WorksheetsHist 101
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Disinformation?
a)
A. False information that is deceptive.
b)
B. The belief that a relatively small group of people, or just one person, has extraordinary power to affect events in ways that cannot be seen; that there actually is an order to the universe, a logic to all events; and that only a few of the enlightened have discovered this “truth”
c)
C. A combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot.
d)
D. The hatred of Jews with the belief that they pull the strings behind everything.
2.
What is Conspiracy?
a)
A. False information that is deceptive.
b)
B. The belief that a relatively small group of people, or just one person, has extraordinary power to affect events in ways that cannot be seen; that there actually is an order to the universe, a logic to all events; and that only a few of the enlightened have discovered this “truth”
c)
C. A combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot.
d)
D. The hatred of Jews with the belief that they pull the strings behind everything.
3.
What is a Conspiracy Theory?
a)
A. False information that is deceptive.
b)
B. The belief that a relatively small group of people, or just one person, has extraordinary power to affect events in ways that cannot be seen; that there actually is an order to the universe, a logic to all events; and that only a few of the enlightened have discovered this “truth”
c)
C. A combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot.
4.
What is Antisemitism?
a)
A. False information that is deceptive.
b)
B. The belief that a relatively small group of people, or just one person, has extraordinary power to affect events in ways that cannot be seen; that there actually is an order to the universe, a logic to all events; and that only a few of the enlightened have discovered this “truth”
c)
C. A combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot.
d)
D. The hatred of Jews with the belief that they pull the strings behind everything.
5.
What were Democratic revolutions (American,Haitian, French, Latin American)?
a)
A. False information that is deceptive.
b)
B. The changing of a monarch-based government to a government which is led by its citizens.
c)
C. A combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot.
d)
D. The hatred of Jews with the belief that they pull the strings behind everything.
6.
What is Industrialization?
a)
A. False information that is deceptive.
b)
B. The changing of a monarch-based government to a government which is led by its citizens.
c)
C. The change from an agricultural society to a more factory based one. Noted by the rapid change in social classes at the time (rise of the working middle class and the fall of monarchies).
d)
D. The belief that people of a group share all the same characteristics (fall under a stereotype).
7.
What is Urbanization?
a)
A. The development of cities through the construction of infrastructure and mass .
b)
B. The changing of a monarch-based government to a government which is led by its citizens.
c)
C. The change from an agricultural society to a more factory based one. Noted by the rapid change in social classes at the time (rise of the working middle class and the fall of monarchies).
d)
D. The belief that people of a group share all the same characteristics (fall under a stereotype).
8.
What is Racism?
a)
A. The development of cities through the construction of infrastructure and mass .
b)
B. The changing of a monarch-based government to a government which is led by its citizens.
c)
C. The change from an agricultural society to a more factory based one. Noted by the rapid change in social classes at the time (rise of the working middle class and the fall of monarchies).
d)
D. The belief that people of a group share all the same characteristics (fall under a stereotype).
9.
What are The Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
a)
A. The development of cities through the construction of infrastructure and mass .
b)
B. The changing of a monarch-based government to a government which is led by its citizens.
c)
C. Fiction and forgery, first created in 1903 by Russian secret police (Okhrana) Imagined meeting of elders of the twelve “tribes” of Zion; led by Rabbi master; planning for world domination. Protocols were alleged minutes of the meeting. Baseline document for antisemitic conspiracy theories ever since.
d)
D. A satire that mocked aristocracy’s fear of democracy and liberalism. Meant to be absurd. Later plagiarized when writing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (19 of the 24 protocols were lifted from the text with only minor tweaks.)
10.
