yalta?

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    Germany would be divided into four occupation zones.

    Berlin would be divided into four occupation zones.

    Austria would be divided into four occupation zones.

    Germany would be divided into two independent countries after the occupation ended.

  • Question 9
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    Which Yalta agreement didn't end up happening?

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    Free elections in Eastern European countries.

    The Soviet Union entering the war with Japan within 90 days of defeating Germany.

    The establishment of the United Nations.

    The Soviet Union was allowed to keep part of Poland.

  • Question 10
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    Which of the following WAS NOT something that the Soviet Union wanted at Yalta?

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    That they receive territorial compensation in Manchuria if they help fight against Japan.

    That Poland would be given all of the German territory east of the Rivers Oder and Neisse.

    That no United Nations Security Council member would have veto power.

    That they get all of Sakhalin Island if they help fight against Japan.

  • Question 11
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    By the end of the Yalta Conference,

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    some agreements were secured between Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

    the United States had tested the first atomic bomb in New Mexico.

    it was not certain whether some of the promises made would be carried out after the war due to mutual suspicion.

    it was agreed that Germany was to be given the “chance to … rebuild its life on a democratic and peaceful basis”

  • Question 12
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    Which leader made it all the way through the Potsdam Conference?

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    Franklin Roosevelt

    Harry Truman

    Joseph Stalin

    Winston Churchill

    Clement Attlee

  • Question 13
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    Where is Potsdam located?

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    Just outside of Warsaw, Poland.

    Just outside of Berlin, Germany.

    Just outside of Prague, Czechoslovakia.

    Just outside of Gdansk, Poland.

  • Question 14
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    The Potsdam Conference was held

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    during the Battle of the Bulge.

    during the Battle of Berlin.

    soon after the D-Day invasion.

    after Germany surrendered and the war was over in Europe.

  • Question 15
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    What was the "understanding" that Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union had concerning Germany at Potsdam?

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    Germany would be disarmed.

    Germany would eventually be divided into two independent states.

    The Nazi Party would be disbanded.

    Nazi leaders would be put on trial for war crimes.

  • Question 16
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    Which of the following IS NOT true about the German occupation zones agreement at Potsdam?

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    Free elections were scheduled for Germany upon reunification of the the country.

    Each power could take what it wanted from its zone.

    The Soviet Union could take 25% of the industrial equipment in other zones.

    Germany was to be temporarily run by a Control Council made up of the military commander from each of the four zones.

  • Question 17
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    What was the 800-pound gorilla-in-the-room which might have had more significance, with regard to the Cold War, than any of the Potsdam agreements?

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    Truman informed Churchill about the nature of the atomic bomb.

    Truman did not inform Stalin about the nature of the atomic bomb.

    Truman did not inform Churchill or Stalin about the nature of the atomic bomb.

    The Soviet Union secretly invaded Manchuria without informing Truman or Churchill.

  • Question 18
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    Which event happened first?

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    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

    Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

    Potsdam Conference ends.

    Japan surrenders.

  • Question 19
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    Check the answers that are TRUE.

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    The Soviet Union took part in the occupation of Japan after World War II.

    The Soviet Union declared war on Japan after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

    The Soviet Union invaded Manchuria at the end of World War II.

    After Japan surrendered, the Soviet Union invaded the Kuril Islands and have controlled them ever since.

  • Question 20
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    The Cold War began

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    after the Tehran Conference (Nov./Dec. 1943)

    after the Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945)

    after the Potsdam Conference (July/Aug. 1945)

    after Japan surrendered

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