Einstein's theory of relativity challenged which scientist's comforting belief of a world that operated according to absolute laws of motion and gravity?
Isaac Newton
100
What was the name of Germany's new democratic government that was set up in 1919?
Wiemar Republic
100
Which fascist leader took the name "Il Duce" meaning "the leader"?
Benito Mussolini
200
Who did Russian revolutionaries look to for political philosophy?
Karl Marx
200
What term was used for local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers?
Soviets
200
What did Sigmund Freud come to believe about human behavior that challenged previously head beliefs?
Human Nature is irrational
200
Why did German money lose so much value after the war?
They printed paper money decreasing its value and causing inflation
200
What is unique about the way in which both Hitler and Mussolini came to power?
Both came to power legally
300
Who led the Bolshevik Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
300
What was Lenin's slogan during the Bolshevik Revolution?
Peace Land and Bread
300
Which two nations were the only two nations to come out of the war with better economies than when the war started?
U.S. and Japan
300
What term was used for the pledge signed by all countries of Europe that they would never again wage war against each other?
Kellogg-Briand Pact
400
Who were the small number of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for change during the Russian Revolution?
Bolsheviks
400
What was the term used for Stalin's plans to develop the Soviet Union's economy?
5 Year Plans
400
What was the term used for the philosophy that each person creates his or her own meaning in life through choices made and actions taken?
existentialism
400
What was the term used for Franklin Roosevelt's program to pull the United States out of the Great Depression?
New Deal
400
What was the name of the book Hitler wrote when he was in prison?
Mein-Kampf
500
What three crisis between 1904 and 1917 showed the czar's weakness and paved the way for revolution in Russia?
Russo-Japanese War
Bloody Sunday (Storming Winter Palace)
World War I (Rasputin)
500
Because war and revolution destroyed the Russian economy, what program did Lenin resort to in order to instill some capitalist elements back into the economy and get production flowing again in the Soviet Union?
New Economic Plan
500
What were two techniques used by artists to rebel against earlier realistic styles of paintings?
Cubism and Surrealism
500
What are three elements that lead to the Great Depression?
Overproduction
crash of stock market
buying stocks on credit
defaulting on loans
500
Hitler declared the Germany was overcrowded and needed more living space. What term did he use for this "living space"?