What is “The Rabbi’s Speech,” chapter in Blarritz by Hermann Goedsche?
a)
A. The development of cities through the construction of infrastructure and mass .
b)
B. A piece of antisemitic literature that details the meeting of twelve elders in Prague’s cemetery to plot world domination.
c)
C. Fiction and forgery, first created in 1903 by Russian secret police (Okhrana) Imagined meeting of elders of the twelve “tribes” of Zion; led by Rabbi master; planning for world domination. Protocols were alleged minutes of the meeting. Baseline document for antisemitic conspiracy theories ever since.
d)
D. A satire that mocked aristocracy’s fear of democracy and liberalism. Meant to be absurd. Later plagiarized when writing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (19 of the 24 protocols were lifted from the text with only minor tweaks.)
11.
What was “A Conversation in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu,” by Maurice Joly?
a)
A. The development of cities through the construction of infrastructure and mass .
b)
B. A piece of antisemitic literature that details the meeting of twelve elders in Prague’s cemetery to plot world domination.
c)
C. Fiction and forgery, first created in 1903 by Russian secret police (Okhrana) Imagined meeting of elders of the twelve “tribes” of Zion; led by Rabbi master; planning for world domination. Protocols were alleged minutes of the meeting. Baseline document for antisemitic conspiracy theories ever since.
d)
D. A satire that mocked aristocracy’s fear of democracy and liberalism. Meant to be absurd. Later plagiarized when writing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (19 of the 24 protocols were lifted from the text with only minor tweaks.)
12.
What was the Okhrana (Imperial Russian Secret Police)?
a)
A. Allies of the Russian aristocracy. Piotry Rachofsky was a member of the secret service and likely author of the Protocols.
b)
B. A piece of antisemitic literature that details the meeting of twelve elders in Prague’s cemetery to plot world domination.
c)
C. Fiction and forgery, first created in 1903 by Russian secret police (Okhrana) Imagined meeting of elders of the twelve “tribes” of Zion; led by Rabbi master; planning for world domination. Protocols were alleged minutes of the meeting. Baseline document for antisemitic conspiracy theories ever since.
d)
D. The overthrowing the Russian aristocracy by the communist party.
13.
What was the Bolshevik Revolution led by Vladimir Lenin?
a)
A. Allies of the Russian aristocracy. Piotry Rachofsky was a member of the secret service and likely author of the Protocols.
b)
B. A piece of antisemitic literature that details the meeting of twelve elders in Prague’s cemetery to plot world domination.
c)
C. Fiction and forgery, first created in 1903 by Russian secret police (Okhrana) Imagined meeting of elders of the twelve “tribes” of Zion; led by Rabbi master; planning for world domination. Protocols were alleged minutes of the meeting. Baseline document for antisemitic conspiracy theories ever since.
d)
D. The overthrowing the Russian aristocracy by the communist party.
14.
What was the Russian Civil War?
a)
A. Allies of the Russian aristocracy. Piotry Rachofsky was a member of the secret service and likely author of the Protocols.
b)
B. A piece of antisemitic literature that details the meeting of twelve elders in Prague’s cemetery to plot world domination.
c)
C. Conflict between the pro communist “Reds” and the pro aristocracy and antisemitic “Whites”.
d)
D. The overthrowing the Russian aristocracy by the communist party.
15.
What was the Failed Leftist Revolutions in Europe?
a)
A. Allies of the Russian aristocracy. Piotry Rachofsky was a member of the secret service and likely author of the Protocols.
b)
B. Communist revolutions in countries such as Germany and Hungary inspired by the Bolshevik Revoultion.
c)
C. Conflict between the pro communist “Reds” and the pro aristocracy and antisemitic “Whites”.
d)
D. The overthrowing the Russian aristocracy by the communist party.
16.
What was Hitler’s seizure of power (1933)?
a)
A. Allies of the Russian aristocracy. Piotry Rachofsky was a member of the secret service and likely author of the Protocols.
b)
B. Hitler became the chancellor of Germany. Policies were inspired by antisemitic literature. Promoted said literature, claiming everything bad that ever happened was a result of
c)
C. Conflict between the pro communist “Reds” and the pro aristocracy and antisemitic “Whites”.
d)
D. The overthrowing the Russian aristocracy by the communist party.
17.
