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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