In 1942 the Allies launched Operation Torch, which was the code name for the
A. start of military action at Guadalcanal.
B. Battle of the Bulge.
C. invasion of Normandy.
D. invasion of North Africa.
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
Unlike many of the Dutch women of New Netherland, Puritan women of Massachusetts Bay
exercised traditional male roles A) independently. B) only as their husbands' deputies. C) with no reference to their husbands. D) rarely if ever.
Which of the following situations that took place during the 1930s was an example of appeasement by the Allies in Europe towards Germany?
A) Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939 B) permitting Germany to allow harsh anti-Semitic policies within its boundaries C) allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland after the 1938 Munich Conference D) the USSR's signing of a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939
A satire is best defined as a
A) type of literature that uses irony, exaggeration, and wit to expose and ridicule human folly. B) delicate, ornate, and fanciful style of architecture and painting of the eighteenth century. C) humorous take on the human condition with no expense spared. D) style that strictly follows the most admired models of ancient art, seeking to reproduce their orderliness, proportion, and restraint. E) cultural fashion in literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, guided by the attempt to find perfect forms of expression based upon ancient models and universal laws.
The Spanish Inquisition relied on religious justifications to advance what political end?
A) increasing the revenues for the Spanish crown B) raising a vast army for Spain C) discouraging the Spanish nobles from adopting Protestantism D) crushing a suspected Muslim rebellion E) None of these answers is correct.