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Russian Revolution + Interwar Years

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Last of the Russian Czars
a)
Nicholas
b)
Alexandra
c)
Lenin
d)
Stalin
2.
Leader of Communist Russia
a)
Lenin
b)
Czar Nicholas
c)
Mussolini
d)
Hitler
3.
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union who ordered the Great Purge and started the Five Year Plans-
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Tojo
d)
Mussolin
4.
Fascist Dictator of Italy during World War II-
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Tojo
d)
Mussolini
5.
Fascist Dictator of Germany during World War II-
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Tojo
d)
Mussolini
6.
Emperor of Japan during World War II-
a)
Hirohito
b)
Tojo
c)
Mussolini
d)
Hitler
7.
Military Dictator of Japan-
a)
Tojo
b)
Hirohito
c)
Hitler
d)
Stalin
8.
Which of the following in NOT a main cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Excessive use of credit
b)
High Protective Tariffs
c)
High Unemployment
d)
Overproduction
9.
Which of the following is NOT an economic condition that affected Germany after World War I?
a)
high unemployment
b)
high inflation
c)
huge war debts
d)
overproduction
10.
What is NOT a cause of the Russian Revolution?
a)
Food Shortages
b)
Ineffective Leadership
c)
Poor working conditions
d)
Belief in a Master Race
11.
Why did The League of Nations fail to establish worldwide peace and prevent wars?
a)
revolutions occured in other nations
b)
The United States didn't join
c)
Not enough countries were part of it
d)
There was no way to enforce the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
12.
The worldwide depression from the 1920s and 1930s led, in Germany and Italy, to the rise of-
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Dictators
d)
Absolute Monarchs
13.
Under the leadership of Mussolini, which African country did Italy invade?
a)
India
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Ethiopia
d)
Great Britain
14.
What occurred on October 29th, 1929 in the United States?
a)
Bloody Sunday
b)
March on Washington
c)
Saturday Revolution
d)
Stock Market Crash
15.
Lenin’s New Economic Policy mixed communism with what type of economy?
a)
Capitalist
b)
Mercantilist
c)
Traditional
d)
Socialist
16.
What is another name for the Bolshevik Party?
a)
Red Shirts
b)
Nazis
c)
Communists
d)
Capitalists
17.
What was Mussolini’s Main Goal?
a)
spread communism worldwide
b)
defeat Hitler
c)
Imperialize SOuth America
d)
Bring bak the Glory of Rome
18.
How did Stalin’s brand of communism differ from the communism described in Carl Marx’s Communist Manifesto?
a)
He realised the means of production to the people
b)
he ended the communist state
c)
he mixed it with Capitalism
d)
He formed a totalitarian state
19.

What was the historical event that saw the fall of the Russian monacrhy and the creation of the world's first communist country?

a)

World War II

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Cold War

d)

Crimean War

20.

The new names for Russia after the revolution

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

The United States of Russia

c)

U.S.S.R. or Soviet Union

d)

New Economic Policy (NEP)

21.

Last of the Russian Czars

a)

Nicholas

b)

Alexandra

c)

Lenin

d)

Stalin

22.

What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer.

a)

The exploitation of the poor by the rich

b)

The low quality of good produced at large factories.

c)

The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote.

d)

Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison

23.

What was the historical event that saw the fall of the Russian monacrhy and the creation of the world's first communist country?

a)

World War II

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Cold War

d)

Crimean War

24.

Leader of Communist Russia

a)

Lenin

b)

Czar Nicholas

c)

Mussolini

d)

Hitler

25.

The new names for Russia after the revolution

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

The United States of Russia

c)

U.S.S.R. or Soviet Union

d)

New Economic Policy (NEP)

26.

Commander of the Red Army, lost succession of Lenin to Stalin in 1924

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Alexander Kerensky

d)

Tsar Nicholas II

27.

He succeeded Lenin and led the "Great Purge"

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Tsar Nicholas II

d)

Karl Marx

28.

What is a Command Economy?

a)

CAPITALISTIC economy in which there is free competition and prices are determined by interaction of supply and demand

b)

An economic system COMBINING private and public enterprise.

c)

When production, investment, price, and income are determined centrally by a GOVERNMENT.

d)

A system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.

