Unit 8 Flashcards
Following WWI, _________ received a great deal of financial support from American investors.
Germany
The Five-Year Plan was _________ plan to transform Russia into an industrial superpower.
Stalin’s
________ was a Turkish Nationalist leader.
Kemal
The Bolshevik faction of the ________ Party believed that Russia could only be transformed into totally socialistic state by violent revolution.
Communist
The Blackshirts were the special military force of the fascists in ________.
Italy
T. E. Lawrence was a ________ diplomat who was involved in the Arabian fight for independence.
British
The _______ was/were the leading committee of the Communist Party.
Politburo
The Great Purges of Russia were the result of which Russian dictator’s fear that he would lose control of the USSR?
Stalin
The ______ was established under Czarist/Imperialist Russia.
Duma
Many _______ believed they had suffered a “dagger in the back” following their defeat after World War I which they blamed on non-citizens and non-nationalists.
Germans
_________ was looked to as a great friend and “savior” by Czar Nicholas II and his wife.
Rasputin
The ________ believed that Germans were part of a superior race of humans known as Aryans.
Nazis
Two articles of the Treaty of Versailles included _______.
- a limitation of military buildup
check - German acceptance of blame for the war
________ was/were used by many countries during WWI to promote support for the war effort.
Propaganda
The leading cause for the Great Depression was ______.
the stock market crash
________ countries were dependent on the U.S. for the sales of exports.
Latin American
Where did stalemate occur during WWI?
Western Front
How much money did the Dawes Plan grant for foreign loans?
$800 million
______ was the first leader of the USSR.
Lenin
The _______ were the secret police force used by the Nazis.
S.S.
Prior to the outbreak of WWI, a member of a Slavic resistance group assassinated the heir to the throne of _________ in Sarajevo.
Austria-Hungary
The _________ removed all U.S. military troops from Latin America.
Good Neighbor Policy
The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after World War I and many of its Middle Eastern territories were divided into __________ by the League of Nations.
mandates
The ______ established new federal government agencies in the U.S. to help the poor during the Great Depression.
New Deal
The types of people considered not worthy to live by the Nazis included ________.
- homosexuals
- gypsies
- Jews
- Slavs
Fascists overthrew the king of Italy and allowed Mussolini to establish a _________ state.
totalitarian
The Triple Entente was an alliance between Great Britain, Russia, and _______.
France
_______ transformed Russia into an industrial superpower.
Stalin
Which Russian dictator implemented the collectivization of farms?
Stalin
The Triple Alliance was formed between _______.
- Germany
- Italy
- Austria-Hungary
Many European leaders during WWI believed that war was the natural outworking of the idea of _______, or the “survival of the fittest.”
Social Darwinism
The term _________ means payments made for damages done during war.
reparations
Name the declaration that asserted the Allies’ intent to establish a Jewish state of Palestine following the end of WWI.
Balfour Declaration
______ called upon Indians to bring about India’s independence from Great Britain by means of non-cooperation.
Gandhi
Which country decided to enter WWI because Germany began attacking ships carrying civilians?
the United States
