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What caused the riots in St Petersberg on International Womens Day that began the Russian Revolution?
A. severe food shortages
B. Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication
C. major military desertions
D. Vladimir Lenin’s return from exile
Which statement describes the ideology of Vladimir Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution?
A. He preserved the monarchy as a national symbol.
B. He called for authoritarian rule to implement communism.
C. He promoted the use of nonviolent protest for social change.
D. He held parliamentary elections to legitimize the new government.
Which leader was most influenced by Marxist ideology?
A. Adolf Hitler
B. Mussolini
C. V. Lenin
D. Woodrow Wilson
Acting as a religious figure, which person gained significant influence over the Russian royal family and contributed to their downfall?
A. Alexander Kerensky
B. Vladimir Lenin
C. Gregory Rasputin
D. Leon Trotsky
This political ideology is the polar opposite of Communism:
Fascism
Nationalism
Democracy
Socialism
Which of the following describes the #1 goal of a Fascist government:
The state should work to make the people equal
To make the state stronger, by whatever means necessary
To make sure people's voting rights are protected
To build strong alliances wither other nations
Hitler and the Nazis became influential in Germany because
The promised to kill Jews through the Holocaust
They promised to restore German greatness during a time of crisis
They promised to lead Germany into a war that would avenge WWI
They promised to bring a revolution of the working class just like Russia had
This conflict happened before WWII and provided a training ground for the Nazi military who fought alongside Fascist rebels:
WWI
Russian Civil War
Invasion of Ethiopia
Spanish Civil War
What aggressive actions did Japan take as early as 1931?
They invaded Ethiopia
They attacked Pearl Harbor
They invaded Manchuria
They invaded Midway
Japanese atrocities in Asia were just as bad as the Nazis in Europe. One example of this was:
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Holocaust
The Rape of Nanjing
The Tokyo Firebombing
Kristallnacht (night of broken glass) was an example of:
Nazi antisemitism
Hitler's hatred of the Soviets
Nazi economic control of Germany
Oppression of communists
This was a key turning-point battle in the North African theater:
Midway
Stalingrad
El Alemain
D-Day
Why did Hitler break his pact with the Soviet Union and invade?
He hated Stalin and didn't trust the Russians
He wanted more land (lebensruam) for Germany
He wanted to destroy communism
He wanted to send Jews to concentration camps
He wanted to liberate Russians from communist rule and have them on his side
Why was the fighting on the Eastern Front so brutal on both sides?
The Soviets hated the Japanese
The Nazis wanted Soviet land and natural resources
The Nazis were trying to exterminate the Soviet population
The Nazis were bitter towards the Soviets for the Versailles Treaty
This natural resource became one of the most important to control during WWII
Coal
Farmland
Natural Gas
Oil
Gold
Fighting between the Nazis and Soviets occurred on which front?
North Africa
Western Europe
Pacific
Eastern Europe
East Asia
Fighting between the Nazis and British/Americans occurred on which front?
North Africa
Western Europe
Pacific
Eastern Europe
East Asia
Fighting between the Japanese and Americans occurred on which front?
North Africa
Western Europe
Pacific
Eastern Europe
East Asia
The most destructive new technology of WWII was:
Machine Guns
Poison Gas
Atomic Bombs
Airplanes
Submarines
WWII began in Europe when
Hitler imprisoned Jews in concentration camps
Hitler invaded Soviet Union
Hitler invaded Poland
Hitler invaded France
The victorious Allied powers divided Germany into ______
2 halves
4 Occupation Zones
Separate free countries
Communist and non-communist
This was the final WWII conference between the "big 3" Allied leaders:
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
Versailles
This was the alliance formed after WWII between the Soviet Union and other major Communist states:
NATO
UN
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
This was the alliance formed after WWII between the world major Capitalist Democracies:
Warsaw Pact
NATO
UN
Allied Powers
This was the US program that provided financial aid to European countries destroyed by WWII:
The New Deal
NATO
The Marshall Plan
European Economic Relief Fund
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