29.

Stalin carried out economic development through...

a)

a series of plans around Globalisation

b)

a series of plans called the New Deal

c)

a series of plans called the New Economic Policy

d)

a series of Five Year Plans for industry & agriculture

30.

After WWI all of the world was suffering from:

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Great recession

c)

The Great Flu

d)

The Great Drought

31.

Check all that apply about the Weimar Republic in Germany

a)

democratic

b)

weak

c)

communist

d)

blamed for the German humiliation after WWI and agreeing to the Treaty of Versailles.

32.

Einstein is remembered as

a)

Father of Modern Day Physics

b)

Father of Evolutionary Theory

c)

Father of Time Management

d)

Father of Jeffrey Jackson

33.

Who is the main proponent of the psychoanalytic theory?

a)

Carl Jung

b)

Carl Rogers

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Benjamin Bloom

34.

The most famous Cubist was...

a)

Warhol

b)

Rembrant

c)

Da Vinci

d)

Picasso

35.

What country ruled over colonial India?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

36.

Which was an effect of the massacre at Amritsar?

a)

Indians were afraid to ask for more rights

b)

it got little press coverage and had little effect

c)

most Indians were angry and became more united against the British

d)

Most Indians felt the people at Amritsar were breaking the law so they got what they deserved

37.

What was Mohandas Gandhi's plan for civil disobedience?

a)

people should refuse to obey laws they felt were unfair

b)

violent demonstrations were needed the break the British

c)

It was better to go along with the British laws

d)

best way to change laws was through passing new laws as part of the Indian national Congress

38.

Which of these dynasties was the last to rule over China?

a)

Qin

b)

Han

c)

Tang

d)

Qing

39.

The Nationalist party. Sun Yat Sen's own political party.

a)

Kuomintang

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

People's Party

d)

Socialists

40.

To reestablish order in China, the Kuomintang had to ally with the __________ ____________ _____________.

a)

Bolshevik Soviets Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

c)

New Democratic Party

d)

Chinese Communist Party

41.

One change Kemal Ataturk made to the Turkish government was

a)

increasing the power of the sultan

b)

supporting absolutism

c)

introducing democratic reforms

d)

incorporating religious teachings into civil law

42.

Which of these was Ataturk noted for?

a)

beginning the Zionist movement

b)

enforcing Islamic law

c)

starting the PLO

d)

using western practices to modernize Turkey

43.

Which aspect of the Versailles Treaty forced Germany to make payments?

a)

Loss of Land

b)

Reduction of Military

c)

War guilt clause

d)

Reparations

44.

All of the world was suffering from:

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Great recession

c)

The Great Flu

d)

The Great Drought

45.

Germany lost access to which natural resource due to the Versailles Treaty?

a)

Iron

b)

Coal

c)

Water

d)

Oil

46.

Who was forced to take responsibility for the Great War?

a)

Austria

b)

Hungary

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

47.

The _______________ conditions lead to totalitarian regimes.

a)

Unstable

b)

Optimistic

c)

Prosperous

d)

Sarcastic

48.

A leader that controls all aspects of a country is known as a:

a)

Dictator

b)

Totalitarian

c)

Teacher

d)

Reparator

49.

Which areas of a country does a totalitarian NOT control?

a)

Economic

b)

Social

c)

Political

d)

None

50.

Who was NOT considered a totalitarian?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

51.

Hitler's SS is to Mussolini's ________________________.

a)

Red Shirts

b)

Grey Shirts

c)

Black Shirts

d)

Pink Shirts

52.

What was the name of Stalin's prisons?

a)

Gulags

b)

Collectivization

c)

NEP

d)

Gotenbag

53.

Both Mussolini and Hitler were considered:

a)

Fascists

b)

Nazis

c)

Blackshirts

d)

Kings

54.

Totalitarians gained popularity because of:

a)

Promises to restore pride

b)

Promises to maintain peace

c)

Limiting the military

d)

Giving up land

55.

What was responsible for the instability in Europe after WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

United Nations

c)

14 Points

d)

Nothing

56.

"Mein Kampf" means:

a)

My Life

b)

My Struggle

c)

My Anger

d)

My Kind

57.

