Test: The Interwar Period

Who were the Bolsheviks?

• A. Americans who joined WWI
• B. radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
• C. members of England's parliament
• D. followers of Rasputin

Who did China's peasants align themselves with in the 1920s?

• A. warlords
• B. Nationalists
• C. Qing Dynasty
• D. Communists

What is a totalitarian state?

• A. a state in which the people have a direct say in their government
• B. a state in which the people elect representatives to the legislature
• C. a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
• D. a state in which Congress holds most of the power

What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?

• A. foreign policy
• B. political reform
• C. social restructuring
• D. economic development

Which group was known for taking a 6,000-mile journey known as the "Long March?"

• A. Chinese Communists, fleeing the Nationalists
• B. Chinese Nationalists, fleeing the Communists
• C. Chinese peasants, fleeing the Japanese invaders
• D. the Russian White Army, fleeing the Bolsheviks

Who led the famous protest known as the Salt March?

• A. Sun Yixian
• B. Mustafa Kemal
• C. Mao Zedong
• D. Mohandas Gandhi

What did Sun Yat-Sen’s Revolutionary Alliance accomplish?

• A. defeating the Kuomintang
• B. overthrowing the last emperor
• C. spreading Communism in China
• D. controlling the rampaging warlords

What was the result of China having a Nationalist government recognized by the world but a Communist party growing in the countryside?

• A. A social realist art campaign was created to uplift nationalist ideas.
• B. Nationalist troops and armed gangs wiped out the Communists.
• C. Civil war broke out between the two groups.
• D. Communist leaders were forced to work in labor camps.

What led Great Britain finally to grant India limited self-rule?

• A. continuous campaigns of civil disobedience by Indians
• B. a sharp drop in the British economy based in India
• C. violent outbreaks against the British in India
• D. worldwide demonstrations in support of India’s independence

What event in 1937 halted the Chinese civil war?

• A. The Nationalists succeeded in wiping out the Communists.
• B. Chinese Communists began a 6,000-mile journey.
• C. The Japanese launched an all-out invasion of China.
• D. Chinese peasants aligned themselves with the Communists.