What was the Holocaust?
a)
A The mass extermination of Jews and other minority groups by the Third Reich.
b)
B. Hitler became the chancellor of Germany. Policies were inspired by antisemitic literature. Promoted said literature, claiming everything bad that ever happened was a result of
c)
C. Conflict between the pro communist “Reds” and the pro aristocracy and antisemitic “Whites”.
d)
D. The overthrowing the Russian aristocracy by the communist party.
18.
Who was Tsar Nicholas II
a)
A Ruler of Russia between 1895 and 1917 His rule wars threat due to losses in the Russo Japanese war and revolutions during 1905. Promoted and used the Protocols of a way to put blame on the chaos in the country elsewhere.
b)
B. Author of the satire “A Conversation in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu”. His work would be plagiarized in the creation of the Protocols.
c)
C. Writer of the antisemitic work the “Rabbi’s Speech”, which was later used as a base for the Protocols of Zion
d)
D. Wrote three articles in the Times of London, exposing the Protocols as a fraud
19.
Who was Hermann Goedsche
a)
A Ruler of Russia between 1895 and 1917 His rule wars threat due to losses in the Russo Japanese war and revolutions during 1905. Promoted and used the Protocols of a way to put blame on the chaos in the country elsewhere.
b)
B. Author of the satire “A Conversation in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu”. His work would be plagiarized in the creation of the Protocols.
c)
C. Writer of the antisemitic work the “Rabbi’s Speech”, which was later used as a base for the Protocols of Zion
d)
D. Wrote three articles in the Times of London, exposing the Protocols as a fraud
20.
Who was Maurice Joly
a)
A Ruler of Russia between 1895 and 1917 His rule wars threat due to losses in the Russo Japanese war and revolutions during 1905. Promoted and used the Protocols of a way to put blame on the chaos in the country elsewhere.
b)
B. Author of the satire “A Conversation in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu”. His work would be plagiarized in the creation of the Protocols.
c)
C. Publisher of the Dearborn Independent. Republished the Protocols in the U.S. claiming that they were factual, which helped to legitimize them.
d)
D. Wrote three articles in the Times of London, exposing the Protocols as a fraud
21.
Who was Sergei Nilius
a)
A Ruler of Russia between 1895 and 1917 His rule wars threat due to losses in the Russo Japanese war and revolutions during 1905. Promoted and used the Protocols of a way to put blame on the chaos in the country elsewhere.
b)
B. Writer of “The Great and the Small: The coming of the Anti Christ and the Rule of Satan On Earth”. Added the Protocols of Zion to the end of his work when it was republished in 1905.
c)
C. Publisher of the Dearborn Independent. Republished the Protocols in the U.S. claiming that they were factual, which helped to legitimize them.
d)
D. Wrote three articles in the Times of London, exposing the Protocols as a fraud
22.
Who was Phillip Graves
a)
A Ruler of Russia between 1895 and 1917 His rule wars threat due to losses in the Russo Japanese war and revolutions during 1905. Promoted and used the Protocols of a way to put blame on the chaos in the country elsewhere.
b)
B. Writer of “The Great and the Small: The coming of the Anti Christ and the Rule of Satan On Earth”. Added the Protocols of Zion to the end of his work when it was republished in 1905.
c)
C. Writer of the antisemitic work the “Rabbi’s Speech”, which was later used as a base for the Protocols of Zion
d)
D. Wrote three articles in the Times of London, exposing the Protocols as a fraud
23.
Who was Vladimir Lenin
a)
A. Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
b)
B Ruler of Russia between 1895 and 1917 His rule wars threat due to losses in the Russo Japanese war and revolutions during 1905. Promoted and used the Protocols of a way to put blame on the chaos in the country elsewhere.
c)
C. Writer of the antisemitic work the “Rabbi’s Speech”, which was later used as a base for the Protocols of Zion
d)
D. Wrote three articles in the Times of London, exposing the Protocols as a fraud
24.
