Russia

Question 0

Who was Czar Nicolas II?

Answer 0

Russian King during WWI.

Failed, and made people angry

Question 1

What were the main causes of the Russian Revolution?

Answer 1

Probs.
In experienced generals–> battlefield failures

Poorly Trained soldiers
Outdated Tech
•mass # of dead soldiers

Question 2

Who was Czarina Alexandra?

Answer 2

Wife of Czar Nicolas, leads country during WWI.

Had a son with hemophilia

Question 3

Who was Gregori Resputin?

Answer 3

Peasant, really weird and creepy.
“Healed” the little hemophiliac
Was unwanted but generals, czar’s supporters, and nobles
Assassinated, solves NO problems

Question 4

Bloody Sunday

Answer 4

Hungry Peasants, women want = pay in factories, angry over war,
then Czar sent troops to disperse crowd, some troops opened fire, others laid down weapons(sympathy)

Question 5

Provisional Govn’t

Answer 5

Also Known as “Duma” (Russian Legislature)
Put in place after Bloody Sunday
Czar and family forced to step down, under house arrest

Question 6

Bolsheviks

Answer 6

Provincial Government (P.G.) replaces Czar, but is unpopular because it decided to stay in WWI.
Angry workers join soviets; led by V.I. Lenin (Leader of the Bolshevik Party). 

On November 6, the Bolsheviks seized the Winter Palace and the leaders of the P.G. stepped down.

Question 7

Cold War

Answer 7

Truman Doctrine to support containment (of communism) in Greece. 
Marshall Plan
NATO formed
Creation of West Germany
Nuclear Arms Race
Koran War
Warsaw Pact
Construction of Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Fall of Berlin Wall
Dissolution of the USSR