Quiz 2: Between the Wars

To formally withdraw from a high office

Abdicate

German chancellor isolating France

Bismarck

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

Bolshevik

Controlled by Russian government after Russian Revolution

Bolsheviks

Affluent middle class people

Bourgeoisie

The main legislative assembly or parliament in czarist Russia.

Duma

Payments by defeated nations for damages suffered during war are called

Reparations

Ethiopian emperor

Selassie

A local council in the early political organization of the Russian Revolution.

Soviet

Factors leading to World War II included all of the following items EXCEPT :

Strength of League of Nations

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

President of Germany

Hindenburg

German chancellor turned dictator

Hitler

Head of Italian fascism

Mussolini

Select the factors that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917:

Nobility owned all the land, food was in short supply, Russian involvement in the war, low wages for the working class.

Italian leader; peace of Paris

Orlando

The peace meetings after World War I were held in which European city?

Paris

The poorest class of working people in the society

Proletariat

According to Karl Marx, capitalists really produced all wealth, and the laborers were the recipients of the wealth.

False

After Czar Nicholas abdicated in favor of his brother, Mikhail had the people's support.

False

Mussolini's form of totalitarianism in Italy was called

Fascism

the assassinated Austrian Archduke

Ferdinand

Wilson's organization to maintain lasting world peace was called the _____.

League of Nations

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

Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto was written by _____and_____

Marx, Engels

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

Menshevik

Fascism and Communism are two forms of _____ , a type of government that places strict controls on the life of the citizen.

Totalitarianism

After World War I, France and Belgium invaded Germany to demand payment of reparations.

True

Mussolini sought military expansion by invading Ethiopia.

True

German dictator, WWI

Wilhelm

Originator of the Fourteen Points and the League of Nations

Wilson

Leading to the German defeat in World War I were all of the following steps EXCEPT :

Withdrawal of Russia from the war

Harsh terms dealt Germany by the Treaty of Versailles included all of the following actions EXCEPT :

Withdrawal of occupation troops from Germany