3rd Nine Weeks Benchmarks

Question 1

Why was the Balkans the “powder keg” of Europe?

Answer 1

Many different ethnic groups that disagreed.

Question 2

How do people persuade others to support WW1?

Answer 2

Propaganda with only one sided ideas

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The market crash. “Black Tuesday”

Question 4

What does “Raj” mean?

Answer 4

Royalty or Kingdom

Question 5

Who was Rasputin?

Answer 5

A Russian mystic monk who assisted Tzar Nicholas 2

Question 6

MAINE cause of WW1?

Answer 6

Militarism alliances imperialism nationalism ethnic groups

Question 7

Describe a country’s reason for imperialism?

Answer 7

Needing new resources, or to get closer to an enemy country for invasion/ war

Question 8

Why is imperialism needed?

Answer 8

Colonies can gain resources, people, money, and land.

Question 9

Pair world leaders with countries: Stalin, FDR, Mussolini, Churchill

Answer 9

Stalin: USSR. FDR: U.S. Mussolini: Italy. Churchill: England

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Bolshevik

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Hunger

Question 12

What did stalin do to farms during rule

Answer 12

Collectivization

Question 13

Government that has extreme nationalism and Militarism/ dictator called what?

Answer 13

Fascism

Question 14

How did trench warfare change fighting of WW2 to be defensive

Answer 14

Caused a stalemate

Question 15

What group went against the russian revolution provisional government

Answer 15

Bolsheviks

Question 16

Major consequence of the march revolution? Who revolted against the march revolution?

Answer 16

Women

Question 17

Country that lost a lot of territory due to 1919 Paris peace conference?

Answer 17

Germany

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Genocide

Question 19

Crimean war. 1st boer war. Russ-Japan war = all fought what?

Answer 19

Imperialism

Question 20

What was main focus of the big four at Paris peace conference?

Answer 20

Prevent future war

Question 21

What was main focus of the big four at Paris peace conference?

Answer 21

Prevent future war

Question 22

What was main focus of the big four at Paris peace conference?

Answer 22

Prevent future war

Question 23

What was main focus of the big four at Paris peace conference?

Answer 23

Prevent future war

Question 24

What was main focus of the big four at Paris peace conference?

Answer 24

Prevent future war

Question 25

How did Bolshevik revolution affect course of WW1?

Answer 25

Caused Russia to drop out

Question 26

Germany and Austria Hungary prearrangement agreement before the entrance into WW1 was called?

Answer 26

Rug

Question 27

What event caused the start of WW1?

Answer 27

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Question 28

What are Britain and France concerned with Germany’s threatening?

Answer 28

Uh

Question 29

Plan that helped Germany repay war debts?

Answer 29

Dawes plan

Question 30

Why was WW1 a big turn for US foreign policy?

Answer 30

We start to become isolated and not as involved in foreign problems

Question 31

What government did Lenin support?

Answer 31

Communist

Question 32

What drug did England and china fight over?

Answer 32

Opium