Student Survive 2 Thrive: Week 30 World History: Revolution and Nationalism 1900-1939

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This world history resource focuses on revolutions
and nationalism during the years between 1900 and 1939
and includes quiz questions and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 30: pages 864-893.

Directions for the quiz:

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Choose an answer for each question.
Compare your answers with those provided.

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World History Week 30: Revolution and Nationalism 1900-1939

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When Alexander II ruled in Russia, who would most likely be labeled as dangerous?
Answer choices include:
Someone who worshipped in the Russian Orthodox Church,
Someone who spoke a language other than Russian,
Someone who believed in the czar’s absolute authority,
Teachers who sent detailed reports on every student

The correct answer is:
Someone who spoke a language other than Russian

Where were Russia’s political prisoners sent in the late 1800s?
Answer choices include: Siberia, Australia, United States, Dead Sea

The correct answer is Siberia.

In 1917, Russians revered ___ as the “Father of the Revolution.”
Answer choices include: Bolsheviks, Gorbachev, Rasputin, Lenin

The correct answer is Lenin.

What was FALSE regarding industrialization of Russia in the late 1800 & early 1900s?
Answer choices include:
There were poor working conditions & child labor.
Wages were high and led to an improved economy.
Some workers organized strikes.
The Trans-Siberian Railway connected western Russia with the eastern coast.

The correct answer is: Wages were high and led to an improved economy.

What happened after ~200,000 workers/families asked for better conditions, more freedom & an elected legislature at Winter Palace?
Answer choices include:
The czar agreed to their petition & signed it into law.
The czar was not at the palace & they were told to go home.
The czar said he would read the petition & ignored their requests.
Soldiers fired on the crowd, wounding >1000 & killing hundreds.

The correct answer is: Soldiers fired on the crowd, wounding >1000 & killing hundreds.

When Czar Nicholas II moved his headquarters to the war front,
his wife ran the government while being advised by Rasputin.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

Vladimir Lenin’s Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) resulted in a
“dictatorship of the proletariat” in which peasants owned all of the country’s wealth.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

Which of the following is/are traits of totalitarianism?
Answer choices include:
The government demands loyalty while denying basic liberties.
Rules are enforced through terror, indoctrination, censorship & persecution.
Governmental propaganda is spread via mass communication.
All of these

The correct answer is all of these.

All of the following were totalitarian leaders EXCEPT ____.
Answer choices include: Saddam Hussein (Iraq), Adolf Hitler (Germany),
Joseph Stalin (Societ Union), Woodrow Wilson (United States)

The correct answer is Woodrow Wilson (United States).

The Great Purge resulted in the death of ___ people in the USSR.
Answer choices include:
8,000-13,000; 80,000-130,000; 800,000-1,300,000; 8-13 million

The correct answer is 8-13 million.

What religious teaching was allowed & indoctrinated in the USSR during this time in history? Answer choices include: Atheism (belief in no God), Christianity, Buddhism, Islam

The correct answer is Atheism (belief in no God).

By 1950, ___ percent of Soviet doctors were women.
Answer choices include: 5, 50, 75, 95

The correct answer is 75.

___ overthrew the Qing Dynasty & hoped to establish
a modern government based on nationalism,
democracy & economic security for China.
Answer choices include:
Mao Zedong, Sun Yixian, Jiang Jieshi, Joseph Stalin

The correct answer is Sun Yixian.

In 1989, shortly after the anniversary of an event
to remember the protest of
the Versailles Treaty, the Chinese army killd/injured
thousands of protesters in ___.
Answer choices include:
The Lincoln Memorial, Winter Palace, Tiananmen Square, New Delhi

The correct answer is Tiananmen Square.

Chinese Communists traveled 6,000 miles on foot,
crossing 18 mountain ranges
& 24 rivers to flee from the Nationalist forces.
This is called the ___.
Answer choices include:
Long March, Trail of Tears, Grueling Hike, Tea Party

The correct answer is Long March.

Chinese Nationalists & Communists unexpectedly began to work
together because ___ invaded China.
Answer choices include: Russia, Turkey, Germany, Japan

The correct answer is Japan.

The ___ allowed Britain to jail Indian protestors
without trial for up to two years.
Answer choices include:
6th Amendment, Albert Bill, Rowlatt Acts, Colosseum Clause

The correct answer is Rowlett Acts.

___ was an Indian leader who encouraged civil disobedience &
nonviolence to achieve independence after the Amritsar Massacre.
Answer choices include: Mohandas Gandhi, Muhammad Ali,
Mustafa Kemai, Sir Daniel Hamilton

The correct answer is Muhandas Gandhi.

An Indian boycott of British ___ and ___ created
an economic burden on Britain.
Answer choices include:
wheat/rice, coal/oil, cloth/salt, opium/tobacco