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MWH Unit Eight Review (Rus Rev & Totalitarianism)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the last Romanov Tsar of Russia?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Alexander III

c)

Louis XVI (16th)

d)

Vladimir Lenin

2.

How did Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II deal with calls for reform?

a)

They immediately moved to enact reforms.

b)

They made a few reforms but not all.

c)

They resisted all efforts for reform

d)

They appointed ministers to study reforms

3.

This holy man’s influence over Tsarina Alexandra led a group of nobles to murder him

a)

Trotsky

b)

Rasputin

c)

Marx

d)

Alexander III

4.

How did Russia's participation in World War I affect its empire?

a)

Economic hardships brought on by the war resulted in the downfall of the Tsar

b)

A string of decisive military victories gained land from the Central Powers

c)

Russia's sale of supplies to its western allies strengthened its economy.

d)

The Tsar adopted the reforms necessary to win the support of the Russian people

5.

Who were the Bolsheviks?

a)

soldiers in the White Army

b)

followers of Rasputin

c)

members of the Duma

d)

Radical communist revolutionaries

6.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Marx

d)

Cheetah

7.

What economic system did Lenin support?

a)

Nazism

b)

Communism

c)

Anarchy

d)

Monarchy

8.

These groups fought in the Russian Civil War:

a)

Reds & Whites

b)

North & South

c)

East & West

d)

Nazis v. Communists

9.

What was Lenin's Slogan?

a)

No New Taxes!

b)

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property!

c)

Peace, Bread, and Land!

d)

Land, Labor, and Capital!

10.

Who was the leader of the "White Rose" movement that encouraged women and young people to rebel against the Nazis?

a)

Sophie Scholl

b)

Rosa Luxemburg

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Margaret Sanger

11.

REVIEW QUESTION: The man’s peace plan was called the “Fourteen Points”:

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

David Lloyd-George

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Adolf Hitler

12.

Under Stalin, how did the Soviet Union's economy do?

a)

They lost financial strength

b)

They became more rural (agricultural)

c)

They became more industrialized

d)

They stopped being a country and turned into a grizzly bear.

13.

People were subject to starvation in this area of the Soviet Union due to Stalin's policies:

a)

Carpathia

b)

Armenia

c)

Ukraine

d)

Yugoslavia

14.

When a dictator uses youth groups & schools to brainwash citizens, it is called:

a)

persecution

b)

indoctrination

c)

a command economy

d)

inflation

15.

Land-owning peasants in the USSR were known as:

a)

Kulaks

b)

Gulags

c)

Pit Bulls

d)

Nazis

16.

The USSR decided to eliminate kulaks because of their strong resistance to what?

a)

Collective farming

b)

Censorship

c)

Religious persecution

d)

The Five Year Plans

17.

What was the official religion of the USSR?

a)

None (atheist)

b)

Catholic

c)

Jewish

d)

Islam

18.

REVIEW QUESTION: What group was responsible for the extermination of Armenians during the Armenian Genocide?

a)

The Turks

b)

The Germans

c)

The French

d)

The Italians

19.

Which of the following is a weapon of totalitarian rulers?

a)

Police Terror

b)

Tolerance of all ethnic groups

c)

Uncensored mass media

d)

Free elections

20.

During the global depression, war debts caused great suffering in this country:

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

the United States of America

21.

After World War I, this government of Germany struggled to fix the economy:

a)

Third Reich

b)

German Democratic Republic

c)

Federal Republic of Germany

d)

Weimar Republic

22.

This economic problem struck Germany after they printed money to pay off their war debts:

a)

inflation

b)

stagflation

c)

innovation

d)

coordination

23.

REVIEW QUESTION: The Zimmerman Telegram was a German attempt to get this country involved in the war:

a)

Mexico

b)

America

c)

Canada

d)

The Philippines

24.

REVIEW QUESTION: The sinking of this ship in 1915 by submarine angered the Americans & made them consider entering the war:

a)

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

b)

The Titanic

c)

The Maine

d)

The Lusitania

25.

The Totalitarian leader of Italy was:

a)

Mussolini

b)

Peron

c)

Hitler

d)

Stalin

26.

