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European History
European History Test Reiew
Question | Answer |
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Speeches, quotes, letters, and diaries are all examples of hat type of resource? | Primary |
Encyclopedia, textbooks and newspapers are what type of resource? | Secondary |
What part of the Treaty of Versailles was the most damaging to the economy? | Pay billions of dollars in reparations which led to an economic depression |
How did the government in Russia change as a result of the Russian Revolution? | It went from a monarchy with a czar to a communistic dictatorship |
What did the Russian slogan Peace, Land and Bread mean?? | Peace- Russians wanted out of WWI Land and Bread- The poor in Russia wanted land and bread because the czar had neglected them |
What leader changed Russia to the communist Soviet Union? | Vladimir Lenin |
What European country was blamed for WWI? | Germany |
Place the events in order 1. Czar Nicholas is removed 2.Bloody Sunday 3.The Red Army wins and Russia is communist. 4. The Red Army and White Army fight for control | 2, 1, 4,3 |
How did Hitler's Nazi party come to power? What event occurred right before Hitler is elected? Hint: hyperinflation | economic depression in Germany and use of Nazi propaganda |
The Nazi party used antisemitic propaganda. What does antisemitism mean? | anti-Jewish |
What country was divided into democratic and communist sectors after WWII? | Germany |
Which part of Germany was communist? | East Germany and East Berlin |
What was built to keep East Berliners from fleeing to democratic West Berlin? | Berlin Wall |
What is the time period when the US and Soviet Union threatened each other with nuclear war? | Cold War |
Was the Soviet government actually telling their people the "truth" or were they telling them lies using propaganda? | Lies through propaganda |
What were the collection of communist states (countries) in Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union called? | Communist Bloc |
A communist dictator that used propaganda to convince his people his policies were just after Lenin died. His people had no freedoms and he was a brutal leader. | Josef Stalin |
A fascist dictator that used propaganda to convince his people his policies were just. His people had few freedoms and he was a brutal leader. He was responsible for WWII and the Holocaust. | Adolf Hitler |
What happened to the Soviet Union after the reunification of Germany? | It collapsed and states that were once part of the Soviet Union like Ukraine became their own nation. |
What caused the Russian Revolution? | The poor of Russia were neglected, and they wanted out of WWI |
What event in Germany led to the collapse of the Soviet Union because it showed the world how weak the Soviet Union had become? | German Reunification |