Bench Mark

Question 1

Why was the Balkans referred to as the “ powderkeg of Europe “?

Answer 1

Many ethnic groups, Slavic people, Russia decendents, Austria Hungary trying to control them

Question 2

How did people persuade others to support world war 1 ?

Answer 2

Propaganda

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The crash of the stock market

Question 4

What does “raj” mean?

Answer 4

British sovereignty in India

Question 5

Who was Rasputin?

Answer 5

Russian mystic and holy man

Question 6

After Nicholas 2 left the throne what group came to power

Answer 6

Bolsheviks

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Shortages of food

Question 8

What did Stalin do to farms during his 1st 5 year plan

Answer 8

Collectivization

Question 9

What government has extreme nationalism combined with militarism and a dictator

Answer 9

Fascism

Question 10

How did trench warfare change the fighting of ww1

Answer 10

Defensive war caused a stalemate

Question 11

Which group of people revolted against the Russian revolution provisional government

Answer 11

Bolsheviks

Question 12

What was the major consequence of the march revolution….. Who revolted against this

Answer 12

Women workers

Question 13

Which country lost significant territory as a result of the 1919 Paris peace conference

Answer 13

Germany

Question 14

What does Armenian deported by the Ottoman Empire mean

Answer 14

Genocide by ethnic group

Question 15

Crimean war , first boer war, Russ Japanese war fought for what

Answer 15

Imperialism

Question 16

What was the focus of the big four during the Paris peace conference

Answer 16

Prevent future wars

Question 17

How was the Ottoman Empire effected by the end of ww1

Answer 17

Lost turkey and turkey was born

Question 18

Why did the Germans create the schlieffen plan

Answer 18

Expected the war to be fought on two fronts

Question 19

Why did the US fail to ratify the treaty of Versailles

Answer 19

Wanted isolationism…. Stay out of European Affairs

Question 20

What was Bloody Sunday and in what year

Answer 20

Russian rev. Before ww1

Question 21

How did the Bolshevik revolution affect the course of ww1?

Answer 21

Made western front the focus of the war

Question 22

Germany and Austria Hungary prearranged agreement before the entrance to ww1 was called?

Answer 22

Alliance

Question 23

What event caused the start of ww1?

Answer 23

The assassination of archduke franz Ferdinand

Question 24

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

Answer 24

National security

Question 25

What plan helped Germany repay with war reparation from ww1?

Answer 25

Dawes plan

Question 26

Why is ww1 a turning point for US foreign policy?

Answer 26

US rejected a world leadership position

Question 27

What government did lenin support?

Answer 27

Communism

Question 28

What drug did china and England fight over?

Answer 28

Opium