Revolutions Between Wwi & WWII

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  • 1. 
    The leader of the Bolsheviks was
    • A. 

      Marx

    • B. 

      Rasputin

    • C. 

      Kerensky

    • D. 

      Lenin

  • 2. 
    In many cities, socialist set up a council of workers and soldiers called a
    • A. 

      Soviet

    • B. 

      Proletariat

    • C. 

      Cheka

    • D. 

      Commissar

  • 3. 
    Why did Lenin adapt Marxist ideas to Russian conditions?
    • A. 

      Russia did not have a large force of urban workers

    • B. 

      Russia did not have a large force of rural workers

    • C. 

      Russia was a wealthy country, rather than a poor one

    • D. 

      Russia was ruled by a czar, not by an elected body

  • 4. 
    The part of the Revolution that the workers were massacred and it forced the czar to make reforms
    • A. 

      Bloody Sunday

    • B. 

      Bolshevik Revolution

    • C. 

      Russian Civil War

    • D. 

      March Revolution

  • 5. 
    What did pogroms that occurred in late 19th century Russia do?
    • A. 

      Violently persecuted Jews

    • B. 

      Kill all the Kulaks

    • C. 

      Enlist the aid of foreigners

    • D. 

      Establish a communist council

  • 6. 
    Who were the Bolsheviks?
    • A. 

      Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries

    • B. 

      Soldiers in the white army

    • C. 

      Member of the Duma, Russia's parliament

    • D. 

      Followers of Rasputin

  • 7. 
    What is a totalitarian state?
    • A. 

      A state in which government controls all aspects of life

    • B. 

      A state in which people have direct say in government

    • C. 

      A state in which people elect representatives to parliament

    • D. 

      A state that glorifies the working class and they have the greatest voice in government

  • 8. 
    Stalin's campaign of terror designed to eliminate anyone who threatened his power was called
    • A. 

      The Great Purge

    • B. 

      A pogrom

    • C. 

      The Terror

    • D. 

      The Russian Revolution

  • 9. 
    The last royal family of Russia
    • A. 

      Romanov

    • B. 

      Lenin

    • C. 

      Trotsky

    • D. 

      Stalin

  • 10. 
    The mysterious holy man who helps the Romanov family
    • A. 

      Rasputin

    • B. 

      Merlin

    • C. 

      Marx

    • D. 

      Trotsky

  • 11. 
    The part of the Russian Revolution that ended the czar's reign
    • A. 

      Bloody Sunday

    • B. 

      March Revolution

    • C. 

      Russian Revolution

    • D. 

      Bolshevik Revolution

  • 12. 
    The treaty signed between Russia and Germany removing Russia from WWI
    • A. 

      Treaty of Paris

    • B. 

      Treaty of Versailles

    • C. 

      Treaty of Brest-Litosvk

    • D. 

      Treaty of Berlin

  • 13. 
    Revolution that led to the rise of communism in Russia
    • A. 

      Bolshevik Revolution

    • B. 

      Bloody Sunday

    • C. 

      Russian Revolution

    • D. 

      March Revolution

  • 14. 
    All of the following were reasons for Russia's withdraw from WWI EXCEPT
    • A. 

      Stable government

    • B. 

      Food and Fuel Shortages

    • C. 

      Large number of casualties

    • D. 

      Revolution

  • 15. 
    Stalin's Five-Year Plan was aimed at
    • A. 

      Building heavy industry and improving transportation

    • B. 

      Raising people's standard of living

    • C. 

      Confiscating the land of factory owners

    • D. 

      Revealing the injustice of the Great Purge

  • 16. 
    Stalin attempted to make the cultural life of the Soviet Union more Russian by promoting a policy of
    • A. 

      Russification

    • B. 

      Surrealism

    • C. 

      Czarism

    • D. 

      Existentialism

  • 17. 
    Apartheid became official government policy in 
    • A. 

      South Africa

    • B. 

      Egypt

    • C. 

      Nigeria

    • D. 

      Senegal

  • 18. 
    Mustafa Kemal is recognized as the father of modern
    • A. 

      Turkey

    • B. 

      Iran

    • C. 

      Egypt

    • D. 

      Palestine

  • 19. 
    How did Arabs view the Paris Peace Conference?
    • A. 

      They felt betrayed by it

    • B. 

      They were grateful that it freed them from Ottoman rule

    • C. 

      They supported the creating of European mandates

    • D. 

      They were pleased that it officially accepted Pan-Arabism

  • 20. 
    Which of the following was a cause of the conflict between Jews and Arabs?
    • A. 

      Each group claimed the same territory as their homeland

    • B. 

      Jew wanted to limit farming in Palestine

    • C. 

      Arabs felt Jews did not accept Pan-Arabism

    • D. 

      Both groups felt the Treaty of Paris favored each other

  • 21. 
    In the Balfour Declaration, the British
    • A. 

      Supported a Jewish homeland

    • B. 

      Opposed arartheid

    • C. 

      Granted Egypt independence

    • D. 

      Promised Arabs a homeland

  • 22. 
    Ataturk's reforms in Turkey led him to
    • A. 

      Reject religion in laws and government

    • B. 

      Closely align government with religion

    • C. 

      Replace secular law with Islamic law

  • 23. 
    Which of the following groups consider Jerusalem a holy city?
    • A. 

      Christians and Jews

    • B. 

      Muslims and Jews

    • C. 

      Christians, Muslims, and Jews

    • D. 

      Jews, Buddhists, and Hindus

  • 24. 
    How did white South Africa try to ensure their economic, political, and social supremacy?
    • A. 

      By imposing a system of racial segregation

    • B. 

      By deporting all non-white residents

    • C. 

      By reviving the slave trade

    • D. 

      By establishing a slavery based economy

  • 25. 
    Which of the following was a result of the mandate system in the Middle East?
    • A. 

      Pan-Arabism

    • B. 

      Zionism

    • C. 

      The Balfour Declaration

    • D. 

      Westernization

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