Chapter 8 - Honors World cultures

Explain what happens to the Ottoman Empire during and after WWI?

"Sick man of Europe" Armenian Genocide Balfour Declaration Skyes-picot agreement TE Lawrence Mustafa Kemal AKA Ataturk

What was a Soviet during the Russian Revolution?

A worker council

What was a Soviet in the government of the Soviet union?

Basically a city level or municipal government

Who was the successor to Sun Yat Sen in leading this group?

Chiang Kai Shek

How did Rasputin gain influence with the Romanovs?

Could heal Alexi's hemophilia

How did Marx envision government to function in an ideal communist state?

Direct democracy, where all topics/laws/ect. voted on by all people. No elected officials

The internal problems within Russia during the late 19th century and early 20th century were mostly connected to what major societal change enacted in 1861?

Emancipation of the serfs

What role did TE Lawrence play in the breakup of the Ottoman Empire?

Encouraged Arab revolts against the ottoman Turks - in essence opened second front in war

What was the Balfour Declaration?

Guarantee that the British would support the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine

Why was the Ottoman Empire known as the "sick man of Europe"?

Had been in slow decline for long time. Had been losing territory. Basically only round in WWI because European nations had preserved it due to balance of power politics.

What role did Rasputin have in the causes of the Russian Revolution?

Had gained power and influence with the Romanovs. Basically was running Russia while Nicholas at the front. Disliked by people for being drunk, rude, weird guy

What was the name of Sun Yat Sen's political party?

Kuomintang

Who was Stalin's main political rival in the communist party?

Leon Trotsky

Explain how Joseph stalin transforms the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state?

Leon Trotsky Great purge Gulags 5 year plans Collectives Kulaks

Name another issues in Russia in the late 18, early 1900s that helped lead tot he revolution?

Loss in Russo Japanese war Losses jn WWI Nicholas leading troops at front Increased urbanization and industrialization - growing pains associated with this Higher taxation due to infrastructure needs Autocratic government Food shortages and inflation due to the war

Who was the leader of communist forces in the Chinese civil war?

Mao Zedong

Explain how Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917?

March Revolution Provisional government Vladimir Lenin White army v. Red army

What was collectivization?

Merging together of private farms into large communal farms

How did Lenin envision Soviet government?

One party state where you had to be a member of the communist party to be involved in government. Power diffused between thousands of people in various levels of government

Who chose the general secretary of the communist party?

Politburo

Explain the underlying causes of the Russian Revolution?

Rasputin Hemophilia

How did the government of the USSR function?

Russification Politburo General secretary

Why did the Armenians have a genocide carried out against them in 1915?

They were orthodox Christian like the Russians. Their ancestral homeland located where the front lines in wwi were and Russians had won series of victories. Armenians became scapegoat

What major event interrupted the Chinese Civil war for a period of 8 years?

WWII - Japanese invasion of china

Who were the kulaks in Stalin's Soviet Union?

Wealthy Ukrainian farmers who resisted civilization

Who was the corrupt Qing General who became president of China and ushered in the warlord period in part because of his designs on making himself emperor?

Yuan Shi Kai

Why did Mao and the communists embark on the Long March?

to escape Chiang Kai shek's extermination campaign against them. Basic survival was goal.