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Stover Unit 4 Test
Question | Answer |
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The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were the ________ that partly caused WWI? | Alliances |
What is the region referred to as the "Powder Keg of Europe"? | Balkans |
What was the event that is considered the "spark" of WWI? | Execution of Ferdinand |
What was the first declaration of war in WWI? | Austria declared war on Serbia |
What was the purpose of the Schlieffen Plan? | To keep Germany from having to fight on two fronts |
Who were the WWI Allies? | Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy |
What were the three main causes of WWI? | nationalism, imperialism, militarism |
Who were the WWI Central Powers? | Austria, Germany, Ottomans |
What were the modern warfare items of WWI? | machine guns, poison, gas, tanks, heavy artillery |
What is a stalemate? | When no progress is made and you are at a stand still. |
When did U.S. enter WWI? | 1917 |
What were the two main causes of the U.S. entered WWI? | The Zimmerman Note and Germans sink a U.S. sub |
How were civilians affected by the war? | rationing, censorship, propaganda |
Who withdrew from WWI before it ended? | Russia |
Why is November 11 celebrated as veterans day? | The day WWI ended |
What was the treaty that ended WWI? | Treaty of Versailles |
Who suggested the many points in the Treaty of Versailles and how many was it? | Woodrow Wilson and 14 points |
What organization was established by the treaty to maintain peace? | League of Nations |
Who was the last Czar of Russia? | Nicholas II |
Who was the holy man that advised the czars wife when the czar was fighting WWI? | Rasputin |
What was the revolution that brought the communists to power in Russia? | Bolshevik Revolution |
Who was the first communist ruler in Russia and how did they rule? | Lenin and dictatorship |
What did the communist change the name of Russia to and where did they move the new capital? | The USSR and Moscow |
Under Stalin's rule, Russians were denied their __________, opponents were ___________, and ____________ was used to transform people to Communist ideology. | liberties, killed, violence |
What was the economic system tat developed in Stanlinist Russia? | Command Economy |
Stalin was successful at increasing what type of production in Russia? | Steel and Wheat |
What were private farms transformed into under Stalin's rule? | Collective Farms |
Who was the Nationalist leader during the Chinese Civil War? | Shang Kaishek |
Who was the Communist leader during the Chinese Civil War? | Mao Zedong |
What were the Nationalists known as in China? | Kumintang |
What was the Red Army and what forces did they use? | They were communists and used guerilla warfare. |
The Long March was conducted by the _______________ fleeing the ____________ for ______ miles. | communists, nationalists, 6000 |
Who was the leader of the India Independence Movement? | Gandhi |