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ICSE Class 10 Contemporary World: World Wars & UN — practice questions — page 8

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The Warsaw Pact was aRead the answer and worked solution →European WWII: background cause, then trigger?Read the answer and worked solution →Britain's guarantee to Poland signalledRead the answer and worked solution →Which grouping comprised the principal Axis powers?Read the answer and worked solution →Before invading Poland, what risk did Hitler's Soviet pact reduce?Read the answer and worked solution →Unconditional surrender meantRead the answer and worked solution →After Pearl Harbor, GermanyRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Warsaw Pact was a

  1. Soviet-led military alliance
  2. Western European customs union
  3. United Nations peacekeeping agency
  4. Pacific economic development council
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Correct answer: A. Soviet-led military alliance

The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet-led military alliance opposed to NATO during the Cold War.

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European WWII: background cause, then trigger?

  1. Japan surrendered; Rhineland remilitarised
  2. Versailles resentment; Poland invaded
  3. Poland invaded; Munich Agreement
  4. Pearl Harbor; Versailles resentment
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Correct answer: B. Versailles resentment; Poland invaded

Versailles resentment was a long-term cause, while Germany's invasion of Poland immediately triggered the European war.

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Britain's guarantee to Poland signalled

  1. resistance to further expansion
  2. further territorial concessions
  3. support for German frontier claims
  4. encouragement of an advance east
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Correct answer: A. resistance to further expansion

After Germany destroyed the remaining Czech state, Britain and France moved toward resisting further expansion by guaranteeing Poland.

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