Jozef Beck was Polish foreign minister from November 1932 until he field to Romania during the German invasion by Poland in September 1939. Courted by both alliances, Beck refused to align his country with either power. Which other country did Beck refuse to include in any political alliance with Poland?

Related Mcqs:

1. As the leader of Romania during the Cold War, this corrupt man often refused to co-operate with Soviet policy, which gained him the friendship of the United States and many other Western powers. Many believe his wife was the real “power behind the throne”, especially in the later years. Who was this Communist leader?

   A. Nicolae Ceausescu
   B. Vaclav Havel
   C. Lech Walesa
   D. Andrei Gromyko

2. Romania’s dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were executed on Christmas Day in 1989. What was the first name of his wife?

   A. Angela
   B. Elena
   C. Olivia
   D. Nicoletta

3. In 1941 what was the code name for the German invasion of the USSR?

   A. Barracuda
   B. Barbarossa
   C. Barbarian
   D. Barrabas

4. German attack on Poland was the immediate cause of:

   A. World War I
   B. World War II
   C. Cold War
   D. None of these

5. In WW11, the German-Soviet war saw many nationalities participate in the campaign against the Soviet Union. Which nationality contributed the most people to the German war effort against the Soviets?

   A. Romanians
   B. Italians
   C. Russians
   D. Ukrainians

6. Idi Amin killed approximately 3000,000 people during his reign and stole millions of dollars from his country and others. He expelled all non-African residents from his country and threated British citizens who lived there. What African nation did the “butcher of Africa” rule?

   A. Uganda
   B. Libya
   C. Somalia
   D. Zaire

7. The election of this Chancellor on September 27, 1998 signaled a changing of the guard, for he became the first postwar German leader who was too young to remember World War II.

   A. Edmund Stoiber
   B. Helmut Kohi
   C. Gerhrd Schroeder
   D. Horst Kohler

8. Josef Stalin, although allied with the Allied Powers during World War ll, perhaps killed and tortured more of his own people than anyone, at any time. His paranoia led to purges throughout society and his own administration. Any who were thought to have disobeyed his will were tortured and murdered. Approximately, how many people was Stalin thought to have murdered?

   A. 20,000,000
   B. 3,000,000
   C. 700,000
   D. 185,000

9. As Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, this Russian diplomat started the western world when he signed he Nazi-Soviet Pact of 23 August 1939. Who was he?

   A. V. M. Molotov
   B. Georgi M. Malenkov
   C. Maxim Litvinov
   D. Konstantin A. Umansky

10. Iraq’s invasion in Kuwait and Nelson Mandela’s freedom from Prison after 27 years took place in 1990. In the same year president Rober Mugabe was elected. To which country did he belong?

    A. France
    B. Zimbabwe
    C. West Indies
    D. Germany