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World History Semester 2 Final Review
What forced a change in government in Russia?
Define Capitalism
World History Semester 2 Final Review
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Define Capitalism
The pocess of creating capitals for profit
An economic system based on helping the most amount of people
An economic system where the working class is the only class
An economic system based on private ownership and the investment of money
2
What forced a change in government in Russia?
Civil unrest
Death of the Czar
3
Who was absent from the Berlin Conference (they were important)?
Great Britain
Germany
Africans
Asians
4
The Weimar Republic had a strong democratic tradition.
False
True
5
What is total war
A country puttng all of its resources towards war
The entire world going to war
Everyone dying in war
6
Who is Benito Mussolini
Ruler of Spain
Ruler of Italy
Ruler of Poland
Ruler of Germany
7
Who is Adolf Hitler
Ruler of Italy
Ruler of Great Britain
Ruler of Germany
Ruler of Poland
8
What are the Axis Powers
USA, Britain, France, Russia
Russia, Italy, Germany
Germany, Italy, and Japan
9
What unites the White Army against the Red Army?
Language
Race
Poverty
Wealth
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government control over every aspect of public and private life. (fill in your answer)
Totalitarianism
Communism
Republic
Fascism
11
What does Joseph Stalin's last name mean
Iron man
Strong man
Man of Steel
Ruler
12
Propaganda is information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent’s cause.
True
False
13
Define Kaiser
German president
German prime minister
German Emperor
German High Priest
14
Why was China able to reject early offers from Western European powers?
They wre the greater military power
They were self-sufficient
They didn't have any money
They had plenty of money already
15
What was the response of the Hoover Administration to the Great Depression?
Raise taxes
Print Money
Do nothing
Close all banks
16
What new source of energy came on line during the late 1800s?
Natural gas
Nuclear
Oil
Gasoline
17
True or False:
Industrialization in Russia caused grueling working conditions, miserably low wages, and child labor.
False
True
18
What two countries begin to pull out once the Allies start making their way to Germany?
Russia and USA
Italy and Russia
Austria Hungary and Italy
Italy and Bulgaria
19
Definition: the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
Heliocentric
Poliocentric
Sun theory
Geocentric
20
With industrialization happening, what were countries looking for in other new lands? (2 things)
People and places
Food and water
More resources and markets
21
to accomplish reforms, Siam started schools, reformed the legal system, and reorganized the government
True
False
22
Isolationism is the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war.
True
False
23
Who is Winston Churchill
Leader of France
Leader of Poland
Leader of America
Leader of Great Britain
24
The Treaty of Versailles feels like an agreement made on
Sand
Quicksand
Raging winds and driving rains
Mud
25
Who brings the Americans into the war after what event?
The Germans by sinking American ships with their submarines
Osama Bin Laden
The Japanese brought the Americans into the war after Pearl Harbor
The Japanese did by bombing Los Angeles
26
True or False: The peace treaty at the end of World War I brought about a long lasting peace that everyone loved.
True
False
27
Define Suffrage
The right to vote
Suffering greater than other people
The right to fight in war
The right to suffer equally
28
Who are Europe's Great Powers
Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
Great Britain, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Austria-Hungary,
Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy
Grea Britain, France, Russia
29
Definition: the belief that one race is superior to others.
What is the term?
Racial profiling
Antisemitism
Racism
30
What did Leopold (King of Belgium) claim was his main reason for wanting lands in the Congo region?
Creating a new place for him to vacation
End slavery and promote Christianity
Gaining gold and silver
Set up a democracy
31
Who is the Colossus of the North?
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
United States
32
What is the Australian ballot
Rightful ballot
Secret ballot
Illegal ballot
33
Define Third Republic
Third Republic ever
New government of France after Napolean
Third Government in history
Third government of France
34
Who resisted the changes that Selim tried to implement in the Ottoman Empire?
The Sultans
Muhammed
The Janissaries
35
What is the National Assembly
A French congress made up of the church and the state
A big party where all three estates came together to make laws
A French congress established by members of the third estate to make reform
Official meeting between the three estates
36
Definition: a 1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.
What is the term?
Taiwan Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion
37
What crop is not a crop the British were trading that is grown in India?
Cotton
Rice
38
Define Serfdom
Peasants being tied to and sold with the land that they work on.
Having to many surfboards to sell, causing a great depression
Massive movement towards surfing
Feudalism
39
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Russian dictator who kills Lenin
Leader of Communist Russia After Lenin
Author who creates the idea of communism
Dictator of Germany
40
Fascism is a political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, etc.
True
False
41
What problems did the new inventions cause in many cities?
Power outages
Noise pollution, air polution, traffic jams
Overpopulation
Famine
42
The idea by Charles Darwin in 1859, that species of plants and animals arise by means of a process of natural selection
Heliocentric theory
Natural selection
Theory of gravity
Theory of evolution
43
Definition: an agreement to stop fighting.
Peace Treaty
Treaty of Versailles
Armistice
Peace
44
Define Caudillos
Military Dictators
Cowboys
Venezuelan Solders
45
Define Mass Production
A system of manufacturing large quantities of identical items.
Creating more than the enemy during wartime
Creating a lot of mass, such as the big bang
The countries that manufacture the most stuff
46
Define Laissez-Fair
The idea that governments shoul further regulate businesses
The idea that governments are too lazy
The idea that governments should not interfere with or regulate businesses
47
Define Scorched Earth Policy
Fihting with catapults that shoot fire
burning in and outs because they taste so bad
Process of burning crops and killing cattle to slow down the enemy in war
Burning enemy territory during war
48
What is the war guilt clause?
part of the Treaty of Versailles that puts soul blame for WWI on Germany
Part o Treaty of Versailles that persecutes war crimes
part of the Treaty of Versailles that puts soul blame for WWII on Germany
Council that decides who is guilty for the war
49
Who eventually defeated the Zulus?
The Dutch
The British
The Irish
Themselves
50
Define Pogroms
Organized hate crimes against Asians
Organized violence against Jews
Racist marches in big cities
Anti hate campaigns.
