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