Part 1
What was the reason Hungry wanted to crush Serbia?
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip.
What were the results of Stalin's Five-Year Plans?
Industrial growth, but millions of deaths as the result of man-made famine.
The settlement over economic reparation in the Treaty of Versailles required
Germany to pay everyone back and take complete responsibility for financial loss.
Which of the following was an unintended outcome of the passage of the Rowlatt Acts?
Political prisoners in India could be tried without a jury.
Germany benefited most from What treaty?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What best explains the victory of the Red Army over the White Army?
The White Army suffered from divisions within its ranks among czarists, democrats, and socialists.
The Schlieffen Plan (1905) may be used as evidence for which of the following statements?
German militarism was a major cause of World War I.
Who said " I use soul force. It involves the sacrifice of self.”
Mohandas Gandhi
The United States entered World War I as a result of the
interception of the Zimmerman Telegram by British intelligence.
What major political change occurred in China in 1911?
The Qing emperor was overthrown.
What impact did rapid-fire machine guns have on the course of the war?
prolong the stalemate
In February the czar was overthrown and a provisional government was created; in October the provisional government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks.
What Revolutions does this summarize?
Russian Revolutions of 1917?
"The second bullet struck the Archduke close to the heart." What is this an example of
Serbian Nationalism
How did Joseph Stalin gain control of the Soviet Union?
Expanded his influence and eliminated rivals within the party, in the Great Purge of 1937.
What is this an example of
"We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as nations' faith and freedom can make them. ”
Democracy
What was one of the chief goals of the Kuomintang leader Jiang Jieshi?
end the domination of the warlords in China
What is described here?
"vast stretches of mud, of fields once cultivated, but now scarred with pits"
Trench Warfare
What was one reason the February revolution in Russia was less successful than the October revolution?
It did not affect Russia's commitment to World War I.
Why was World War I a truly global conflict and not only a European war?
The war began in Europe, it soon spread across the world because of European global empires.
In the Soviet Union under Stalin, the kulaks led much of the opposition to
Stalin's war on religion.
The governments of Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II may be described as
Autocratic
In the long term, who benefited most from the Long March of 1934-1935?
Communists under Mao Zedong
What is one reason for the staggering casualties that Russia suffered in World War I?
a poorly equipped army
How did Lenin's ideas about communism differ from those of Marx?
Peasants and proletariat must be led by professional revolutionaries and later governed by professional administrators to ensure the goals of communism.
Which of the following is the best definition of "propaganda"?
government-sponsored information of a biased or misleading nature intended to promote a political cause or specific point of view.
The May Fourth Movement is most closely related with
Resentment against the Treaty of Versailles
How did Grigori Rasputin contribute to the outbreak of the February Revolution?
Influence over the Czarina weakened faith in the government
Identify and explain the causes of World War I.
List the triple alliance and the Triple Entente
Causes - Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Shooting of Ferdinand.
Triple Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungry, Italy
Triple Entente - France, Britain, Russia
League of Nation's goal was to
prevent future wars.
What was Lenin's contribution to the creation of the Soviet Union?
He provided the new state with political and ideological leadership.