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world between wars part2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following dictators was fascist? (Select all that apply)

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Hitlor

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Benito Mussolini

2.

Collectivization

a)

Getting rid of private farms

b)

Getting rid of state run farms

c)

Getting rid of profits from farms

d)

Getting rid of peasants as farmers

3.

Who institutes Five Year Plans for the Soviet Union to become industrialized?

a)

Hitler

b)

Mussolini

c)

Stalin

d)

FDR

4.
Which treaty did Russia sign in order to exit World War I as the Revolution broke out?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Treaty of Ghent
5.
What was the "trigger" that led to Lenin taking power from the Czar in 1917?
a)
The "bloody Sunday" massacre in St Petersburg
b)
The Russian defeat in the Russo Japanese War
c)
The Allied victory in World War I
d)
The success of the October Revolution, aka the Russian Revolution
6.
Which economic theory was first put into practice in Russia when it became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics after the Revolution?
a)
Socialism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Communism
d)
Keynesianism
7.
The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution
a)
V. I. Lenin
b)
Josef Stalin
c)
Leon Trotsky
d)
Alexander Kerensky
8.
Who was the leader of the Provisional Government between the February and October Revolutions
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
V. I. Lenin
c)
Leon Trotsky
d)
Alexander Kerensky
9.
What was the main cause of the failure of the Provisional Government
a)
Failure to withdraw from World War I
b)
United States wanted to take their place in the war
c)
Marxism sounded cooler
d)
Kerensky died
10.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks promised what three things to the Russian people?

a)

"Peace, security, and bread"

b)

"Peace, land, and security"

c)

"Peace, land, and bread"

d)

"Peace, land, and stability"

11.

The Russian Civil War (1919-1921) was fought between

a)

Anti-Leninists v. The Reds

b)

The Reds v. The Whites

c)

The Whites v. Anti-Leninists

d)

Anti-Leninists v. Anti-Socialists

12.

Who was the Czar of Russia during the Russian Revolution?

a)

Wilhelm II

b)

Nicholas II

c)

Alexander III

d)

Peter I

13.

What is the name of the group of violent extremists who want to overthrow the Czar?

a)

Mensheviks

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

Black Hand

d)

Kapitalists

14.

Who is this leader of the Bolsheviks?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Woodrow Wilson

15.
What year did the Russian Revolution begin? 
a)
1917
b)
2003
c)
1492
d)
1966
16.

Two factors that led to the tsar's abdication were

a)

food shortages and victories in WWI

b)

food shortages and losses in WWI

c)

Rasputin's influence and the speeches of Marx

d)

the power of the Duma and the November Revolution

17.

Tsars were _______ in Russia.

a)

Autocrats

b)

Democrats

c)

Aristocrats

d)

Oligacrat

18.

Tsar Nicolas II liberated the serfs in 1861

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which territories did Russia and Japan fight over?

a)

Manchuria and Hong Kong

b)

Saigon and Korea

c)

Saiga and Tibet

d)

Korea and Manchuria

20.

The Bolsheviks became known as ________________ and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R) was created.

a)

Socialists

b)

Fascists

c)

Anarchists

d)

Communists

21.

Who became the leader over the USSR after Lenin's death in 1924?

a)

Leon Trotsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

22.
This dude's assassination sparked WWI. Who is he?
a)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand 
b)
Prince Charles
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
John F. Kennedy
23.
World War 1 took place between what years?
a)
1939 - 1945
b)
1915 - 1920
c)
1914 - 1918
d)
1899 - 1914
24.
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
25.
This dude was responsible for starting WWI when he assassinated the Archduke. Who is he?
a)
Gavril Princip
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Kaiser Wilhelm
d)
Vladimir Lenin