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'); newWindow.document.write ('Question 4. '); newWindow.document.writeln ('What was the name of the Jew who shot a German embassy staff member in Paris that sparked the events of Kristallnacht?'); newWindow.document.writeln ('

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'); newWindow.document.write ('Question 6. '); newWindow.document.writeln ('The Battle of the Bulge was what whose last chance to win the war?'); newWindow.document.writeln ('

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1. What is a holocaust?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the League of Nation's failure?

3. Why were the Big Four important?

4. What was the name of the Jew who shot a German embassy staff member in Paris that sparked the events of Kristallnacht?

5. Germany decided to bomb these instead of military sites during the Blitz?

6. The Battle of the Bulge was what country's last chance to win the war?

7. What is NOT a reason that Denmark was so important to Germany's plan?

8. Why was Pearl Harbor attacked?

9. What was Japan's main goal when attacking Pearl Harbor?

10. Why was the U.S. victory during the Battle of Midway so unbelievable?

11. What states did the U.S. government move Japanese-Americans out of?

12. Why did Japan retreat from China after it invaded China in the early 1930s?

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