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Nationalism/Russian Revolution Flashcards

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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2
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During World War 1 Russias principal enemy was

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Germany

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3
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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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4
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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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5
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The workers councils established during the Russian Revolution were known as

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Soviets

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6
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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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7
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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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8
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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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9
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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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11
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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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13
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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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15
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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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16
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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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17
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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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18
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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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19
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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”

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Germany

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

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The jews

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

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idk

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

25
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What plan did Stalin introduce after Lenin died in 1924

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The 5 year plan

26
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What was the purpose of this new plan under stalin

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To quickly industrialize the economy and collectivize agriculture

27
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What happened to trotsky after lenin died

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He was exiled and later assassinated in Mexico

28
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Under stalins new plan, who made all the economic decisions in the soviet union

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Central gov

29
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Why did stalin kill or exile the kulaks, the poor land owners in the soviet union

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They resisted collective farming and didnt like having their land taken away

30
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Why did stalin implement the great purge

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To end any dissent over his rule

31
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Where were most people in the ussr sent to if they were not killed during the great purge

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Siberia

32
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What weapon did totalitarians, such as Hitler and Stalin, use to gain power in Europe

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Police terror

33
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What did sun yat-sen’s (yixian) revolutionary alliance accomplish

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They were able to get rid of the last emperor of China

34
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Why did Chinese peasant farmers side with communists over the nationalists in the 1920s

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The communists promised land reform, the nationalists were supported by large land owners

35
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What happened in china after the nationalist and communist together defeated the warlords

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They had a civil war w each other

36
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What is the famous escape of the communists under Mao Zedong called

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The long march

37
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What event stopped the civil war in china in 1937

A

Japan invades china.

38
Q

What are 2 types of painting that developed just before and after world war I

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Surrealism and cubism

39
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What country had a civil war in the 1930s, made famous by Picassos painting of “Guernica”

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Spain

40
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What empire in the middle east was split up by the British and French War I

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Ottoman Empire

41
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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”

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Iraq and Syria

42
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Which ethnic group invented Jazz as a musical form

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African Americans

43
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What part of the US economy failed in the 1920s that led to the Great Depression

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Farming

44
Q

What theory did Albert Einstein develop

A

theory of relativity

45
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What is the name of the area in the US that had a major drought during the 1920’s

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Dust Bowl

46
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Which person argued that human behavior was “irrational” due to urges and desires in peoples’ minds

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Sigmund Freud

47
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Which of the following is the best definition of the philosophy of existentialism

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Philosophy that each person must take up their own meaning in the world

48
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Who was the first person to fly across the atlantic ocean

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Charles lindenbergh

49
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What was the name of the US president during most of the Great Depression

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Franklin D Roosevelt

50
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The czar of Russia at the time of Russian Revolution in 1917 was

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Nicholas II

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