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WorksheetsSS6H3 a&b Vocab (WW1/Great Depression/Rus. Rev./Holocaust)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The alliance/group of nations (the "winners") in WW1 (Britain/France, later the U.S., Russia, etc.)
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Germany/Austria-Hungary
d)
Axis Powers
2.
The alliance (they lost the war) of nations/countries in WW1 (Germany/Austria-Hungary, etc.)
a)
Centrally Powerful
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Central Powers
d)
Allied Powers
3.
The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, officially brought WW1 to an end. What was probably the hardest part of the Germans to accept? (Doing this REALLY HURT their pride-this was humiliating to them).
a)
Their Army was big-time reduced
b)
They were forced to take full responsibility for the war
c)
Their Navy was big-time reduced
d)
They had to give up a lot of land/territory they owned around the world
4.
The alliance (the winners) of nations/countries in WW2:
a)
Allied Moving Vans
b)
Central Powers
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
5.
Leader of the Communist Revolution in Russia during WW1. (Had the Czar-Nicholas II, and his entire family-executed)
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
The Bolsheviks
c)
Rasputin
d)
Joseph Stalin
6.
A political movement supporting a strong, authoritarian government/dictatorship-the people have ZERO freedoms/no rights at all (a dictator is ALL-POWERFUL-his/her authority is NOT to be challenged).....
a)
Democracy
b)
Fascism
c)
Communism
d)
Nazism
7.
The Great Depression/Global Depression was/is an economic, LONG-TERM (it lasts for years and years) "downturn".....many countries around the world went broke...many people (millions) lost EVERYTHING....How did this affect countries around the world after WW1 but before WW2?
a)
Russia/The Soviet Union didn't have any problems with their economy during WW1-in fact, their economy thrived during the war
b)
Countries like Britain and France couldn't pay back war debt to the Germans, so their economies went down the toilet
c)
Countries like Germany couldn't pay back the 33 Billion Dollars, causing their economy to heavily suffer....many European countries went broke especially after the U.S. went broke
8.
An armistice is.....
a)
A peace treaty signed by all nations/parties involved in a conflict
b)
An end to the battle, but not to the war
c)
A temporary halting of the fighting in a conflict/war
d)
A formal ceasefire/a formal end to fighting
9.
A socio-political model where all property is owned by the public (by the people)....workers are paid fairly according to their skills and needs...there are no ultra-rich....there are no poor....just "equal" people/workers, all contributing towards the "common good" of the country....everyone shares in the hard work/everyone benefits.
a)
Communism
b)
Fascism
c)
Nazism
d)
Totalitarianism
10.
A political movement, specifically in Germany, from the end of WW1 through the end of WW2, which promoted a totalitarian government (that means total government control), staunch/strict nationalism, and racial supremacy (towards anyone NOT 100% pure German/the Aryan master race-blond hair, blue eyed)
a)
Nazism
b)
Communism
c)
Fascism
d)
Capitalism
11.
Known as "The Great War", or the "War To End All Wars"...it was a global conflict occurring between 1914 and 1918, primarily fought in Europe (The U.S. didn't get pulled-into the war until 1917, two years after the Germans torpedoed, and sank (in 1915) a British ship, the Lusitania, which happened to have Americans on board (many Americans died)-this OUTRAGED our country....Pres. Woodrow Wilson felt TREMENDOUS PRESSURE from the American people to jump-into the war on the Allies' side, which we did)
a)
World War II
b)
Cold War
c)
World War I
d)
Russian Revolution Conflict
12.
A federation/a GROUP of communist countries in Eastern Europe, joined together from the time of the Russian Revolution until its collapse in 1991 at the end of the Cold War
a)
Cold War countries
b)
Berlin Wall/Berlin
c)
Russia/Berlin Wall
d)
Soviet Union
13.
The defeated alliance (the countries that lost) of nations in World War 2
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Enemy Powers
14.
General term for a Nazi-controlled detention center where Jews and others were detained, used as forced labor, and exterminated during the 30's and 40s.
a)
Prison Camp
b)
Concentration Camp
c)
Re-education Camp
d)
Political Prisoners Camp
15.
An overall racial bias or prejudice/hatred against Jews
a)
propaganda
b)
Anti-free speech
c)
"Night of Broken Glass"
d)
Anti-Semitism
16.
A global conflict occurring between 1939 and 1945 (The U.S., Soviet Union, French, and British forces were fighting the Germans/Italy in Europe/North Africa.....the U.S. and British forces were also fighting the Japanese in the Pacific....)
a)
WW2
b)
WW1
c)
Cold War
d)
"The War To End All Wars"
17.
Propaganda is information, usually misleading or biased (one-sided), designed to promote (make others believe) a.....
a)
particular opinion is just that, an opinion that you can believe or disbelieve
b)
certain belief that is to be argued and debated
c)
particular ideology/belief/point-of-view
d)
certain point of view...there is no pressure on behalf of the propagandaist for the audience to believe in the lies/half-truths
18.
The ______________ was the Nazi internment (putting people into camps), forced labor, and extermination of nearly 11 million people during WW2, an estimated 6+ million of whom were Jews
a)
Life in the ghettos of Poland
b)
Holocaust
c)
"Night of Broken Glass"
d)
Liberation Day
19.
______ _______ was the Supreme Chancellor of Germany and leader of the ________ Party/Regime before and during the World War 2 years....(he would be considered a ________ leader-total government control of EVERYTHING)
a)
Benito Mussolini; Nazi; Fascist
b)
Adolf Hitler; Communist; Communist
c)
Adolf Hitler; Nazi; Fascist
d)
Joseph Stalin; Communist; Fascist
20.
A cordoned/sectioned-off area in various European cities/towns where Jews were isolated from the rest of the German population. They were first placed here before being sent to Concentration Camps.
a)
labor camps
b)
concentrations camps
c)
ghettos
d)
areas reserved for German citizens
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