World History Quiz

What term describes a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system?

• Revolution

• Emigration

• Annexation

• Arbitration

Who were the group of revolutionary Russian Marxists that took control of Russia's government in November 1917?

• The Bolsheviks

• The Mensheviks

• The Romanovs

• The Spartacists

What term is used to describe a political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens?

• Totalitarianism

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

What term refers to a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money?

• Inflation

• Deflation

• Stagflation

• Recession

What is the term for payment for war damages?

• Reparations

• Subsidies

• Compensation

• Indemnities

What term describes a ruler who has complete power over a country?

• Dictator

• President

• Chancellor

• Monarch

What policy involves making concessions to an aggressor to avoid war, as practiced by Neville Chamberlain with Adolf Hitler?

• Appeasement

• Detente

• Nonalignment

• Isolationism

What is the term for ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause?

• Propaganda

• Rhetoric

• Publicity

• Indoctrination

What was the German Air Force called during World War II?

• Luftwaffe

• Wehrmacht

• Kriegsmarine

• Bundeswehr

What do we call the day when the Germans surrendered in 1945?

• Banzai Day

• The Great Day

• V-E Day

• Independence Day