20th Century Global Conflicts
nationalism, imperialisms, alliances, economic competition, territorial disputes, and rise of totalitarians regimes were the catalysts of what?
What is 20th Century Conflicts?
What was World War I and II?
What devastated Europe?
What year did World War I take place?
What is 1914?
He was a revolutionary, leader of the Bolsheviks, and was committed to overthrowing the tsarist government. Who was he?
What is Vladimir Lenin?
What is Lenin?
Value of currency based on a fixed amount of gold is known as the________.
What is gold standard?
The internal conflicts that European states experienced can be understood in the context of political upheaval, ethic tensions and......?
What is severe economic problems?
What is economics?
What is the economy?
What economic struggles?
The arming of European countries is called.....?
What is militarism?
Phrase like Peace, Land, Bread, Worker Control of Production, and All Power to the Soviets were used as emotional language. It distorted the facts and used scare tactics. These phrase were used by the _______ as ___________.
What is the Bolsheviks?
What is propaganda?
Requirements of the total war increased demand for agriculture and manufacturing productions. After the war demand fell, prices declined, farmers and businesses went into debt due to the cut back of production. We can assume that there was an __________ of products by farmers and businesses.
What is overproduction?
The successes and tragedies of the first half of the 20th century led many Europeans to question their....?
What is traditional social belief?
What is economic patterns?
What is traditional beliefs?
What is beliefs and economy?
During World War I, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria made up what the ______ powers?
What is the central powers?
After a peaceful protest led to violence, Tsar Nicholas II agreed to created a duma (elected legislature). The Duma established the _________ __________ which represented the middle class and liberal aristocrats rather than workers and peasants. They held all of the power.
What is the provisional government?
What single event cause more economic strain on global economics?
What is the The U.S. stock market crash?
What is the U.S. investments in Europe?
While some nations and its people lost their ability to self-govern, what were created out of the world wars in the 20th Century?
What is new democracies?
What is new political parties?
What is new regimes?
In the 19th and 20th centuries, countries were in competition to colonize Asia and Africa. At times they were close close to declaring war on one another as a result. What would this tension be called?
What is imperial competition?
What is imperialism?
Peasants began holding back food from the governmnet and a two year drought that began in 1920 resulted in widespread famine that killed millions as a result Lenin addressed these issues by introducing a modified form of free market or small scale capitalist economy. What was this called?
What is NEP or New Economic Policy?
Under Mussolini's rule, what groups retained some independence from the fascist state?
What is the army, the monarchy, and the catholic church?
What is the army?
What is the catholic church?
What is the monarchy?
By the end of World War I 4 empires collapsed. What were the 4 empires?
What is Russian, German, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman empire.
Due to its desperate situation at home and on the front, The armistic treaty was signed with the Allies in 1918 bringing a end to World War I. The treaty was signed by what country?
What is Germany?
During the Russian Civil War, why was the White Army not as successful as the Red Army?
What is less disciplined, issues with united political strategy, and did not appeal to to Russian Patriots?
Communist saw the kalaks as capitalists who did not belong in their society. As a result and under the NEP, Stalin's response was to do what?
What is Liquidation of the Kulaks?
What is Collectivization of Kulaks agriculture?