Quiz on Unit 8 review (1914-Present)

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Bolshevik troops storm the winter palace Benito Mussolini Women's rights during war Stalemate is broken

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace.

Appeasement Total war Stalemate is broken April theses

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government.

Treaty of versailles Five year plan Russian revolution Fascism

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous.

Stalemate is broken New military technology Age of anxiety World war one spreads

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pact of steel

The economic and political turmoil sent spain into a tailspin. Their parliamentary democracy collapsed and the popular front took control. Represented the interests of workers and communists. Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat Ireland wanted to be independent from britain. Although Britian had passed a home-rule bill, they put it on pause during the war. Ireland thought they were backtracking and so on easter sunday in 1916, Irish rebels began fighting british soldiers, who eventually put the rebellion down. Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Fascism grows in eastern europe

Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Spanish popular front

Machine guns, Chemical weapons, and other brutal new technologies led to trench warfare.

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Black/Brown shirts

The spanish army opposed the popular front. A general named Francisco Franco led a violent uprising against the popular front. Which led to a civil war. Represented a kind of testing ground for WWII, while Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco, western democracies did little to help the popular front.

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Spanish civil war

Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

French popular front

A coalition of left-wing parties whose main objective was preventing the rise of communism or fascism in france

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace.

2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous.

Pact of steel

Section 2: True/false questions

Fascism grows in eastern europe

Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates

Spanish popular front

Machine guns, Chemical weapons, and other brutal new technologies led to trench warfare.

Black/Brown shirts

Spanish civil war

Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates

French popular front

A coalition of left-wing parties whose main objective was preventing the rise of communism or fascism in france

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