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1
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Which groups supported the Czar before the 1917 Revolution

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Nobles;Russian Orthodox Church; Army

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During World War 1 Russias principal enemy was

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Germany

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The slogan of people who demonstrated against the Czar was

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Peace, Bread, Freedom!

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After the czar abdicated in March 1917, what did the provisional government do that led to civil war

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They decided to keep Russia fighting in World War I

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The workers councils established during the Russian Revolution were known as

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Soviets

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During the Great October Revolution in 1917, who took power in Russia?

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Lenin and the Bolsheviks

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After the October Revolution in 1917, Czar Nicholas and his family

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Were murdered by Bolshevik soldiers

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After they came to power, the communist Bolsheviks established their capital in

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Moscow

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Who was responsible for the Bolsheviks’ military victory in the civil war as their military leader

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Leon Trotsky

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10
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What two types of governments Europeans have after World War I

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Democracies and Totalitarian

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What was the main cause of totalitarian regimes in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union

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The negative results of the Treaty if Versailles

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12
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Mussolini called himself

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II Duce

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What was the March on Rome

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Mussolini and the fascists taking over the Italian government in a bloodless coup

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14
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What was the Lateran agreement

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An agreement between Mussolini and the Catholic Church

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Hitlers first attempt at taking over the German government was called

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The beer hall putsch

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What book did hitler write when he was in jail in the early 1920s that promised a new germany

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Mein kampf

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What caused germans to start taking hitler seriously by the late 1920s

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Effects of versailles treaty

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What event happened after hitler became chancellor that gave him full power

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The reichstag building burned down

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What is one way hitler challenged the versailles treaty after becoming leader

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Germany moved troops into the Rhineland; Germany started the draft again; germany stopped paying reparations; germany built up its military more than 100,000 troops

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20
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Nazi is a short way to say

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National socialist german workers party

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21
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What countey claimed to be the “third reich”

22
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What group did hitler blame for the economic problems in Germany in the 1920s

23
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What event marked the beginning of the Great depression in the US

24
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What plan did Lenin introduce in the soviet union due to famines in the early 1920s

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The NEP, or Capitalism

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What plan did Stalin introduce after Lenin died in 1924
The 5 year plan
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What was the purpose of this new plan under stalin
To quickly industrialize the economy and collectivize agriculture
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What happened to trotsky after lenin died
He was exiled and later assassinated in Mexico
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Under stalins new plan, who made all the economic decisions in the soviet union
Central gov
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Why did stalin kill or exile the kulaks, the poor land owners in the soviet union
They resisted collective farming and didnt like having their land taken away
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Why did stalin implement the great purge
To end any dissent over his rule
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Where were most people in the ussr sent to if they were not killed during the great purge
Siberia
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What weapon did totalitarians, such as Hitler and Stalin, use to gain power in Europe
Police terror
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What did sun yat-sen's (yixian) revolutionary alliance accomplish
They were able to get rid of the last emperor of China
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Why did Chinese peasant farmers side with communists over the nationalists in the 1920s
The communists promised land reform, the nationalists were supported by large land owners
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What happened in china after the nationalist and communist together defeated the warlords
They had a civil war w each other
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What is the famous escape of the communists under Mao Zedong called
The long march
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What event stopped the civil war in china in 1937
Japan invades china.
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What are 2 types of painting that developed just before and after world war I
Surrealism and cubism
39
What country had a civil war in the 1930s, made famous by Picassos painting of "Guernica"
Spain
40
What empire in the middle east was split up by the British and French War I
Ottoman Empire
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What two countries were created after World War I that are now partly controlled by the terrorist group called the "Islamic state"
Iraq and Syria
42
Which ethnic group invented Jazz as a musical form
African Americans
43
What part of the US economy failed in the 1920s that led to the Great Depression
Farming
44
What theory did Albert Einstein develop
theory of relativity
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What is the name of the area in the US that had a major drought during the 1920's
Dust Bowl
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Which person argued that human behavior was "irrational" due to urges and desires in peoples' minds
Sigmund Freud
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Which of the following is the best definition of the philosophy of existentialism
Philosophy that each person must take up their own meaning in the world
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Who was the first person to fly across the atlantic ocean
Charles lindenbergh
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What was the name of the US president during most of the Great Depression
Franklin D Roosevelt
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The czar of Russia at the time of Russian Revolution in 1917 was
Nicholas II

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