Final Review

Question 1

Causes of WWI

Answer 1

Nationalism, Mitirarism, Imperialism, and the Alliance System

Question 2

Jacob Riis

Answer 2

Pioneer photojournalist, wrote “The Problem of the Children” about wayward children in New York City living in poverty and away from school

Question 3

King Leopold

Answer 3

Belgian ruler known for his involvement in the Congo which included enslavement and mutilation of native people forced to work in the rubber industry.

Question 4

Rudyard Kippling

Answer 4

English writer known for “The White Man’s Burden,” a poem about White people colonizing far off lands as though it was their duty.

Question 5

Edward D. Morel

Answer 5

Wrote “The Black Man’s Burden” about how their way of life was impacted by the white man. basically about their opression

Question 6

Triple Alliance

Answer 6

Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary that existed through WWI

Question 7

Triple Entente

Answer 7

Alliance between France, Russia, and the UK

Question 8

Wilfred Owen

Answer 8

Wrote “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Disabled” basically about how bad the war was.

Question 9

Dulce et Decorum Est

Answer 9

“It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s nation.” The poem was about how the war was glorified though it was actually terrible

Question 10

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 10

Professional revolutionary, led a 3 year civil war starting in 1917 where the Bolsheviks assumed control of Russia. Died in 1924

Question 11

Peter Stolypin

Answer 11

Minister of the Interior. Tried to stop political unrest after the 1905 revolution

Question 12

Leon Trotsky

Answer 12

Built up the Red army in the revolution. Thrown out of the party in 1927, settled in Mexico, and was assassinated in 1940

Question 13

Gregory Rasputin

Answer 13

Was kind of a whore. He helped Alexis (son of Nicholas II) and became a member of the royal entourage. It took several attempts to murder him in 1916.

Question 14

Czar Nicholas II

Answer 14

Last czar of Russia, deposed in 1917. He and his family were executed by bolsheviks in 1918

Question 15

Emma Goldman

Answer 15

An anarchist who was considered dangerous and was deported back to Russia. There, she supported the Bolshevik revolution but then wrote about her disillusionment.

Question 16

Mussolini

Answer 16

Italian fascist ruler. Wanted to bring back the Roman empire to Italy. He eventually became Hitler’s puppet.

Question 17

Joseph Stalin

Answer 17

Man involved with the Russian revolution. Assumed control of Russia after Lenin died, which resulted in stalinification of Russia. Was very paranoid.

Question 18

The Great Purge

Answer 18

Led by Stalin, it led to the repression of peasants, purges of Communist party, government, and red army officials. Also, it let to constant surveillance.

Question 19

Armistice

Answer 19

An agreement to an end of arms. This is how WWI ended. It later led to the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 20

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 20

A set of laws put in place by Hitler in an effort to repress Jewish people and strip away their freedoms.

Question 21

The Diary of a Young Girl

Answer 21

Anne Frank’s diary; the story of her time hiding away in the attic. Her father published it after the war.

Question 22

Apartheid

Answer 22

Racial segregation system put in place in South Africa. It existed through the 1970’s, when it was finally disbanded due to unpopular global opinion.

Question 23

Cold War

Answer 23

The period from 1945 until the late 80’s/early 90’s where there was a constant fear of an all-out nuclear war and Communist aggression.

Question 24

Cuban missile crisis

Answer 24

The USSR placed missiles in Cuba during the Kennedy administration. It ended when we agreed to remove missiles in Turkey.

Question 25

My Lai Massacre

Answer 25

A massacre of an entire Vietnamese village during the Vietnam war.

Question 26

Globalization

Answer 26

People becoming integrated globally through interrelatedness

Question 27

Neoliberalism

Answer 27

An economic policy of free market trade and laissez-faire

Question 28

Time-Space Compression

Answer 28

A term used to describe the world as if it were getting smaller, because communication and travel can occur more rapidly.

Question 29

Blitzkrieg

Answer 29

A German “Lightning War,” involving a constant air attack.

Question 30

Duck and Cover

Answer 30

A video made during the Cold War era to teach people to duck and cover in the event of a nuclear attack.

Question 31

Persepolis

Answer 31

Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel focusing on her experiences growing up during the Iranian revolution before she was sent to Vienna by her parents.

Question 32

Iranian Revolution

Answer 32

Revolution occurring in the Late 1970’s in Iran, leading to an extreme religious rule. This replaced a former Western-style monarchy system.

Question 33

McWorld

Answer 33

A term described by Benjamin Barber referring to the globalization of politics, or how interrelatedness is becoming a global affair with stems in economics as well as other fields.