Benchmark-3rd Nine Weeks

Question 1

Why were the Balkans referred to as the “powder keg” of Europe?

Answer 1

many ethnic groups, Slavic people, Russian descendants, Austria-Hungary trying to control them

Question 2

How did people persuade others to support World War One?

Answer 2

propaganda

Question 3

What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression in America?

Answer 3

October 29, 1929- stock market crashed

Question 4

What does raj mean?

Answer 4

British rule of India

Question 5

Who was Rasputin?

Answer 5

holy man in Russia who claimed to have healing powers

Question 6

What were the MAINE causes of World War One?

Answer 6

militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, ethnic groups

Question 7

Describe a countries reason for imperialism.

Answer 7

to gain superiority

Question 8

Pair the world leaders with countries.

Joseph Stalin, FDR, Mussolini, and Churchill

Answer 8

Joseph Stalin-Russia
FDR-USA
Mussolini-Italy
Churchill-Great Britain

Question 9

Why is imperialism needed?

Answer 9

creates new markets with more raw materials

Question 10

Why did Germany establish Weimar Republic?

Answer 10

to get out of war debt

Question 11

How does imperialism effect the country? BIG Ideas

Answer 11

cultural blending by trade, religion, and language-not migration

Question 12

What is the purpose of inexpensive labor?

Answer 12

to make cheap manufacture products

Question 13

What was the Campaign of Terror called?

Answer 13

Great Purge-Stalin

Question 14

Meji Restoration - What did the governor want to do for Japan’s economy?

Answer 14

modernize

Question 15

Who was the first Kumintang Communist National Party?

Answer 15

Sun Yixian

Question 16

Nicholas II abdicated the throne and then what group came to power?

Answer 16

Bolsheviks

Question 17

What event was the main cause of the Petrograd uprising of the Russian revolution?

Answer 17

food shortages

Question 18

What did Stalin do to the farms during his first 5-Year Plan?

Answer 18

collectivization

Question 19

What government has extreme nationalism combined with militarism and dictatorship called?

Answer 19

Fascism

Question 20

How did trench warfare change the fighting of World War One?

Answer 20

forces us to fight a defensive war that causes a stalemate

Question 21

Which group of people revolted against the Russian Revolution Provisional government?

Answer 21

Bolsheviks

Question 22

What was the major consequence of the March Revolution? Who revolted against the March Revolution?

Answer 22

causes Nicholas II to abdicate the throne

women workers revolted

Question 23

Which country lost significant territory as a result of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 23

Germany

Question 24

Wat does “Armenians deported by the Ottoman Empire” mean?

Answer 24

genocide of an ethnic group

Question 25

Crimean War, First Boer War, Russ-Japanese War: all of these fought what?

Answer 25

imperialism

Question 26

What was the focus of the Big Four during the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 26

to prevent future wars

Question 27

How was the Ottoman Empire effected by the end of WWI?

Answer 27

loss of territory to Turkey

Question 28

Why did the Germans create the Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 28

expected the war to be fought on two fronts

Question 29

Why did the US fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 29

wanted isolation, knew to stay out of European affairs, didn't like that Germany was blamed, nor the League of Nations

Question 30

What was Bloody Sunday and what year was it?

Answer 30

Russian revolution before WWI | 1905

Question 31

How did the Bolshevik Revolution affect the course of war?

Answer 31

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Question 32

Germany and Austria's prearranged agreement before the entrance into WWI was called what?

Answer 32

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Question 33

What event caused the start of WWI?

Answer 33

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Serbia by members of the Black Hand

Question 34

What are Britain and France concerned with Germany threatening?

Answer 34

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Question 35

What plan helped Germany repay with war reparation from WWI?

Answer 35

The Dawes Plan

Question 36

Why is WWI a turning point on US Foreign Policy?

Answer 36

retreated back to isolationism and focused on internal issues

Question 37

What government did Lenin support?

Answer 37

socialism

Question 38

What drug did China and England fight over?

Answer 38

opium