Unit 9 Global Conflicts

Alliance Systems, Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism were ALL part of what event?

• World War I

• The Great Depression

• WWII

• Cold War

Effects of World War I on Germany

• Food Rationing

• Billions $$$ in reparations

• Lost over seas colonies

• Winning the war

How did nations reduce the possibility of future wars after World War I and World WarII?

• using atomic weapons

• fixing prices on food and clothing

• reducing the size of armed forces

• starting international organizations

One of the first issues Lenin chose to address following his takeover of Russia included

• organizing Russia’s minorities

• reviving the economy

• ending the practice of collective farming

• equipping the military with atomic weapons

Which reason motivated Bolshevik leaders to form the U.S.S.R.

• To isolate forces still fighting

• To prevent nationalist revolutions

• To establish official borders with neighboring countries

• To limit the expansion of fascism

Totalitarianism is best characterized by

• control over all aspects of people’s lives

• control over means of production

• a representative of people

• a body of elected officials

What is always true of a totalitarian government?

• Workers control the government

• Religious laws over the people

• government is controlled by military officers.

• government controls citizens' lives

Why was the German invasion of the Soviet Union a military disaster?

• Soviet Union had prepared a swift counter-attack.

• German planes weren't superior as Soviet aircraft.

• harsh winter would devastate German forces.

• Soviet tanks were better than German tanks.

Why did President Truman drop atomic bombs on Japan?

• To eliminate the Japanese monarchy

• To limit further Japanese losses in the war

• To prevent U.S. casualties in an invasion of Japan

• To stop kamikaze pilots from destroying American ships

• Stalin

• Lenin

• Hitler

• Your cousin from Boston