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WorksheetsRussian Revolution + Interwar Years
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What was the historical event that saw the fall of the Russian monacrhy and the creation of the world's first communist country?
World War II
Russian Revolution
Cold War
Crimean War
The new names for Russia after the revolution
Bloody Sunday
The United States of Russia
U.S.S.R. or Soviet Union
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Last of the Russian Czars
Nicholas
Alexandra
Lenin
Stalin
What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer.
The exploitation of the poor by the rich
The low quality of good produced at large factories.
The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote.
Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison
What was the historical event that saw the fall of the Russian monacrhy and the creation of the world's first communist country?
World War II
Russian Revolution
Cold War
Crimean War
Leader of Communist Russia
Lenin
Czar Nicholas
Mussolini
Hitler
The new names for Russia after the revolution
Bloody Sunday
The United States of Russia
U.S.S.R. or Soviet Union
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Commander of the Red Army, lost succession of Lenin to Stalin in 1924
Josef Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Alexander Kerensky
Tsar Nicholas II
He succeeded Lenin and led the "Great Purge"
Lenin
Stalin
Tsar Nicholas II
Karl Marx
What is a Command Economy?
CAPITALISTIC economy in which there is free competition and prices are determined by interaction of supply and demand
An economic system COMBINING private and public enterprise.
When production, investment, price, and income are determined centrally by a GOVERNMENT.
A system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.
Stalin carried out economic development through...
a series of plans around Globalisation
a series of plans called the New Deal
a series of plans called the New Economic Policy
a series of Five Year Plans for industry & agriculture
After WWI all of the world was suffering from:
The Great Depression
The Great recession
The Great Flu
The Great Drought
Check all that apply about the Weimar Republic in Germany
democratic
weak
communist
blamed for the German humiliation after WWI and agreeing to the Treaty of Versailles.
Einstein is remembered as
Father of Modern Day Physics
Father of Evolutionary Theory
Father of Time Management
Father of Jeffrey Jackson
Who is the main proponent of the psychoanalytic theory?
Carl Jung
Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud
Benjamin Bloom
The most famous Cubist was...
Warhol
Rembrant
Da Vinci
Picasso
What country ruled over colonial India?
Great Britain
France
Spain
Portugal
Which was an effect of the massacre at Amritsar?
Indians were afraid to ask for more rights
it got little press coverage and had little effect
most Indians were angry and became more united against the British
Most Indians felt the people at Amritsar were breaking the law so they got what they deserved
What was Mohandas Gandhi's plan for civil disobedience?
people should refuse to obey laws they felt were unfair
violent demonstrations were needed the break the British
It was better to go along with the British laws
best way to change laws was through passing new laws as part of the Indian national Congress
Which of these dynasties was the last to rule over China?
Qin
Han
Tang
Qing
The Nationalist party. Sun Yat Sen's own political party.
Kuomintang
Bolsheviks
People's Party
Socialists
To reestablish order in China, the Kuomintang had to ally with the __________ ____________ _____________.
Bolshevik Soviets Party
Democratic-Republican Party
New Democratic Party
Chinese Communist Party
One change Kemal Ataturk made to the Turkish government was
increasing the power of the sultan
supporting absolutism
introducing democratic reforms
incorporating religious teachings into civil law
Which of these was Ataturk noted for?
beginning the Zionist movement
enforcing Islamic law
starting the PLO
using western practices to modernize Turkey
Which aspect of the Versailles Treaty forced Germany to make payments?
Loss of Land
Reduction of Military
War guilt clause
Reparations
All of the world was suffering from:
The Great Depression
The Great recession
The Great Flu
The Great Drought
Germany lost access to which natural resource due to the Versailles Treaty?
Iron
Coal
Water
Oil
Who was forced to take responsibility for the Great War?
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Italy
The _______________ conditions lead to totalitarian regimes.
Unstable
Optimistic
Prosperous
Sarcastic
A leader that controls all aspects of a country is known as a:
Dictator
Totalitarian
Teacher
Reparator
Which areas of a country does a totalitarian NOT control?
