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29 Cards in this Set
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What did the pogroms do that occurred in the late 19th century Russia do?
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Violently Persecute Jews
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Who were the Bolsheviks?
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Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
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Who did China's peasants align themselves with in the 1920's?
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Communists
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What were soviets under Russia's provisional government?
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Local Councils
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What is a totalitarian state?
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A state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life.
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What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?
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Economic development
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Who seized power from Persia's shah and changed the name of his country to Iran?
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Reza Shah Pahlavi
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What did Sun Yixian's Revolutionary Alliance accomplish?
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Overthrowing the last emperor.
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Which group was known for taking a 6,000 mile journey known as the "Long March?"
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Chinese Communists, fleeing the Nationalists
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Who led the famous protest known as the Salt March?
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Mohandis K. Gandhi
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How did czars Alexander III and Nicholas II deal with calls for reform?
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They resisted all efforts for reform.
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How did the Russo-Japanese war show the czar's weakness?
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News of repeated losses sparked unrest and led to revolt during the war.
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Under the Treaty of Versailles, to whom did the Allies give Chinese territories to that hand previously been controlled by Germany?
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Japan
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Which of the following reflects the leader who was responsible for the Great Purge and the main group that was victimized by it?
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Stalin -----> members of the Communist Party
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Which revolutions were started under Stalin's rule as a means to improve the Soviet Union's economy?
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Industrial and agricultural revolutions
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How was the result of the nationalist movement in Saudi Arabia different from the result in Turkey and Iran?
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Turkey and Iran pursued modernization more than Saudi Arabia did.
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What impact did Russia's involvement in World War I have on the Russian government?
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It revealed the weaknesses of czarist rule and military leadership.
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How did life change for Russians after the success of the Bolshevik revolution?
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Russia was organized into several self-governing republics.
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Which of the following was NOT part of the transformation of the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state?
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The Nationalists were forcing China to industrialize.
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Why did Chinese peasants align themselves with the Communists rather than the Nationalists?
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The Communists divided land among the farmers, while the Nationalists ignored their problems.
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Who were the victims of the Shanghai Massacre, and who were their murderers?
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Chinese Communists were killed by Chinese Nationalists.
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What event in 1937 halted the Chinese civil war?
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The Japanese launched and all out invasion of China.
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What promises were made to the Indian people in exchange for their service under Britain in World War I?
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Reforms that would eventually lead to self-government
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What influences created an environment for nationalism in Southwest Asia?
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the breakup of the Ottoman Empire and Western interest in the region.
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Under Joseph Stalin's command economy system, all economic decisions were made by...
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Government officials alone
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The Soviet government decided to eliminate kulaks because of their strong resistance to ...
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collective farming
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All of the following were goals of the Five-Year Plans EXCEPT
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The promotion of communism worldwide.
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Between 1934 and 1939, the Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate...
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opposition to Stalin's power
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Which of the following is a weapon of totalitarianism?
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Police terror
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