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Unit 8: Quiz 2 Flashcards

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A member of the left-wing majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party that seized power in that country in November 1917.

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Bolshevik

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Affluent middle-class people. According to Marxist theory, it is the social class that owns most of the wealth and exploits the working class.

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bourgeoisie

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A male monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.

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Czar

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The main legislative assembly or parliament in czarist Russia.

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Duma

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A public written declaration of beliefs and principles, policies, and objectives, especially one issued by a political movement or candidate.

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manifesto

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Related to the philosophy and teachings of Karl Marx

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Marxist

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A member of the liberal minority group of the Russian Social Democratic Party.

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Menshevik

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The poorest class of working people in society. According to Marxist theory, it is the social class of industrial workers who must earn their living by selling their labor.

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proletariat

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The Communist Manifesto was written by

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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

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Russian serfs were set free from the ownership of the nobles when __________________ signed the ___________________

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  1. Czar Alexander II
  2. Emancipation Manifesto
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In order to close the economic gap, Marx and Engels recommended nationalizing the “means of production” and putting them under the control of the

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laborers

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The Bolsheviks were led by __________ , while the Mensheviks were led by _________

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  1. Lenin
  2. Trotsky
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In the 1905 Revolution, the police and military authorities supported the

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czar

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To formally withdraw from a high office, especially the throne. To surrender power.

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abdicate

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A state of society without government or laws

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anarchy

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A female monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917

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Czarina

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A local council in the early political organization of the Russian Revolution.

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soviet

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Factors that led to the Revolution of 1917

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Nobility owned all the land, Food was in short supply, Russia was involved in World War I, and Wages were low for the working class

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After Czar Nicholas abdicated in favor of his brother, Mikhail learned that he __________ have the people’s support

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did not

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The local councils of workers and peasants, known as soviets, __________ the new Provisional Government

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opposed

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The Provisional Government officially fell to Bolshevik control in the

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October Revolution

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In your own words, explain Lenin’s cry of “Peace, Land, and Bread.”

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Peace to end the wars, land to be distributed among all people, and bread to provide food and end the strikes.

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In an attempt to keep the Romanov line from ever regaining the Russian throne, the imperial family was murdered by which group of people?

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The Bolsheviks

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Indemnities paid by defeated countries for acts of war.

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reparations

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Wilson’s proposals for peace after World War I

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Fourteen Points

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organization for world peace

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League of Nations

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segment of the Peace of Paris dealing with Germany

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Treaty of Versailles

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a peace treaty between Allied and Central Powers following World War I

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Peace of Paris

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Prime Minister of Great Britain

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David Lloyd George

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Premier of Italy

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Vittorio Orlando

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Premier of France

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Georges Clemenceau

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President of USA

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Woodrow Wilson

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The Allied power not represented at the Paris peace talks after World War I was

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Russia

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The Paris peace talks determined the

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reparations paid by Germany, Creation of the League of Nations, size of Germany’s military, and limit of Germany’s colonies

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The Treaty of Versailles

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divided German colonies and territory

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An economic setback in commercial and industrial activity

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recession

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America enjoyed a prosperous economy during the

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1920s

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England, France, Belgium, and Russia did not have a strong ______________ because they were drained of ___________

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  1. economy
  2. manpower
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___________________ used military force in an attempt to collect German reparations.

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France and Belgium

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Germany placed much of the blame for its economic plight on the harsh terms of

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the Treaty of Versailles

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Why did the United States reject the League of Nations?

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Americans feared it would lead them to more world involvement and another war

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A one-party system of government in which each class has its distinct place but the individual is subject to the state and control is maintained by military force, secret police, and governmental regimentation of industry and finance.

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fascism

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A one-party government maintained by political suppression usually combined with cultural and economic controls.

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totalitarian

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Russian totalitarianism

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communism

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Italian totalitarianism

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fascism

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Italian totalitarianism

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fascism

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a government having complete control over its people and activities

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totalitarianism

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the Italian dictator

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Mussolini

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the German chancellor

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Hitler

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Hitler’s Nazi organization

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National Socialist Party

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the president of Germany

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Paul von Hindenburg

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Germany’s economy was near collapse due to the harsh terms of

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the Treaty of Versailles

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two forms of totalitarianism are

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fascism and communism

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Three countries who increased their military might to recover from their economic depression are `

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Germany, Italy, and Japan

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Japan’s seizure of ____________ led to increased Japanese expansion through ______ and the _______.

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  1. Manchuria
  2. China
  3. Pacific
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Military build-up increases __________________ and decreases _____________.

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  1. industrial production
  2. unemployment
57
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To remove military equipment and troops from and declare neutral.

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demilitarize

58
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Mussolini sought Italian expansion by invading

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Ethiopia

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When Italy attacked, Selassie looked to the _____________ for help.

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League of Nations

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To expand his nation’s power, Hitler defied the terms of

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The Treaty of Versailles

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By signing a treaty with ________, Germany violated the terms of the __________.

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  1. Russia
  2. Peace of Paris
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The German act that led to the beginning of World War II was the invasion of

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Poland

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Nations invaded by Hitler’s troops to expand German control were

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Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland

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