Economic
Social
Political
None
Who was NOT considered a totalitarian?
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Hitler's SS is to Mussolini's ________________________.
Red Shirts
Grey Shirts
Black Shirts
Pink Shirts
What was the name of Stalin's prisons?
Gulags
Collectivization
NEP
Gotenbag
Both Mussolini and Hitler were considered:
Fascists
Nazis
Blackshirts
Kings
Totalitarians gained popularity because of:
Promises to restore pride
Promises to maintain peace
Limiting the military
Giving up land
What was responsible for the instability in Europe after WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
United Nations
14 Points
Nothing
"Mein Kampf" means:
My Life
My Struggle
My Anger
My Kind
Stalin punished peasants who resisted collectivization by withholding:
Food
Voting Rights
Education
Funding
The Political System that emphasizes the need for a strong central government and glorifies the state above the individual is known as what?
Communism
Socialism
Fascism
Oligarchy
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?
Democratic Socialism.
Soviet-style Capitalism.
The Five Year Plan.
The New Economic Policy.
Who was the leader of the Communists in China that led his followers on a Long March?
Josef Stalin
Gandhi
Mao Zedong
Sun Yat-Sen
A form of government that puts the good of nation above all else (extreme nationalism)?
Oligrachy
Republic
Constitutional Monarchy
Fascism
Japan signed a pact with which nation to oppose the spread of Communism?
Germany
Soviet Union
United States
Italy
Who was the Fascist leader of Italy who set out to create an Italian Empire?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Mao Zedong
Hirohito
Leader of the Nationalist party in China who aimed to create a republican form of government?
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Benito Mussolini
Hirohito
Who was the leader of India's non violent revolution and practiced civil disobedience?
Sun Yat-Sen
Gandhi
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mao Zedong
An event that occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War resulting in over 100,000 deaths?
The Holocaust
The Armenian Genocide
The Chinese Genocide
The Nanjing Massacre
Opponents of Stalin could have found themselves sent to a __________ during the Great Purge?
Ghettos
Dumas
Gulags
Factory
How did Stalin transform the role of agriculture in the Soviet Union?
Gave the peasants land.
He collectively combined it under the state.
Put numerous Kulaks in charge.
Set 8 year plans for farmers.
After this event, Indians became more convinced to rid themselves of British rule?
The Amritsar Massacre
The Long March
The Indian Purge
The Balfour Declaration
How did Stalin punish Ukrainians who resisted collectivization?
He closed their schools.
Gassed the area.
Withheld all good & oil from the region killing millions.
Sent the Soviet Army to capture people.
Area of China that was controlled and governed by the Japanese?
Manchuko
Ukrain
Phillipines
Guam
What did the Balfour Declaration express support for?
Arab Nationalism
A Jewish homeland in Palestine.
An end to to Ottoman Empire
A Christian homeland in Jerusalem.
Why did the Nationalists and Communists form an alliance in 1923?
To fight Japan & Korea.
To fight against Russia
To fight against the working class.
To fight against the warlords & imperialists.
Which group did Mao Zedong believe would drive the Chinese revolution?
Urban working class
Imperialists
Nationalists
Peasants
Why did Japan attack Manchuria?
Because the emperor ordered them to
To stop terrorism in the area
To keep Manchuria form attacking Japan
To gain control of it's natural resources
What was the goal of Stalin's Five-Year plans?
Build up the Red Army
End famine by increasing food production.
Transform the Soviet Union into an industrial economy.
Increase voting rights in the Soviet Union
How did FDR fight the great depression in the US?
Lowering prices of all goods
By heavily taxing exported goods
By increasing the size of the military
A government program called the New Deal
________ was a loan that attempted to help Germany deal with the heavy WWI reparations forced on them.
The Dawes Plan
The European Union
NAFTA
The Marshall Plan
Why did Mao Zedong lead the Long March through China?
To show Nationalist strength
To inspire Chinese peasants to join the Communists
To conquer villages controlled by warlords
To find a safe place for the Chinese Communists
Many countries in Africa were granted their Independence after helping the allies win WWI.
True
False
