Unit 8

Question 1

Following WWI, _________ received a great deal of financial support from American investors.

Answer 1

Germany

Question 2

The Five-Year Plan was _________ plan to transform Russia into an industrial superpower.

Answer 2

Stalin’s

Question 3

________ was a Turkish Nationalist leader.

Answer 3

Kemal

Question 4

The Bolshevik faction of the ________ Party believed that Russia could only be transformed into totally socialistic state by violent revolution.

Answer 4

Communist

Question 5

The Blackshirts were the special military force of the fascists in ________.

Answer 5

Italy

Question 6

T. E. Lawrence was a ________ diplomat who was involved in the Arabian fight for independence.

Answer 6

British

Question 7

The _______ was/were the leading committee of the Communist Party.

Answer 7

Politburo

Question 8

The Great Purges of Russia were the result of which Russian dictator’s fear that he would lose control of the USSR?

Answer 8

Stalin

Question 9

The ______ was established under Czarist/Imperialist Russia.

Answer 9

Duma

Question 10

Many _______ believed they had suffered a “dagger in the back” following their defeat after World War I which they blamed on non-citizens and non-nationalists.

Answer 10

Germans

Question 11

_________ was looked to as a great friend and “savior” by Czar Nicholas II and his wife.

Answer 11

Rasputin

Question 12

The ________ believed that Germans were part of a superior race of humans known as Aryans.

Answer 12

Nazis

Question 13

Two articles of the Treaty of Versailles included _______.

Answer 13

• a limitation of military buildup
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• German acceptance of blame for the war

Question 14

________ was/were used by many countries during WWI to promote support for the war effort.

Answer 14

Propaganda

Question 15

The leading cause for the Great Depression was ______.

Answer 15

the stock market crash

Question 16

________ countries were dependent on the U.S. for the sales of exports.

Answer 16

Latin American

Question 17

Where did stalemate occur during WWI?

Answer 17

Western Front

Question 18

How much money did the Dawes Plan grant for foreign loans?

Answer 18

$800 million

Question 19

______ was the first leader of the USSR.

Answer 19

Lenin

Question 20

The _______ were the secret police force used by the Nazis.

Answer 20

S.S.

Question 21

Prior to the outbreak of WWI, a member of a Slavic resistance group assassinated the heir to the throne of _________ in Sarajevo.

Answer 21

Austria-Hungary

Question 22

The _________ removed all U.S. military troops from Latin America.

Answer 22

Good Neighbor Policy

Question 23

The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after World War I and many of its Middle Eastern territories were divided into __________ by the League of Nations.

Answer 23

mandates

Question 24

The ______ established new federal government agencies in the U.S. to help the poor during the Great Depression.

Answer 24

New Deal

Question 25

The types of people considered not worthy to live by the Nazis included ________.

Answer 25

- homosexuals - gypsies - Jews - Slavs

Question 26

Fascists overthrew the king of Italy and allowed Mussolini to establish a _________ state.

Answer 26

totalitarian

Question 27

The Triple Entente was an alliance between Great Britain, Russia, and _______.

Answer 27

France

Question 28

_______ transformed Russia into an industrial superpower.

Answer 28

Stalin

Question 29

Which Russian dictator implemented the collectivization of farms?

Answer 29

Stalin

Question 30

The Triple Alliance was formed between _______.

Answer 30

- Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary

Question 31

Many European leaders during WWI believed that war was the natural outworking of the idea of _______, or the "survival of the fittest."

Answer 31

Social Darwinism

Question 32

The term _________ means payments made for damages done during war.

Answer 32

reparations

Question 33

Name the declaration that asserted the Allies' intent to establish a Jewish state of Palestine following the end of WWI.

Answer 33

Balfour Declaration

Question 34

______ called upon Indians to bring about India's independence from Great Britain by means of non-cooperation.

Answer 34

Gandhi

Question 35

Which country decided to enter WWI because Germany began attacking ships carrying civilians?

Answer 35

the United States