Chapter 12- Section 3&4 Quiz

Question 0

Proletariat

Answer 0

The industrial workers of Russia.

Question 1

Bolsheviks

Answer 1

A Russian group that planned for socialists to lead a revolution and rule Russia. Those that opposed the Bolsheviks came to be called the White Army. Bolsheviks were able to take over Russia because the Russian people were opposed to the provisional government’s continued involvement in WWI.

Question 2

Czar Nickolas II

Answer 2

Czar Nickolas II welcomed WWI because he hoped an increase in patriotism would overcome problems in Russia and unite the country around his leadership.

Question 3

Grigory Rasputin

Answer 3

Trusted advisor to Czarina Alexandra.

Question 4

The Eastern Front

Answer 4

The Eastern Front took a turn for the worse when Czar Nickolas II took personal control of the Russian army.

Question 5

Duma

Answer 5

In 1917, Nickolas II ordered the legislature to disband. This decision was his last mistake before being forced to abdicate.

Question 6

Following the…

Answer 6

Following the October Revolution, civil war raged for three years in which Russia became a communist country.

Question 7

New Economic Policy

Answer 7

A plan introduced by Lenin in 1921 that permitted some capitalist activity.

Question 8

U-Boats

Answer 8

German submarines used to attack Allied ships during WWI. The German attack on the passenger liner called the Lusitania helped propel the U.S. into WWI.

Question 9

Zimmermann Note

Answer 9

A proposal by a German official that Mexico attack the US in return for territory. This led to strong public support for the US entry into WWI.

Question 10

Armistice

Answer 10

A truce that ended the fighting of WWI on November 11, 1918.

Question 11

Georges Clemenceau

Answer 11

French leader who wanted to punish Germany after the war.

Question 12

League of Nations

Answer 12

A team of nations put together after WWI which was weakened by the US choice not to enter the organization.

Question 13

Fourteen Points

Answer 13

Woodrow Wilson’s vision of world peace after WWI.

Question 14

Allied treaties…

Answer 14

Allied treaties with the defeated Central Powers accomplished the break up of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.

Question 15

Mandates

Answer 15

Created by treaties after WWI actually became European colonies.

Question 16

Balfour Declaration

Answer 16

Supported the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.

Question 17

WWI Casualties

Answer 17

Nearly nine million soldiers were killed in WWI battles.

Question 18

Many colonial people…

Answer 18

Many colonial people volunteered to fight for the Allied forces during WWI because they hoped their service would win their colony’s independence.