World History: Quiz 2 Between the Wars

Why did the United States reject the League of Nations?

Americans feared that the League might lead them into more world involvement and another war.

France's leader

Clemenceau

Mussolini sought Italian expansion by invading which country?

Ethiopia

By signing a treaty with _____, Germany violated the terms of the Peace of Paris.

Russia

The Allied power not represented at the Paris peace talks after World War I was:

Russia

communism

Russian totalitarianism

Germany placed much of the blame for its economic plight on the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

TRUE

Which is an effect of the war reparations inflicted on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany's currency became worthless

National Socialist Party

Hitler's Nazi organization

The Provisional Government officially fell to Bolshevik control in the

October revolution

Italy's leader

Orlando

the president of Germany

Paul von Hindenburg

Hitler's troops to expand German took control of

Poland, Czechoslovakia and Austria

The Bolsheviks were led by

Vladimir Lenin

Emancipation Manifesto

abolished serfdom signed by Czar Alexander II

Bourgeoisie

affluent middle-class people

After Czar Nicholas abdicated in favor of his brother, Mikhail learned that he __________ have the people's support.

did not

The Treaty of Versailles:

divided German colonies and territory

Although the British and French economies were prosperous following the war, they had suffered a severe loss of manpower.

false

America supported Wilson in his plan for lasting world peace.

false

Military build-up _____ industrial production and _____ unemployment.

increased, decreased

In order to close the economic gap, Marx and Engels recommended

nationalizing the "means of production" and putting them under the control of the laborers

The local councils of workers and peasants, known as soviets, ______ the new Provisional Government.

opposed

League of Nations

organization for world peace

Marxist

related to the philosophy and teachings of Karl Marx

Treaty of Versailles

segment of the Peace of Paris dealing with Germany

In an attempt to keep the Romanov line from ever regaining the Russian throne, the imperial family was murdered by which group of people?

the Bolsheviks

Hitler

the German chancellor

Mussolini

the Italian dictator

To expand his nation's power, Hitler defied the terms of

the Treaty of Versailles

The German act that led to the beginning of World War II was

the invasion of Poland

Duma

the main legislative assembly or parliament in czarist Russia

Proletariat

the poorest class of working people in society

abdicate

to formally withdraw from a high office; especially the throne; to surrender power

According to Karl Marx, laborers really produced all wealth, and the business owners (capitalists) were the recipients of the wealth in the form of profits.

true

America enjoyed a prosperous economy during the 1920s.

true

France and Belgium used military force in an attempt to collect German reparations.

true

Germany, Italy, and Japan increased their military might to recover from their economic depression.

true

In the Russian Civil War, the Reds defeated the Whites.

true

Japan's seizure of Manchuria led to increased Japanese expansion through China and the Pacific.

true

The European nations were dependent on American loans, and when the American depression struck in 1929, it affected the whole world.

true

In the 1905 Revolution, the police and military authorities ________ in support of the czar.

were

Select the factors that led to the Revolution of 1917.

-Nobility owned all the land. -Russia was involved in World War I -Wages were low for the working class -Food was in short supply.

The Communist Manifesto

A socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1848) describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views.

anarchy

A state of society without government or laws.

fascism

Italian totalitarianism

Britain's leader

Lloyd George

The Mensheviks were led by

Trotsky

Fourteen Points

Wilson's proposals for peace after World War I

United States' leader

Woodrow Wilson

soviet

a council in the early political organization of the Russian Revolution

czarina

a female monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917

Totalitarianism

a government having complete control over its people and activities

Czar

a male monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917

Bolshevik

a member of the left-wing majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party

Menshevik

a member of the liberal minority group of the Russian Social Democratic Party

Peace of Paris

a peace treaty between Allied and Central Powers following World War I

manifesto

a public written declaration of beliefs and principles, policies, and objectives