Russia
Totally Random
Postwar Uncertainty
Dictators and Descriptions
The "F" word (Fascism)
Potpourri
400
Russia was considered a "backwards" country leading up to WWI because of this.
What is lack of industrialization?
400

This treaty, which ended WWI, presented terms that would lead to the hardships of Germany that would lead to the rise of Nazism under Adolf Hitler.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

400

Originating in New Orleans, this type of music gained popularity in the United States featuring lively and loose melodies.

What is Jazz?

400

Before joining the war effort in WWI, Hitler had career aspirations in which field?

What is artist/painter?

400

In Fascism, this is valued above everything else.

The State (State, nation, country).

400

Jeopardy Category "Rhyming Phrases"

Definitions of this include a country at war, a popular place, a good place for Wi-Fi

What is a hot spot?

500

This was the name of the political supporters that would become the Communist party following the Russian Revolution.

What are the Bolsheviks?

500

Totalitarianism seeks to gain total "this" over the all aspects of society.

What is control?

500

Many people in the postwar world were described as this, which refers to a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

What is disillusioned (ment)?

500

Before becoming the "Man of Steel", Stalin was jailed several times for this crime in his younger years.

What is robbing banks (bank robber)?

500
After his failed coup in the Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler writes this manifesto, translated to "My Struggle" while in jail.

What is Mein Kampf?

500

He was the 2026 Oscar winner for Best Actor.

Who is Michael B. Jordan?

600

This czar was the last member of the Romanov ruling dynasty.

Who is Nicholas II?

600
This type of "brain washing" is used by totalitarian leaders to maintain power through forced acceptance of an accepted ideology.

What is indoctrination?

600

Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte were members of this artistic movement during the postwar era.

What is surrealism?

600

This was the name of Stalin's arresting and executing of political opponents including members of the Communist party and former loyal supporters.

What is the Great Purge?

600

Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 after this event.

What is the March on Rome?

600

This 1979 uprising overthrew the U.S.-backed Shah and brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power.

What is the Iranian/Islamic Revolution?

700

These wealthy peasant farmers often resisted Stalin's large government owned collective farms.

Who are kulaks?

700

This is the economic condition in which currency rapidly loses it's value, usually caused by overprinting.

What is hyperinflation?

700

This philosophy emphasized the importance of the individual in determining meaning in their lives.

What is existentialism?

700

This Marxist revolutionary leader led the overthrow of the Russian Provisional government and ended the Romanov Dynasty.

Who is Vladimir Lenin?

700

Hitler promoted the idea of this, which translates from German to "living space" for the growing German population.

What is "Lebensraum"?

700

The NCAA Basketball Tournament begins today. Name TWO of the four #1 seeds in either the Men's or Women's bracket. 

See Teacher for Validation.

800

Alexei Romanov suffered from this condition, which made it difficult to stop bleeding because of an inability of blood to clot.

What is hemophelia?

800

This phrase is often used to describe the elevation of a charismatic leader to a heroic (even godlike) figure through the use of propaganda.

What is cult of personality?

800

This irrational, anti-art movement rose after WWI and sought to rebel against traditional art.

Who is Dadaism?

800

This was the name of Stalin's secret police.

What is the NKVD?

800

This group of secret police served Hitler by arresting and murdering his enemies.

What is the Gestapo?

800

This person or position is second in the presidential line of succession after the Vice President.

Who is Mike Johnson/Speaker of the House of Representatives?

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