Test questions and answers

Test Modern History Modern technology, Cold War 1945-1960, Cold War 1960-1991. Listening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aquhfNJVMic Atomic Bomb:

-What does it look like? 2 points Bright light, brighter than the sun. -What can it do? 2 points It can break windows, knock sign boards over. It can throw you against the three or a wall. It can smash buildings. -What do you have to do? 2 points Duck and cover. Space -The satellite can: 2 points Circle around the world. Apollo 11: 2 points. What is happening in the video? What is the man talking about? 2 points. - Apollo landing and first step on the moon.

Modern Technology

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2.: 1,000 square feet 2points

3.The television enabled people to follow the Vietnam War from their living room, while World war ll had only been in cinemas. Because of this people saw the horrors of the war very frequently and started protests against it.

4. Karl Friedrich Benz (1844-1929)

2 points

5. Companies were forced to stop with producing videogames because there was a great crash. What was the cause of this? 2 points Companies went out of business, games from these companies are then discounted heavily. And companies that are still in business cannot compete against the cheap games. So they wind up losing money because of the unsond inventory.

Cold War 1945-1960

1. Stalin and Truman had both different visions and ideologies for Germany after WWII. Explain Stalins and Trumans vision. 2 points
Stalin intended to destroy Germanys industrial capabilities in order to prevent the country from remilitarizing and wanted Germany to pay outrageous sums in war reparations. Truman, however, wanted exactly the opposite. He believed that only industrialization and democracy in Germany and throughout the continent would ensure postwar stability.

2. When gave Winston Churchill his Iron Curtain speech? 2 points a. June 1950 b. April 1946 c. March 1946 3. a. Explain in 1 sentence what the Marshall Plan was. 1 point
The Marshall plan was a way to help rebuild Europe after WWII. Though it was meant to help the badly damaged Europe recover, it was also meant to prevent communism from gaining a stronghold in war torn countries.

b. The USSR came up with another plan. This was called The Molotov .................... (fill in) Plan. 1 point 4. a. When did the Space Race begin? 1 point In: 1955 b. Why did the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union start? 1 point
After World War II both the United States and the Soviet Union realized how important rocket research would be to the military.

5. The Space Race was not a long series of successes. What did happen to astronauts and their space shuttles? 2 points.

Both sides had plenty of failures including crashes and explosions that resulted in the death of several astronauts.

Writing: 10 points. Read the text. Following its success in World War II, the United States faced the future with a sense of righteousness and confidence. The principal threat to U.S. security and that of struggling democracies was Communist aggression from the Soviet Union and its perceived ally, Red China. In order to contain the spread of Communism, any sign of aggressive action would be met quickly and forcefully. Do you think it was Americas right to stop communism in Asia? Explain your answer in 50-75 words, give at least 3 arguments. Wrong: because I think so. Only a valid argument.

0-3.5 points 40+ words 1 argument They can write their opinion in their own words, there are grammar mistakes, 10 + structure of sentence is ok, not very good.

3.6-6.5 points 55-65 words 2 arguments A +/- 10 grammar mistakes, you can read it fluently, although there are structure mistakes +/- 10.

6.6-10 points 65+ words 3 arguments +/- 5 grammar mistakes, fluency is ok, +/- 5 sentence structure mistakes.

Cold war questions 1960-1991.

1. Who built the Berlin Wall and why? The Russians built the wall to keep Germans from leaving East Berlin to go to the west. 2 points 2. Who is to blame for the Cuban Missile crisis? Give arguments to prove your point. 1. The Russians because they built a base so close to the US. 2. The Americans because they built a base close to Russia. 3. Both, seeing as they both built basis to threaten one another. 2 points 3. What is meant by the domino effect? The idea that if one Asian country turns communist, more will follow, like a domino falling over.2 points 4. Why did the Americans get involved in the Vietnam War? Because they feared the spread of Communism. 2 points 5. Why did the students protest in China in 1989? They wanted to end the Communist rule which the country had been under for 40 years. 2 points

Answers reading test: 10 points, 2 points each.

Answers: 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C

Points: Listening 10 points

Modern technology 10 points Cold War 1945-1960 10 points Cold War 1960-1991 10 points Writing 10 points 50 points total. 55% is a pass: 27.5 points.