The title of Hitler's book was:

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Die Kase ist Meine!

c)

Der Esel ist kein Vater

d)

Mein kleines Pferd

27.

This was the name of Hitler's political party:

a)

National Socialist German Worker's Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

People's Party

d)

Green Party

28.

What German word means “living space” or the land that Hitler wanted to annex to empower Germany?

a)

Lebensraum

b)

Aryan

c)

Putsch

d)

Gulag

29.

What word describes Hitler's idea of the "Master Race"?

a)

Lebensraum

b)

Putsch

c)

Kase Kopf

d)

Aryan

30.

What happened when Hitler attempted to seize power in Munich in 1923?

a)

He succeeded but only after making a deal with the President

b)

He was arrested and thrown in prison

c)

He failed but escaped to Russia

d)

He succeeded and became leader of the country

31.

REVIEW QUESTION: What was name of the German plan to win WWI?

a)

The Schlieffen Plan

b)

The Dawes Plan

c)

Plan 13

d)

Blitzkreig

32.

What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I in Germany

a)

Second Treaty of the Elder Prophet

b)

Treaty of Moulin Rogue

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Saint-Rogue

33.

Hitler moved to Vienna after school so that he could pursue a career as this:

a)

Artist

b)

Model

c)

Theater Critic

d)

Teacher

34.

Hitler was born in this country:

a)

Austria

b)

Britain

c)

Russia

d)

Germany

35.

This German building was burned down in February 1933, giving Hitler an excuse to take away people’s rights

a)

The Lincoln Memorial

b)

The Reichstag

c)

The Kulturkampf

d)

The Hitler Memorial Library

36.

What was the primary role for women in Nazi Germany?

a)

Leadership

b)

"Children, Church, and Cooking"

c)

Head of the National Church

d)

Head of the Death Camps

37.

Hitler's private army (stormtroopers) were known as this:

a)

The S.A.

b)

The S.S.

c)

The U.S.S.

d)

The R.A.F.

38.

What was the name of the law that gave Hitler absolute power over Germany?

a)

The National Security Act

b)

The Enabling Act

c)

The Nuremberg Laws

d)

The Nazi Supremacy Act

39.

What was the organization in Germany that required young boys to join and learn the ideas of Hitler?

a)

The Hitler Scouts

b)

The Swing Kids (Swing Boys)

c)

The Hitler Youth

d)

Lil' Hitlerz

40.

Hitler's political theories were based on

a)

democracy and socialism

b)

communism and socialism

c)

communism and nationalism

d)

racism and nationalism

41.

An economic downturn and the U.S. stock market crash led to this event:

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Hawley-Smoot Tarriff

d)

The Fall of Vienna (1683)

42.

What was a significant factor in the Nazi party's rise to power?

a)

The poor state of Germany's economy

b)

Hitler's personal connections

c)

the strength of the Weimar Republic

d)

Hitler's military strength

43.

Which country was most effective in handling the Great Depression?

a)

Sweden

b)

Germany

c)

United States

d)

Great Britain

44.

Why did thousands of African Americans move to the USSR during the 1920s/1930s?

a)

Stalin promised them a "classless society free of racism"

b)

Stalin promised them revenge against the racist whites

c)

Russia was already a country of non-whites, led by Stalin who was also a man of color

d)

Stalin secured the southern united states as part of a treaty with the Americans

45.

Stalin was a code-name that meant:

a)

Man of Steel

b)

The Dark Knight

c)

The Fastest Man Alive

d)

The King of the Oceans

46.

What type of state emerged for the first time in 1930s Europe?

a)

republican

b)

parliamentary

c)

democratic

d)

totalitarian

47.

What was Stalin’s official title under Lenin?

a)

President

b)

General Secretary

c)

Der Fuhrer

d)

Il Duce

48.

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, where did Lenin move the capital of Russia to?

a)

St Petersburg

b)

Moscow

c)

Ykaterenberg

d)

Paris, France

49.

Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, where was the capital of Russia?

a)

St Petersburg

b)

Moscow

c)

Ykaterenberg

d)

Berlin, Germany

50.

The temporary (provisional) government took over after the Czar abdicated. Who became the leader of this government?

a)

Kerensky

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Stalin