Who was Henry Ford
a)
A. Wrote three articles in the Times of London, exposing the Protocols as a fraud
b)
B. Writer of “The Great and the Small: The coming of the Anti Christ and the Rule of Satan On Earth”. Added the Protocols of Zion to the end of his work when it was republished in 1905.
c)
C. Publisher of the Dearborn Independent. Republished the Protocols in the U.S. claiming that they were factual, which helped to legitimize them.
d)
C. Writer of the antisemitic work the “Rabbi’s Speech”, which was later used as a base for the Protocols of Zion
25.
What if the following provides the best definition of the term “disinformation,” as discussed in class?
a)
a. False information deliberately and often covertly spread in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth
b)
b. Information whose accuracy is unintentional yet reaches a wide public
c)
c. Information that moves quickly through society in our modern media age
d)
d. Information that counters lies, such as fact-checking
26.
Who was Phillip Graves?
a)
a. The man responsible for the forgery of the Protocols
b)
b. Henry Ford’s publisher in the United States
c)
c. The London Times correspondent who exposed the Protocols as a fraud
d)
d.A volunteer for the Whites who brough the Protocols to the West
27.
Which of the following places the events in correct chronological order?
a)
a. Protocols are read primarily by middle-class elites who are fearful of Communism; Protocols are read primarily by aristocrats and the monarchy in Russia who were fearful of liberalism; Protocols become embedded in Nazi ideology
b)
b. Protocols are read primarily by aristocrats and the monarchy in Russia who were fearful of liberalism; Protocols are read primarily by middle-class elites who are fearful of Communism; Protocols become embedded in Nazi ideology
c)
c, Protocols become embedded in Nazi ideology; Protocols are read primarily by aristocrats and the monarchy in Russia who were fearful of liberalism; Protocols are read primarily by middle-class elites who are fearful of Communism
d)
d. Protocols are read primarily by middle-class elites who are fearful of Communism; Protocols become embedded in Nazi ideology; Protocols are read primarily by aristocrats and the monarchy in Russia who were fearful of liberalism
28.
Which of the following places events in correct chronological order?
a)
a. World War I begins; Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia; end of World War I ; Revolutions of 1905 in Russia
b)
b. Revolutions of 1905 in Russia; World War I begins; Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia; end of World War I
c)
c. World War I begins; Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia; Revolutions of 1905 in Russia; end of World War I
d)
d. Revolutions of 1905 in Russia; World War I begins; end of World War I; Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
29.
Put these events in the correct order.
a)
A. Revolutions of 1905 in Russia,
World War I begins,
Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia,
Radical leftist revolutions in Munich, Berlin, Hungary, and elsewhere in Central Europe,
End of World War I,
Henry Ford and others translate and publish the Protocols,
The London Times reveal the Protocols to be a fraud,
Hitler’s seizure of power and the Holocaust
b)
B. Revolutions of 1905 in Russia,
Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia,
World War I begins, Radical leftist revolutions in Munich, Berlin, Hungary, and elsewhere in Central Europe,
End of World War I,
Henry Ford and others translate and publish the Protocols,
The London Times reveal the Protocols to be a fraud,
Hitler’s seizure of power and the Holocaust
c)
C. Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Revolutions of 1905 in Russia,
World War I begins,
Radical leftist revolutions in Munich, Berlin, Hungary, and elsewhere in Central Europe, End of World War I,
The London Times reveal the Protocols to be a fraud, Hitler’s seizure of power and the Holocaust,
Henry Ford and others translate and publish the Protocols,
d)
D. Revolutions of 1905 in Russia, Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia,
World War I begins,
Berlin, Hungary, and elsewhere in Central Europe, End of World War I,
Radical leftist revolutions in Munich, Henry Ford and others translate and publish the Protocols,
The London Times reveal the Protocols to be a fraud,
Hitler’s seizure of power and the Holocaust
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