Stalin punished peasants who resisted collectivization by withholding:

a)

Food

b)

Voting Rights

c)

Education

d)

Funding

58.

The Political System that emphasizes the need for a strong central government and glorifies the state above the individual is known as what?

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Fascism

d)

Oligarchy

59.

In 1921, Vladimir Lenin saved Russia from economic collapse by pulling away from War Communism in favor of a system of modified capitalism. This new program was called what?

a)

Democratic Socialism.

b)

Soviet-style Capitalism.

c)

The Five Year Plan.

d)

The New Economic Policy.

60.

Who was the leader of the Communists in China that led his followers on a Long March?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Gandhi

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Sun Yat-Sen

61.

A form of government that puts the good of nation above all else (extreme nationalism)?

a)

Oligrachy

b)

Republic

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

Fascism

62.

Japan signed a pact with which nation to oppose the spread of Communism?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Italy

63.

Who was the Fascist leader of Italy who set out to create an Italian Empire?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Hirohito

64.

Leader of the Nationalist party in China who aimed to create a republican form of government?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hirohito

65.

Who was the leader of India's non violent revolution and practiced civil disobedience?

a)

Sun Yat-Sen

b)

Gandhi

c)

Reza Shah Pahlavi

d)

Mao Zedong

66.

An event that occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War resulting in over 100,000 deaths?

a)

The Holocaust

b)

The Armenian Genocide

c)

The Chinese Genocide

d)

The Nanjing Massacre

67.

Opponents of Stalin could have found themselves sent to a __________ during the Great Purge?

a)

Ghettos

b)

Dumas

c)

Gulags

d)

Factory

68.

How did Stalin transform the role of agriculture in the Soviet Union?

a)

Gave the peasants land.

b)

He collectively combined it under the state.

c)

Put numerous Kulaks in charge.

d)

Set 8 year plans for farmers.

69.

After this event, Indians became more convinced to rid themselves of British rule?

a)

The Amritsar Massacre

b)

The Long March

c)

The Indian Purge

d)

The Balfour Declaration

70.

How did Stalin punish Ukrainians who resisted collectivization?

a)

He closed their schools.

b)

Gassed the area.

c)

Withheld all good & oil from the region killing millions.

d)

Sent the Soviet Army to capture people.

71.

Area of China that was controlled and governed by the Japanese?

a)

Manchuko

b)

Ukrain

c)

Phillipines

d)

Guam

72.

What did the Balfour Declaration express support for?

a)

Arab Nationalism

b)

A Jewish homeland in Palestine.

c)

An end to to Ottoman Empire

d)

A Christian homeland in Jerusalem.

73.

Why did the Nationalists and Communists form an alliance in 1923?

a)

To fight Japan & Korea.

b)

To fight against Russia

c)

To fight against the working class.

d)

To fight against the warlords & imperialists.

74.

Which group did Mao Zedong believe would drive the Chinese revolution?

a)

Urban working class

b)

Imperialists

c)

Nationalists

d)

Peasants

75.

Why did Japan attack Manchuria?

a)

Because the emperor ordered them to

b)

To stop terrorism in the area

c)

To keep Manchuria form attacking Japan

d)

To gain control of it's natural resources

76.

What was the goal of Stalin's Five-Year plans?

a)

Build up the Red Army

b)

End famine by increasing food production.

c)

Transform the Soviet Union into an industrial economy.

d)

Increase voting rights in the Soviet Union

77.

How did FDR fight the great depression in the US?

a)

Lowering prices of all goods

b)

By heavily taxing exported goods

c)

By increasing the size of the military

d)

A government program called the New Deal

78.

________ was a loan that attempted to help Germany deal with the heavy WWI reparations forced on them.

a)

The Dawes Plan

b)

The European Union

c)

NAFTA

d)

The Marshall Plan

79.

Why did Mao Zedong lead the Long March through China?

a)

To show Nationalist strength

b)

To inspire Chinese peasants to join the Communists

c)

To conquer villages controlled by warlords

d)

To find a safe place for the Chinese Communists

80.

Many countries in Africa were granted their Independence after helping the allies win WWI.

a)

True

b)

False