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Europe History Unit
Europe History Unit II study guide for Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Worldwide depression, Treaty of Versailles, blame for the previous German government for making Germany weak led to the | Rise of Nazism |
| What started the World wide depression? | Stock market crash of 1929 |
| Using biased or misleading information to influence or promote a specific political point of view is called? | Propaganda |
| What are some examples of Propaganda...? | repeated slogans and images in schoolbooks, newspapers, and posters |
| One event leading to the Holocaust was | Antisemitism (Anti-Semitic) |
| What was the name of the Treaty that ended WWI? | Treaty of Versailles |
| According to the Treaty of Versailles, who was blamed for WWI? | Germany |
| How did the Allies hope to keep Germany from becoming too powerful again? | Germans were not allowed to have a large army |
| Hatred against Jews is known as | Anti-Semitic |
| During his rise to power, Hitler gained popularity and helped stir extreme anti-Semitic sentiment by | blaming the collapse of world trade and other economic failures on Jewish financiers. |
| What major event happened in Russia in 1917? | Russian Revolution |
| Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks that promised peace, land, & bread to the people? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Who started communism in Russia and changed Russia’s name to the Soviet Union | Vladimir Lenin _ |
| What part of the Treaty of Versailles was most damaging to Germany's economy? | Paying Reparations |
| Which were effects of the Great Depression? | Farmers lost land, businesses closed, lost jobs |
| Who was the leader of the Nazi party?_ | Adolf Hitler |
| Soviet Union's economy was failing which led to | the collapse of the Soviet Union |
| After the Berlin Wall was torn down, East Germany government and the West German government combined to form the Country of Germany. This became known as | German Reunification |
| How might the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 have been an important turning point for the Soviet Union? | It signaled an end to Soviet domination in eastern Europe |
| Mass killing of over 6 million Jews by the Nazis | Holocaust |
| After WWII, which country was split into 2 countries? | Germany |
| Influence over world events, large population, & a powerful military with nuclear weapons makes a country a..... | Superpower |
| What 2 countries became Superpowers after WWII? | Soviet Union and United States |
| What was the Cold War? | tension and threat of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States. |
| What was the dividing line between Eastern and Western Europe called? | Iron Curtain |
| Which country had control of East Germany? | Soviet Union |
| What did everyone fear most about the Cold War? | the threat of fighting a nuclear war |
| What events marked the end of the Cold War? | Fall of the Berlin Wall, Reduced government control in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union dissolved (fell apart) |
| What two world leaders were credited with ending the Cold War | Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev |
| What requirements were placed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles? | limit the size of its armed forces, give up 1 million square miles of land, pay reparations to other countries, take blame for the war |
| How did the overall world economy change immediately after World War I? | It sunk into a worldwide depression. |
| What are some factors in Europe caused the economic situation that occurred following World War I? | high inflation, inability to pay back debts, loss of life and property damage from the war |
| Who was Karl Marx? | He started communism (people work together, share everything they produce, same amount of work for same amount of pay (lawyer and farmer make the same) |
| What did Adolf Hitler promise German citizens that helped the Nazi Party gain popularity | to take back German land lost in the Treaty of Versailles, to end unemployment and poverty in Germany, to rebuild Germany’s military |
| What can you tell me about the Jews? | Jews had been disliked and persecuted for many centuries, Many Germans blamed Jews for Germany’s economic problems., Jews lived and worked in businesses throughout Germany. |
| How did anti-Semitism propaganda, such as posters, radio programs, and movies, impact Germany? | It led to riots and destruction of Jewish shops, homes, and synagogues, It turned German citizens against Jews. |
| At the end of World War II, the Allied armies of France, Great Britain, and the United States freed the nations of | Western Europe |
| At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union continued to occupy countries in | Eastern Europe |
| Which phrase correctly describes the Cold War? | a period of tension and rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union |
| During the Cold War , the United States | Helped rebuild Western Europe after WWII, wanted European Countries to hold democratic elections, capitalist |
| During the Cold War, the Soviet Union | Occupied Eastern Europe after WWII, communist, wanted to spread communism throughout Europe |
| After WWII the Soviet Union and the United States both | Emerged as a WWII superpower |
| (capitalism or communism) “I am an entrepreneur. I enjoy the freedom to start whatever business I want.” | Capitalism |
| (capitalism or communism) “The government knows best and it should own everything.” | Communism |
| (capitalism or communism) “Competition among businesses is good because it helps keep prices low and makes businesses more efficient.” | Capitalism |
| (capitalism or communism) “A classless society is best so that everyone is equal.” | Communism |
| What was the name of the symbolic division between communist and democratic countries in Europe? | Iron Curtain |
| People feared that the Cold War would turn “hot.” | Tensions might erupt into warfare between the nations of the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| Winston Churchill warned that an “iron curtain” had fallen across the European continent in | 1941 |
| The Berlin Wall was constructed in | 1961 |
| The Berlin Wall was torn down in | 1989 |
| The Cold War ended in | 1991 |
| Why were people afraid that the Cold War was turning “hot”? | both the United States and the Soviet Union began building up weapons known as the "arms race" |
| What best defines the Russian Revolution? | the overthrow of Romanov monarchy in Russia and formation of the Soviet Union |
| The leader that was overthrown and killed in the Russian Revolution. | Tsar Nicholas II |
| What leader was given power after the Russian Revolution? | Vladimir Lenin |
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