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Euro Modern Conflict
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the Czar offered peasants land? | he wanted to try and keep them happy |
| What percent of the population of Russia at the time of the Russian Revolution was upper class? | 15% |
| What are two of the economic causes in Russia prior to the Russian Revolution? | Peasants were ordered to work in factories to make war weapons or ordered to fight. Few farmers remained farming and there was widespread starvation. |
| What did the Czar create within government to try and give the peasants a voice? | He created the Duma |
| Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Who's ideas did Lenin follow as he set up the new government? | Karl Marx, and his ideas about communism |
| A communist society has what kind of economy? | a command economy |
| How does Karl Marx propose a society make its people equal? | get rid of private ownership of property. |
| What percent of the population of Russia were peasants at the time of the Russian Revolution? | 85% |
| What political party did Vladimir Lenin lead in the October 1917 Russian Revolution? | Bolshevik party |
| What is the Russian Duma? | A representative legislative body |
| What was the primary impact of the Russian Revolution? | The first communist government was put into place in the 20th century. |
| What are three causes of World War I? | nationalism, alliances and militarism |
| What is imperialism? | An expansion of an empire into foreign countries |
| Place the following events in sequence: A) the Russian Revolution, B) the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, C) the Treaty of Versailles | B, A, C |
| What are U-boats? | submarines |
| What are three new technologies that were used during World War I that had not been used in previous wars? | heavy artillery (tanks), poisonous gas, airplanes, machine guns |
| What impact did the new technology used in World War I have? | Their use made it easier to kill and wound many more soldiers |
| What is a treaty? | an agreement |
| What is fascism? | A political idea that puts individual rights behind the needs of a nation |
| What is a dictator? | an autocrat |
| In World War I, did Italy side with the Allies or the Central Powers? | the Allies |
| What countries were part of the Allied forces during World War I? | Great Britain, Russia, France, Italy, the U.S. |
| What caused the U.S. to enter World War I? | the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat which killed over 100 Americans |
| What was the immediate cause of World War I? | the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian |
| Name three new types of technology used in WWI. | tanks and heavy artillery, poisonous gas and gas masks, airplanes with guns |
| What are reparations? | Something done to make up for a greater loss |
| What was the consequence to the German army as a result of the Treaty of Versailles? | Germany had a limit of 100,000 troops |
| What amount of money was Germany ordered to pay as a result of the Treaty of Versailles? | $33 billion |
| How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany's boundaries? | Germany lost land, especially to Poland. |
| How was the Treaty of Versailles a cause of WWII? | It put Germany in financial ruins. Hitler said he would not honor the Treaty and the people supported him. |
| What is it called when Britain and the Allies pretend that Hitler's military build up was not serious and ignored it? | Appeasement. |
| What did Hitler do that was the "spark" that ignited WWII? | Hitler invaded Poland. |
| What was the outcome of the bombing of Pearl Harbour? | The United States entered WWII. |
| What is the Holocaust? | The systematic killing of over six million Jews, the disabled and Catholics by the Nazis. |
| How did the Holocaust affect Europe? | A generation of people were lost along with their possessions, culture and traditions. |
| What did Jews in Europe hope to build after WWII? | A Jewish state in Palestine - Zion. |
| Jews who supported an independent Jewish state are called what? | Zionists |
| The Allied Powers of WWII included who? | Russia, the U.S., Great Britain, France |
| The Axis Powers of WWII included | Italy, Germany and Japan |
| How did Hitler feel about communism and Russia? | Hitler was threatened by communism. |
| What caused the Worldwide Depression that contributed to the beginning of WWII? | The U.S. Stock Market crash of 1929? |
| What happens during an economic depression? | long period of high unemployment; high inflation; |
| What is meant by the Cold War? | The conflict between Communism and Democracy that existed after WWII. |
| What is a Superpower? | The U.S.A. and USSR following WWII are examples of a Superpower. A Superpower is a country with abundant resources |
| What did Churchill call the barrier between the Western democratic countries and the eastern bloc communist countries? | The Iron Curtain |
| What military conflicts came about as a clash between communist and democratic ideologies? | Korea and Vietnam |
| What did the Superpowers invest primarily in in the Cold War? | weapons, nuclear technology and space travel |
| What organization was formed by the democratic countries following WWII? | NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| What pact did the eastern bloc countries sign to show their alliance to each other? | Warsaw Pact |
| What is the Berlin Wall? | The wall was built that divided East (communist Berlin) and West Berlin (democratic Berlin). It is a landmark that symbolizes Cold War. |
| What is German Reunification? | Creating one country out of East and West Germany again. |
| Why was German Reunification a challenge? | East (communist) Germany had had no investment in infrastructure (schools, roads, electricity plants, etc.) |
| What has been the outcome of German Reunification? | Germany is a leader of the EU. It has the highest GDP in Europe today. |
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