Chapter 14 & 15

Question 1

What did the pogroms that occurred in the late 19th century Russia do?

Answer 1

organized persecution of Jews

Question 2

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Answer 2

Russian Marxists

Question 3

Who did China’s peasants align themselves with in the 1920’s?

Answer 3

Communists

Question 4

What were soviets under Russia’s Provisional Government?

Answer 4

Local councils

Question 5

What is a totalitarian state?

Answer 5

state in which government controls citizens public and private lives

Question 6

What was the purpose of the soviet states five-year plan?

Answer 6

economic development

Question 7

Who seized power from Persia’s shah and changed the name of his country to Iran?

Answer 7

Reza Shah Pahlan

Question 8

What did Sun Yixian’s Revolutionary Alliance accomplish?

Answer 8

overthrowing the last emperor

Question 9

Which group was known for taking a 6,000 mile journey known as the “Long March”?`

Answer 9

Chinese Communists

Question 10

Who led the famous protest known as the “Salt March”?

Answer 10

Gandhi

Question 11

How did czars Alexander III and Nicholas II deal with calls to reform?

Answer 11

resisted all efforts of reform

Question 12

How did the Russo-Japanese war show the czar’s weakness?

Answer 12

news of repeated losses sparked unrest and led to revolt during the war

Question 13

Under the Treaty of Versailles, to whom did the Allies give Chinese territories to that had previously been controlled by Germany?

Answer 13

Japan

Question 14

Which event did not happen immediately after the Bolshevik Revolution?

Answer 14

a totalitarian state was established

Question 15

Which leader was responsible for the Great Purge and which group was the main victims?

Answer 15

Stalin; members of communist party

Question 16

What was started under Stalin to improve the Soviet Union’s economy?

Answer 16

Industrial and Agricultural reforms

Question 17

What was the result of China having a Nationalist government recognized by the world but a Communist party growing in the country side?

Answer 17

civil war broke out

Question 18

How was the result of the nationalist movement in Saudi Arabia different from the results in Turkey and Iran?

Answer 18

Turkey & Iran pursued modernization

Question 19

What led Great Britain to finally grant India limited self-rule?

Answer 19

continuous campaigns of civil disobedience from Indians

Question 20

How did the reigns of czars Alexander III and Nicholas II help pave the way for revolution?

Answer 20

both spelled an autocratic government without reforms

Question 21

What impact did Russia’s involvement in WWI have on the Russian Government?

Answer 21

revealed weaknesses of czarist rule and military leadership

Question 22

How did life change for Russian’s after the success of the Bolshevik Revolution?

Answer 22

Russia was organized into several self governing republics

Question 23

Which of the following was not part of the transformation of the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state?

Answer 23

creation of First Soviets

Question 24

Why did Chinese peasants align themselves with the communists rather than the nationalists?

Answer 24

Communists divided land among the farmers; nationalists ignored them

Question 25

Who were the victims of the Shanghai Massacre, and who were their murderers?

Answer 25

Chinese communists were killed by Chinese nationalists

Question 26

What event in 1937 halted the Chinese civil war?

Answer 26

Japanese Invasion

Question 27

What promises were made to the Indian people in exchange for their service under Britain in WWI?

Answer 27

reforms would eventually lead to self government

Question 28

What influences created an environment for nationalism in SW Asia?

Answer 28

break up of Ottoman empire and western interest in region

Question 29

In which country did Nationalists lead a successful rebellion against its sultan and then reform the government with an emphasis on modernization?

Answer 29

Turkey

Question 30

Whose theory of relativity replaced Newton's comforting belief in a world run by absolute laws of motion gravity?

Answer 30

Einstein

Question 31

What were Franz Kafka, James Joyce, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all know for being?

Answer 31

Novelists

Question 32

After WWI, most European nations had what type of government, if only temporarily?

Answer 32

Democracy

Question 33

What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

Answer 33

Stock Market crash of 1929

Question 34

What was one part of Roosevelt's New Deal program to fight the Depression?

Answer 34

large public works projects helped to provide jobs

Question 35

Which leader had the title "II Duce"?

Answer 35

Mussolini

Question 36

Which German political part sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?

Answer 36

Nazi

Question 37

Which of the following was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the 1930's?

Answer 37

Invaded other nations successfully

Question 38

What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?

Answer 38

Axis Powers

Question 39

What was the goal of U.S. Isolationists after WWI?

Answer 39

political ties to other countries should be avoided

Question 40

What is a main idea of the philosophy known as existentialism?

Answer 40

the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will (Universal purpose of life)

Question 41

What effect did WWI have on literature in the 1920's?

Answer 41

writers expressed disillution

Question 42

What effect did the Dawes plan have on the economy of postwar Germany?

Answer 42

saved Germany from inflation

Question 43

In the late 1920's, which of the following did not damage the U.S. economy?

Answer 43

shortage of workers

Question 44

What was the policy of appeasement?

Answer 44

British & French decision to give in to aggression

Question 45

Why did Japan Manchuria?

Answer 45

to gain iron ore and coal deposits

Question 46

How did Sigmund Freud's ideas weaken faith in reason?

Answer 46

believed that much of human behavior is irrational

Question 47

What was the major cause of the collapse of the stock market?

Answer 47

stocks sold for more than their worth

Question 48

What fear added to the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany?

Answer 48

communist revolution

Question 49

What important role did Winston Churchill play during this period?

Answer 49

he warned of Policy of Appeasement was disaster

Question 50

In what way was Japan different from its allies Germany and Italy?

Answer 50

ruled by militarist and kept emperor in power