HISTORY

Questions Bank - Second Trimester

(Challenges 3, 4 and 5)

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***Print and solve the following questions.

I. Challenge 3

Session 1 - The Armed Peace

1. What historical events mark the beginning and end of the Armed Peace?

2. What are the main characteristics of the Armed Peace?

3. Which were the alliances that were created during the Armed Peace?

Session 2 - Colonialism and imperialism

 Asia Africa Oceania America
British
Empire

French
Empire

German
Empire

Netherlands

Session 3 - World War I

1. Which was the conflict that triggered theWWI?

2. Which were the main features or innovations in the WWI?

3. What are some of the consequences of the WWI?

II. Challenge 4

Session 1 - World War II

Create a timeline by putting in the correct order the next historical events,
don’t forget to research and add the year when it happened.

● German troops pushed into the Soviet Union.

● Nazi troops invade Poland and Britain and France declare war on Germany.
● June 6th, D-day, more than 155,000 American, British and Canadiansoldiers
landed on the beaches of Normandy northern France.
● Japanese airplanes attacked the naval base of Pearl Harbor.
● An American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the city of
Hiroshima, three days after another one in Nagasaki.
Session 2 - Rosa Park and Black Rights Movement

1. What was this movement about?

2. When and where did it happen?

3. Who was Rosa Park and What is her story?

4. Which challenges did she face?

5. What is your opinion about what Rosa Park did in the bus?

Session 5 - United Nations structure

1. What is the purpose of the United Nations Secretariat?

 2. How many countries is the General Assembly made up of?

3. What is the General Assembly purpose?

4. How many countries is the Security Council made up of?

Challenge 5

Session 1 - Differences between dominant blocs

Differences between the dominant blocs

Capitalist countries Communist countries

Economy

Politics

Society

Session 4 - Marshall Plan and consumer society

1. What economic and political consequences did the refusal of the Marshall
Plan have among some countries?
 2. PWhat economic and political consequences did the refusal of the Marshall
Plan have among some countries?

3. What is your opinion about the consumer society? Do you think that we
must to face any consequence for that style of life? (7 points each).

Session 7 - Division of Germany