SOS 2009 World History Unit 8 Quiz 2 Review

true

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.

did not

After Czar Nicholas abdicated in favor of his brother, Mikhail learned that he __________ have the people's support. (answers: did; did not)

Japan, Germany, and Italy

Aggressive nations seeking to expand their power in the 1930s included (3 answers)

false

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

Russia

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

totalitarianism

Communism and fascism are two forms of what?

Emancipation Manifesto

Czar Alexander II wrote this when Russian serfs were set free from the ownership of the nobles

generals

Czar Nicholas had no choice but to abdicate when he learned that his support among the _____ was gone.

yes

Did America enjoy a prosperous economy during the 1920s? (yes or no)

no

Did America support Wilson in his plan for lasting world peace? (yes or no)

false

Even though he was not in the capital city, Czar Nicholas was well aware of the actual conditions of the rebellion because his wife was writing letters to him. (true or false?)

communism

Russian totalitarianism

Russia

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

Majority

The Bolsheviks were called the____

Vladmir Lenin

The Bolsheviks were led by_____

true

The European nations were dependent on American loans, and when the American depression struck in 1929, it affected the whole world (true or false)

Poland

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

Minority

The Mensheviks were called the _____

Leon Trotsky

The Mensheviks were led by _____

reparation paid by Germany, creation of the League of Nations, size of Germany's military, and limit of Germany's colonies in Africa and elsewhere

The Paris peace talks determined what? (options: reparations paid by Germany; occupation of France; creation of the League of Nations; size of Germany's military; limit of Germany's colonies in Africa and elsewhere

October Revolution

The Provisional Government officially fell to Bolshevik control in what revolution?

false

The frustration of European depression gave rise to democratic governments.

Provisional Government

The local councils of workers and peasants, known as soviets, opposed the new what?

the United States

The nation NOT immediately taking an active role against the German invasion of Poland included _____ (options: England, France, Poland, or the United States)

Italy

The nation that was NOT invaded by Hitler's troops to expand German control was _____ (options: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy, and Poland)

true

Germany placed much of the blame for its economic plight on the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles. (true or false)

true

Germany's economy was near collapse due to the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles. (true or false)

National Socialist Party

Hitler's Nazi organization

The Communists (or Bolsheviks)

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

workers

In order to close the economic gap, Marx and Engels recommended nationalizing the "means of production" and putting them under the control of the what?

Reds defeated Whites

In the Russian Civil War, who defeated whom? (answer: _____ defeated _____)

Ethiopia

Mussolini sought Italian expansion by invading which country?

Wilson

President of the United States (1913-1921)

Clemenceau

Prime Minister (or Premier) of France (1917-1920)

Orlando

Prime Minister (or Premier) of Italy (1917-1919)

Lloyd George

Prime Minister of Britain between (1916-1922)

they were

Were the police and military authorities in support of the czar in the 1905 Revolution or not? (answers: they were; they were not)

They were not

Were the police and military authorities in support of the czar in the 1917 Revolution or not? (answers: they were; they were not)

It divided German colonies and territory

What did the Treaty of Versailles do?

League of Nations

When Italy attacked, Selassie looked to the _____ for help

bourgeoisie

affluent middle-class people

League of Nations

organization for world peace

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

people who wrote "The Communist Manifesto"

Marxist

related to the philosophy and teachings of Karl Marx

Treaty of Versailles

segment of the Peace of Paris dealing with Germany

Hitler

the German chancellor

Mussolini

the Italian dictator

Duma

the main legislative assembly or parliament in czarist Russia

proletariat

the poorest class of working people in society

Paul von Hindenburg

the president of Germany

abdicate

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

anarchy

A state of society without government or laws.

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

Factors that led to the Revolution of 1917 were: (options: Nobility owned all land; The military was a strong supporter of Czar Nicholas; Food was in short supply; Russia was involved in World War I; Thousands of people were killed on Bloody Sunday; Czar Nicholas II abdicated; Wages were low for the working class)

true

France and Belgium used military force in an attempt to collect German reparations (true or false)

facism

Italian totalitarianism

China, Pacific

Japan's seizure of Manchuria led to increased Japanese expansion through _____ and the _____

increases, decreases

Military build-up (increases or decreases) industrial production and (increases or decreases) unemployment.

Treaty of Versailles

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

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Which countries increased their military might to recover from their economic depression? (3 answers; options: Russia, China, USA, Japan, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Germany, England, or France)

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

Why did the United States reject the League of Nations? (options: The American economy was enjoying one of the most prosperous periods in history and didn't need the League; Americans feared that the League might lead them into more world involvement and another war; With the rise in prices and unemployment, America couldn't afford to be a member of the League; Because the League was not part of Wilson's Fourteen Points.)

Fourteen Points

Wilson's proposals for peace after World War I

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

Melshevik

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