Monday Scaries
4. In the late 1800s, how did Czar Alexander II BEGIN TO MODERNIZE Russia’s economy? (2pts)
What is...
a. Building industries and expanding railroads.
10. TWO SIDES OF THE COLD WAR?
What is...
SIDE 1:
SUPERPOWER NAME: NATO
Leader of Superpower: The United States
Who made up Superpower: Western Democracies
SIDE 2:
SUPERPOWER NAME: Warsaw Pact
Leader of Superpower: The Soviet Union
Who made up Superpower: Eastern European Communist Countries
6. What did Lenin WANT FOR THE PEOPLE in the Soviet society? WHAT DID HE DO to achieve this goal? (2pts)
What is...
a. Karl Marx
b. Industrialization created an unjust system in which factory owners held great power, while the workers held very little.
1. WHO declared themselves the FIRST CZAR OF RUSSIA in 1547? HOW did he expand his empire? (2pts)
What is...
a. Ivan IV
b. Conquering neighboring territory.
3. What did the Russian army do ALONG THE WAY of Napoleon’s attempt to invade Russia? WHY was the French army forced to retreat? (2pts)
What is...
a. The Russian army burned villages and any supplies the French could use. They abandoned and burned Moscow.
b. They had few supplies and were forced to retreat during the brutal winter.
6. Which GERMAN POLITICAL THINKER did Lenin follow? What were this thinker’s BELIEFS? (2pts)
What is...
a. Karl Marx
b. Industrialization created an unjust system in which factory owners held great power, while the workers held very little.
8. Which DICTATOR CONTINUED Lenin’s policies in the Soviet Union? What were HIS POLICIES regarding RELIGION? What did he do to anyone who DISAGREED with his policies? (3pts)
What is...
a. Joesph Stalin
b. Prevented the Soviet people from practicing their religions.
c. His secret police killed or imprisoned anyone who disagreed.
2. What are TWO things Peter the Great and Catherine the Great WANTED AS THEY EXPANDED Russian territory? (2pts)
What is...
a. To obtain a warm-water port for trade.
b. Wanted to increase Russia’s contact with Europe.
5. After overthrowing Russia’s temporary government, what TYPE OF GOVERNMENT did Lenin establish? Which nation did he and his followers CREATE? Who did this nation INCLUDE? (3pts)
What is...
a. A communist state
b. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R)
c. 15 republics made up of different ethnic groups.
9. What happened between the 1940s AND 1990 that made the Soviet Union and the United States bitter rivals? What was this conflict KNOWN AS? Where did this conflict get its NAME? (3pts)
What is...
a. These two superpowers engaged in a struggle for world influence.
b. The Cold War
c. The conflict never became “hot” with actual conflict.