Question: After World War II, what regions remain part of Ukraine?
Answer: Northern Bukovina, Southern Bessarabia and Hertza

Question: Lenin acknowledged the independence of which countries?
Answer: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Question: What agreement gave Germany many regions of Russia in the first world war?
Answer: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question: When did the russian civil war take place?
Answer: 1917–22

Question: Who was to blame for communism and capitalism?
Answer: ethnic Jews

Question: What reduced Germany’s need for Soviet goods?
Answer: Treaty of Versailles

Question: Which political group created problems between the Soviet and German governments?
Answer: Nazi Party

Question: What countries prevented the Soviets from joining the Munich Conference?
Answer: UK and France

Question: Who was the English politician who appeased Germany with the take over of Czechoslovakia
Answer: Chamberlain

Question: The soviets suspected that Nazi-Soviet conflicts would result in what?
Answer: put an end to both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany

Question: During conflict, what would prevent transport of materials?
Answer: British blockade

Question: Between german and the soviet union which country needed military machinery? 
Answer: military machinery

Question: Who believed they needed a supply line from the Soviet Union to sustain another war? 
Answer: Germany

Question: Why did the Soviet government fear the governments of France and Britain?
Answer: capitalist encirclements

Question: Why did western power believe that the soviet government wouldn’t partake in another world war?
Answer: Great Purge

Question: What country was at war with Japan in China prior to World War II?
Answer: Soviet Union

Question: Who was afraid of a pact between Germany and the Soviet governments?
Answer: France

Question: Who predicted soviet aggression in the Baltic region?
Answer: Britain

Question: What month did the Tripartite discussions begin between Britain, USSR and France?
Answer: mid-June

Question: Which country is blamed for the Tripartite discussion to stagnate and fail?
Answer: the Soviets

Question: Which Soviet Foreign Minister lost his job because of his favorable attitude towards the west?
Answer: Maxim Litvinov

Question: Which two countries positioned themselves to broker a deal returning to a pre-1930’s treaty with each other?
Answer: Soviet and German

Question: Which two countries positioned themselves to broker an new trade agreement?
Answer: Germany and the Soviet Union

Question: In what city did the tripartite military talks occur during the month of August?
Answer: Moscow

Question: Why did Poland deny the proposal of the Soviet Union protecting them from a German Attack?
Answer: once the Red Army entered their territories, it might never leave.

Question: Who did not want their country protected by the Soviet military?
Answer: Poland

Question: What was the German-Soviet dividing line in regards to annexing Poland?
Answer: Vistula river

Question: How many days after the German-Soviet agreement were the Tripartite discussions ceased?
Answer: 2

Question: What other countries did the Soviet government agree to annex through the agreement with Germany?
Answer: Latvia, Estonia, Finland, and Bessarabia

Question: Which Foreign Minister would agree to meet with Stalin on to sign a secret agreement? 
Answer: Ribbentrop

Question: How long was the secret agreement between Germany and the Soviets?
Answer: 10-year

Question: Part of the secret agreement between the Germans and the Soviets included a neutral diplomatic approach when?
Answer: either went to war against a third power

Question: What country held the city Vilnius prior to the inter-war period? 
Answer: Lithuania

Question: What country would reclaim the city of Vilnius?
Answer: Lithuania

Question: What rivers would the soviet union claim as their own during the invasion of poland?
Answer: Pisa, Narev, Vistula and San rivers

Question: Who would claim Lithuania under their political umbrella?
Answer: German

Question: Bessarabia eventually became under the control of which country?
Answer: Soviet Union

Question: Which diplomat leaked information about the secret agreements?
Answer: Hans von Herwarth

Question: Which ally of Germany was most surprised by the signing of the agreement?
Answer: Japan

Question: How long had the tripartite discussions been taking place?
Answer: place for months

Question: Who downplayed the contrast and recent past history between German and the Soviets?
Answer: Molotov

Question: How long did the anti-Nazi propaganda machine run before the pact-signing?
Answer: a decade

Question: A war with the USSR was considered certain according to whom?
Answer: Hitler

Question: What was the response of  Kliment Voroshilov in regards to further conversations with Britain and France?
Answer: no useful purpose

Question: Who should accept the annexation of Poland?
Answer: Britain

Question: By accepting the deal with the USSR, Hitler admitted that it prevented what?
Answer: facing a two front war

Question: How did the Russians communicate to the Germans in regards to bombing civilians trying to flee cities?
Answer: signals broadcast by the Soviet radio

Question: What day did German invade Poland?
Answer: 1 September

Question: How long did the Germans massacre Polish and Jewish civilians? 
Answer: month

Question: Why did Soviets create fake elections in Poland?
Answer: legitimization of Soviet annexation of eastern Poland

Question: Where did the Nazi and Russian leaders meet to discuss what to do with Poland?
Answer: Brest-Litovsk

Question: Where were cooperative military parades held?
Answer: Lvov and Brest-Litovsk

Question: After amending the joint agreement, who received the larger portion of Lithuania?
Answer: Germany

Question: What was the amended joint agreement called?
Answer: German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation

Question: How long after the annexation of Kresy was the amendment made?
Answer: Eleven days

Question: The Soviets took over and setup a fake government in what country?
Answer: Finnish Democratic Republic

Question: How long did the Finnish military last during the invasion by the soviets?
Answer: over three months

Question: Although officially, the number of soviets wounded during the invasion of finland was around 200,000, who said the real numbers may have been closer to a million?
Answer: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

Question: How many Finnish people lost their homes?
Answer: 422,000

Question: Who invaded the countries of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia? 
Answer: Soviet NKVD

Question: What region of Lithuania was to be turned over to the Nazis?
Answer: Scheschupe area

Question: Of the three countries invaded, which lost the least amount of people through deportation or loss of life?
Answer: Latvia

Question: How did these countries become part of the USSR?
Answer: Elections were held with single pro-Soviet candidates

Question: How many days after France sued for peace did the Romanians meet the requests of the USSR?
Answer: 6

Question: What month did France sue for peace?
Answer: June

Question: How many days did it take for the Romanians give into the Soviets requests?
Answer: Two days

Question: Who were the “intelligentia?” 
Answer: Polish nobles, teachers, social workers, priests, judges and political activists

Question: How long did liquidation occur?
Answer: fall of 1939 till spring of 1940

Question:  How many intelligentia were killed during operation AB-Akiton?
Answer: 16,000 members

Question: How many Jews were forced to live within the Warsaw Ghetto? 
Answer: 380,000

Question: How many Jews died in the Warsa Ghetto?
Answer: 43,000

Question: Which group of people were considered inferior?
Answer: Poles and other Slavs

Question: How many Polish people were used in labor camps?
Answer: Between 1 and 2.5 million Polish citizens