History II Honors Mr. Norander Final
Serbia turned to this larger and more powerful nation for support when Austria threatened its sovereignty:
Britain
Germany
France
Russia
After Bismark was "fired" in 1870, who came to dominate Germany's foreign policy?
Francis Joseph
Archduke Ferdinand
Wilhelm I
Wilhelm II
What country emerged as the most powerful country on the European continent and upset the balance of power in 1871?
Austria
France
Germany
Serbia
Which of the following statements about the Balkans is INCORRECT?
Serbia was determined to create a large independent Slavic stae
Austria feared that an independent Serbia was a mortal threat to its multinational empire
Serbia annexed Bosnia in hopes of uniting southern Slavs in the Austrian Empire
Russia, looking to increase its influence in the Balkans, supported Serbia.
Which of the following was something that Bismark perceived as a threat to his new unified Germany?
A war in the Balkans that would lead to a European war against germany
France, with allies looking to make trouble to get Alsace and Lorraine back
Both A and B
A new unified Italy
On June 28, 1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in the
Austrian city of Vienna
Bosnian city of Sarajevo
Serbian city of Belgrade
Serbian city of Sarajevo
As World War I was about to begin, Austria-Hungary was
Collection of dissatisfied ethnic minorities held together by an authoritarian ruler
Ruled primarily by democratic consensus
Uninterested in the events in the Balkans
Making progress in satisfying the demands of its many ethnic minorities
The Ottoman Empire
Posed a major threat to European stability as it aggressively tried to expand its land after 1868
Created an independent Albania to prevent further Russian expansion into the Balkans
Both A and B
Through its weakness contributed to outbreak of the Balkan Wars and the resulting tensions between the countries of Austria and Russia
What was the name of the terrorist organization that murdered the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Blank Check
The Black Hand
One Direction
Mr. Norander's evil minions
The only European nation that did not have a military draft before the war was
France
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Why did the British declare war on Germany?
To protect Belgium
To gain territory
Both a and b
To punish Serbia
On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia because
The Tsar's army had invaded Germany
Great Britain had attacked Austria-Hungary
Both A and B
Russia ignored German warning to halt mobilization
All of the following ensured the successful communist takeover in Nov 1917 EXCEPT:
Use of propaganda
The leadership of Marx
Control of key Soviets
Careful planning and organization
The spark (immediate cause) of the March Revolution in 1917 was:
Bloody Sunday
Tsar Alexander's assassination
Food riots broke out in St.Petersburg
Lenin's return to Russia
All of the following were true about Russian economy at the turn of the 19th century EXCEPT
Although the serfs had been emancipated, the issue of land distribution still had not been resolved by the Tsars
Russia experienced the Industrial Revolution later than England and France
Workers were exploited - low wages, horrible conditions, and little or no rights
The industrial working class made up about 80% of the population in Russia
When his enemies and rivals won a majority in the first free elections Lenin and the Communists
Formed a coalition government with the Social Revolutionaries
Tolerated a western-style democracy
Withdrew from politics and revolution
Used terror tactics, shut down the parliament, and established a dictatorship
Which of the following statements about the Russian Civil War is CORRECT?
The Western Allies including the U.S. and Japan invaded Russia
The communists had no real opposition in the war
The White forces defeated the Red forces
The communists compromised with the democratic forces to win the war
Which of the following was NOT a re-occurring theme in Russian history?
Tsars were constantly trying to expand south and west into Turkey and the Balkans
Tsars were proactive in offering reforms to Russian peasants and workers
The Russian people always protested for reforms following a military defeat of the army
Tsars often offered reforms to placate the masses only to take them away later
What was the provisional government's biggest mistake that cost it popular support?
Establishing a democracy
Continuing to fight in WWI
Keeping the Tsar and his family alive
Not allowing freedom of speech or press
The November Revolution of 1917 was when
Lenin and the communists overthrew the Provisional Government
Food riots broke out in St. Peterburg
Lenin and the communists overthrew the Tsar's government
The Central Powers invaded St. Petersburg
The agricultural revolution in the Soviet Union combined privately owned farms into large, government owned farms called
Collective farms
Menshevik manors
Proletariat Plantations
Utopian Agricultural Societies (UAS)
The Soviet government decided to eliminate the Kulaks because of their strong resistance to
Collective farming
The Five-Year plans
Censorship and propoganda
Religious persecution
All of the following were goals of the Five Year Plans EXCEPT:
Rapid industrial growth
A stronger national defense
The promotion of communism world wide
The modernization of the Soviet economy
Which of the following best describes how Nicholas II ruled?
As a constitutional monarch working closely with the Duma
As an elected official owing his position to the people who voted for him
As an autocratic/absolute ruler
With a small group of ministers
In March 1918, Lenin and the Germans signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which required Russia to give up
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Eastern Poland and Ukraine
Finland
All of the above
Which of the following is a weapon of totalitarianism?
Free elections
Tolerant treatment of all ethnic groups
Uncensored media
Police terror
During the russian Civil war
The White armies almost captured the country, but proved unable to develop unified political plans or adequately coordinate military activities
The Red Terror was designed by the Whites to kill all communist supporters
Both A and B
Tsar loyalists and capitalists were known as Reds and the communists were known as Whites
After Lenin's death
Trotsky replaced him and gradually scaled down the NEP over a five year period
The Socialist Revolutionary seized power and held it until 1931
Stalin used his position as a party general secretary to gain complete control of the Communist Party
Stalin was assassinated by the followers of Trotsky, who believed that "Comrade Card-Index"s was planning to murder all of his political rivlas
After the assassination of this man's reform-minded father revolutionaries, he was determined to strengthen "autocracy, orthodoxy, and nationality" in Russia
Alex II
Alexander III
Nick I
Nick II
How did the life change for Russians after the success of the Bolshevik revolution?
Education became a public institution based on the Western model
Motherood was no longer considered a patriotic duty
Russia was organized into several self governing republics
All of the above are true
Siberian peasant who influenced the Tsarina and helped run the government when the Tsar was at the front
Engles
Kerensky
Lvov
Rasputin
Trotsky
In early November 1917, Lenin's Bolsheviks
Successfully took power from the Provisional Government in a coup
Began implementing the first of the Lenin's Five-Year Plan
Both A and B
Staged the Bloody Sunday massacre in Moscow
Stalin's program of rapid Soviet industrialization was accompanied by
A simultaneous increase in the nation's living standards
A coordinated rise in workers' earning power
An official program of propaganda emphasizing the need for the sacrifice during a period of unprecedented industrial growth
A steady improvement of peasant incomes
A government that takes total control, centralized control over all aspects public and provate life in an example of
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Totalitarianism
Socialism
Which of the following statements are CORRECT
The bolsheviks controlled the provisional government but were overthrown by the mensheviks
Bolsheviks were the moderate socialists and the mensheviks were the radical socialists
Kerensky was the leader of the bolsheviks and lenin was the leader of the mensheviks
The provision government was controlled by kerensky and the mensheviks but were overthrown by the bolsheviks
Is carina too lazy to capitalize proper nouns from now on?
Yes
No
A system in which the government makes all the economic decisions is called
A command economy
A dictatorship
A totalitarian economy
Capitalism
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