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Results of World War II Crossword
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1) country that became a superpower after World
War II
3) these people were killed in concentration camps
6) another superpower after World War II
8) Hitler’s plan to kill all the Jews in Europe
9) someone who is forced to flee from his or her
country
10) six million died in concentration camps
13) a mentally ill person has a sickness of the ______
14) government of Western Europe
15) many ______ died in this total war
16) what the Japanese gave up in their new
constitution
17) World War II wrecked most of these
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2) nation that has more power and
money than other countries
3) mass murder of a group of people
4) Japan was placed under his control
after the war
5) government of Eastern Europe
6) nation that another nation tightly
controls
7) Winston ______
11) unseen
12) the ______ Curtain
14) another name for concentration
camps
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Results of World War II
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Directions: Each sentence below describes a result of World War II.
Read each sentence and decide what kind of result is
described. Write S for a social result, E for an economic
result, or P for a political result.
______ 1) The war may have cost four trillion dollars.
______ 2) The Nazis carried out a program of genocide against the Jews.
______ 3) Britain and France no longer controlled many of their colonies.
______ 4) The Soviet Union and the United States became superpowers.
______ 5) Most countries could not pay back the money they borrowed for weapons.
______ 6) As many as 60 million people may have died in the war.
______ 7) The Communists took control of Eastern Europe.
______ 8) Germany was divided into four zones.
______ 9) The Allies discovered German concentration camps.
______ 10) The United States placed Japan under the control of General Douglas
MacArthur.
______ 11) Countries had nothing to sell because the war had destroyed their factories.
______ 12) The Iron Curtain separated democratic Western Europe from Communistcontrolled Eastern Europe.
______ 13) Many civilians died in this total war.
______ 14) The Japanese gave up militarism.
______ 15) Countries in Eastern Europe became satellites of the Soviet Union.
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Learning About the United Nations
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Directions: Complete the paragraphs below. Choose the correct term from the
Word Bank. Some terms may be used more than once.
Word Bank
actions
nations
Security Council
agencies
peacefully
Social
Churchill
permanent
Trusteeship
General Assembly
Roosevelt
United Nations
independent
rulings
veto
Justice
Secretariat
war
military
security
President 1) ___________________ and Prime Minister 2) ___________________
wanted all countries to unite to protect everyone from 3) ___________________ . They met
to establish 4) ___________________ , or safety, in the world. They formed the
5) __________________________ . This organization has six parts, each with its own job.
The 6) _________________________ debates world problems, and all member
7) ____________________ belong to it. The 8) _________________________ listens to
arguments between nations and tries to settle them 9) ____________________ . The
10) ___________________________ has 15 members, five of which are
11) __________________ , or lasting. These members have 12) ____________________
power. The 13) ____________________ handles the day-to-day work of the
14) _________________________ . The International Court of 15) ____________________
handles questions of law, but has no power to carry out the 16) ____________________ of
its 17) ____________________ . The Economic and 18) ____________________ Council
tries to stop war through its 19) ____________________ , or groups that provide special
services. The 20) ____________________ Council takes care of all trust territories, most of
which are now 21) _________________________ countries.
The 22) __________________________ now includes more than 150
23) ____________________ as members. It has succeeded in helping many people, but has
not stopped every 24) ______________________ , and does not have its own
25) ____________________ force.
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The United Nations Puzzle
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A. Directions: Write the correct word from the Word Bank to
complete each sentence.
1) A group that provides a service is a(n) ____________________ .
2) The ____________________ Council tries to settle arguments between nations peacefully.
3) A(n) ____________________ is a set of statements that explains a group’s purpose.
4) The first branch of the UN is the General ____________________ .
5) The five permanent members of the Security Council have ____________________ power.
6) ____________________ means lasting.
7) Most of the ____________________ territories are now independent countries.
8) A(n) ____________________ is a group of people joined together for a common purpose.
9) The ____________________ helps farmers grow more food.
10) The ____________________ Council takes care of the trust territories.
B. Directions: Use the words from the sentences to fill in the words in
this puzzle. The letters in the box reading down name
the group that handles the day-to-day work of the UN.
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agency
assembly
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Word Bank
charter
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FAO
organization
permanent
security
trust
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trusteeship
veto
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Identifying Important Terms
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Directions: Match each item on the left with a detail on the right.
Write the letter of each correct answer on the line.
______ 1) propaganda
a) one-sided information
______ 2) Marshall Plan
b) used words and ideas as weapons
______ 3) Warsaw Pact
c) Stalin wanted to keep ______ from invading the Soviet
Union
______ 4) cold war
d) helped Greece and Turkey defeat the Communists
______ 5) buffer zone
e) this was set up between the Soviet Union and its satellites
______ 6) NATO
f) American plan to rebuild Europe after World War II
______ 7) Truman Doctrine
g) most states in ______ had Communist governments
______ 8) Eastern Europe
h) established by the Soviet Union in 1955
______ 9) alliance
i) group of 19 nations committed to keeping world peace
______ 10) Western Europe
j) neutral area that separates two warring countries
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Superpowers True or False
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Directions: Read each sentence. Write T if the statement is true or F if
it is false.
______ 1) The Soviets tried to take over all of Berlin by using a blockade.
______ 2) When World War II ended, South Korea became the People’s Democratic
Republic.
______ 3) General MacArthur did not want to drop the atomic bomb on China to end the
Korean war.
______ 4) A truce is an agreement to stop a war for a time.
______ 5) The Korean war showed that the UN could stop an attack on a member nation.
______ 6) In the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets lifted supplies into the air and took them to
Berlin.
______ 7) Berlin was located completely within the Soviet zone after World War II.
______ 8) The West wanted to contain communism.
______ 9) The Soviets stopped blockading Berlin because they did not want to start a war.
______ 10) The Korean War started when Communist troops crossed from North Korea into
South Korea.
______ 11) The UN helped North Korea in the Korean War.
______ 12) Chinese cities supplied war materials to North Korean soldiers.
______ 13) The Korean War showed that China could not fight in a war without atomic
weapons.
______ 14) The Soviet Union allowed Western powers to enter Berlin through any of the
zones.
______ 15) The Berlin Airlift allowed the Communists to control even more
European land.
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