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1st sem Interim revi
6th ss
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who funded voyages around Africa, created a school of navigation and was a ruler of Portugal? | Prince Henry |
| What century is 1492? | 15th |
| What country colonized most of Latin America? | Spain |
| What physical feature allowed Europeans to travel to the ocean and begin the Age of Exploration? | rivers |
| How did the govt. in Russia change when the Bolsheviks took control? | became communist |
| What Bolshevik leader was the first Soviet dictator? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Three causes of the Russian revolution | poor worker conditions, wanted out of WW I, Bloody Sunday |
| Democracy: West Berlin:: ______________:East Berlin | communism |
| Place events in order: A -Czar Nicholas II leaves the throne; B- Bloody Sunday; C-Lenin/Bolsheviks win the revolution; D-White Army and Red Army fight for control of Russia | B-Bloody Sunday; A-Czar Nicholas II leaves; D-White & Red fight; C-Lenin/Bolsheviks win |
| What type of source is a journal? | primary |
| What is another name for military agreement? | treaty |
| What happened to Eastern Europe after WWII? | became communist |
| What country had the largest empire in Asia & Africa? | United Kingdom (UK) |
| What word describes pride in one's nation? | nationalism |
| What is the time period when Europe colonized Asia & Africa? | Age of Imperialism |
| Why didn't the sun set on the British Empire? | They had so many colonies around the world that the sun was up in one of their colonies at all times. |
| Why did countries that were not directly involved in WWI get involved? | Alliances- agreements to come to the aid of their friends |
| What was the mass murder of 6 million Jews? | the Holocaust |
| What country made Eastern Europe & East Germany communist? | Soviet Union |
| What are the main causes of WWI? | militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism |
| What does contrary to the rules mean? | against the rules |
| How did the Soviet Union keep its people from wanting to be democratic? | They lied to their people to maintain control |
| What are the major causes of WWII? | Treaty of Versailles, appeasement, reparations |
| define reparations | making someone pay for the damage done |
| define appeasement | give something to an aggressive power to keep the peace |