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Benchmark-3rd Nine Weeks Flashcards

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Why were the Balkans referred to as the “powder keg” of Europe?

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many ethnic groups, Slavic people, Russian descendants, Austria-Hungary trying to control them

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How did people persuade others to support World War One?

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propaganda

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

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October 29, 1929- stock market crashed

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What does raj mean?

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British rule of India

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Who was Rasputin?

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holy man in Russia who claimed to have healing powers

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What were the MAINE causes of World War One?

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militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, ethnic groups

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Describe a countries reason for imperialism.

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to gain superiority

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Pair the world leaders with countries.

Joseph Stalin, FDR, Mussolini, and Churchill

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Joseph Stalin-Russia
FDR-USA
Mussolini-Italy
Churchill-Great Britain

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9
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Why is imperialism needed?

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creates new markets with more raw materials

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Why did Germany establish Weimar Republic?

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to get out of war debt

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How does imperialism effect the country? BIG Ideas

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cultural blending by trade, religion, and language-not migration

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What is the purpose of inexpensive labor?

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to make cheap manufacture products

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What was the Campaign of Terror called?

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Great Purge-Stalin

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Meji Restoration - What did the governor want to do for Japan’s economy?

A

modernize

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Who was the first Kumintang Communist National Party?

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Sun Yixian

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

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Bolsheviks

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

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food shortages

18
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What did Stalin do to the farms during his first 5-Year Plan?

A

collectivization

19
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What government has extreme nationalism combined with militarism and dictatorship called?

A

Fascism

20
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How did trench warfare change the fighting of World War One?

A

forces us to fight a defensive war that causes a stalemate

21
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Which group of people revolted against the Russian Revolution Provisional government?

A

Bolsheviks

22
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What was the major consequence of the March Revolution? Who revolted against the March Revolution?

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causes Nicholas II to abdicate the throne

women workers revolted

23
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Which country lost significant territory as a result of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference?

A

Germany

24
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Wat does “Armenians deported by the Ottoman Empire” mean?

A

genocide of an ethnic group

25
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Crimean War, First Boer War, Russ-Japanese War: all of these fought what?

A

imperialism

26
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What was the focus of the Big Four during the Paris Peace Conference?

A

to prevent future wars

27
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How was the Ottoman Empire effected by the end of WWI?

A

loss of territory to Turkey

28
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Why did the Germans create the Schlieffen Plan?

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expected the war to be fought on two fronts

29
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Why did the US fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

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wanted isolation, knew to stay out of European affairs, didn’t like that Germany was blamed, nor the League of Nations

30
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What was Bloody Sunday and what year was it?

A

Russian revolution before WWI

1905

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How did the Bolshevik Revolution affect the course of war?

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.

32
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Germany and Austria’s prearranged agreement before the entrance into WWI was called what?

A

.

33
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What event caused the start of WWI?

A

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Serbia by members of the Black Hand

34
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What are Britain and France concerned with Germany threatening?

A

.

35
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What plan helped Germany repay with war reparation from WWI?

A

The Dawes Plan

36
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Why is WWI a turning point on US Foreign Policy?

A

retreated back to isolationism and focused on internal issues

37
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What government did Lenin support?

A

socialism

38
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What drug did China and England fight over?

A

opium

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