Unit 15 Review Questions

Question 1

How did Rasputin gain political influence over the Romanov family and Russian political affairs?

Answer 1

He seemed to ease the symptoms of the Czar’s hemophiliac son, Alexei Romano

Question 2

How did World War One lead to the downfall of Czar Nicholas II?

Answer 2

The Russian army was tired of fighting WW I, & food shortages worsened.

Question 3

Explain the causes of Russia’s civil war and it’s outcome

Answer 3

The causes of Russia’s Civil War were the growing power of the soviets, the treaty of Brest-Litovsk angered Russians, and the Bolsheviks wanted to wipe out all their enemies. The outcome was the Bolshevik victory over the Whites and 14,000,000 dead.

Question 4

What are the key traits of totalitarianism?

Answer 4

The key traits of a totalitarian state are State control of individuals and society, new Methods of Enforcement, Modern Technology, Dictatorship, and One-party rule.

Question 5

How did Stalin’s five year plans differ from Lenin’s new economic policy?

Answer 5

Lenin’s policy
Allows some private businesses, and peasants own land
production in the hands of the people
Standard of living good for many workers
Stalin’s Five-Years plan
Wanted to make Russia into an industrial power with all production under government control
Created a command economy
Brought all agriculture under government control, forced peasants to live on group farms.
Standards of living fell for many workers

Question 6

What individual freedoms are denied from Lenin’s new economic policy?

Answer 6

• Freedom of speech
• Artistic Freedom
• Freedom of religion
• Freedom to love/work wherever

Question 7

Briefly describe the may fourth movement and its supporters

Answer 7

-Angry factory workers, shopkeepers and students protested the Treaty of Versailles of World War 1 that gave japan there land

Question 8

How did the Japanese react to the civil war in China?

Answer 8

They tried to take advantage of the weak state that china was in and invaded them. The two sides of China then band together to fight back to the Japanese and prevent them from fighting other wars and gaining power.

Question 9

Give examples of Gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience against the British government

Answer 9

Boycotts, strikes and demonstrations, and the salt march

Question 10

What steps did Kemal take to modernize turkey?

Answer 10

abolished religious courts
granted women the right to vote
launched government-funded programs to industrialize Turkey