The Cold War Russian Revolution The Rise and Fall of the USSR VocabWWIIWild Card

Q: 100 How were the governments different between Soviet-controlled countries and the Western European countries?

The Soviet Union was communist and the Western European countries were democratic.

Q: 200 What was the Cold War?

A:200 The Cold War was a tense international situation that existed between NATO countries led by the United States and communist countries led by the Soviet Union for over 40 years after WWII.

Q: 300 What were the origins of the Cold War?

A: 300 The Cold War began after Germany was divided by the Allied powers following WWII. The West was democratic and the East was communist. This difference in government led to a fierce competition between the super powers of the Soviet Union and the United States.

Q: 400 Draw the iron curtain on the map below

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Q:500 Name 4 members of NATO 4 members of the Warsaw Pact and 2 neutral countries

A:500 NATO- U.S., U.K, France, Italy, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Greece, etc. Warsaw Pact- USSR, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, E. Germany, Albania Neutral- Finland, Sweden, Austria, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland

Q:100 Who was the last Czar of Russia?

A:100 Czar Nicholas II

Q:200 Who overthrew the provisional democratic government during the October Revolution?

A: 200 Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks

Q: 300 In what year did the Russian Revolution begin? What major war was going on at the time?

A: 300 World War I

Q: 400 Place the following events in chronological order. Place a “1” next to the event that happened first, etc. ____ Lenin overthrows the provisional democratic government ____ Workers peacefully march to the Winter Palace with a list of demands, including better working conditions. The Czar’s troops fire into the crowd killing hundreds. _____ Czar Nicholas II abdicates his throne _____ The Bolsheviks win the civil war _____ The Soviet Union is created _____ A provisional democratic government is established _____ Civil war breaks out

A: 400 _4_ Lenin overthrows the provisional democratic government _1_ Workers peacefully march to the Winter Palace with a list of demands, including better working conditions. The Czar’s troops fire into the crowd killing hundreds. __2_ Czar Nicholas II abdicates his thrown _6__ The Bolsheviks win the civil war _7__ The Soviet Union is created _3__ A provisional democratic government is established __5_ Civil war breaks out

Q: 500 Explain the February Revolution

A: 500 During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne and a provisional democratic government was set up by former members of the Duma.

Q: 100 I ruled the Soviet Union after the death of Lenin. My name is related to the Russian word meaning “steel.” Who am I?

A: 100

Q: 200 True or False? The Berlin Wall divided the entire country of Germany. The West was democratic and the East was communist.

A: 200 The Berlin Wall did not divide the country just the city of Berlin.

Q: 300 True or False Germany was reunified after the collapse of the Soviet Union

A: 300

Q: 400 In what year was the Berlin wall built and in what year was it dismantled?

A: 400

Q: 500 What were some of the effects of German reunification?

A: 500 West Germany absorbed most of the cost of rebuilding East Germany. East German businesses collapsed when competing with West German businesses. Most of former GDR de-industrialized, causing a 25% unemployment rate in some parts of the country. Many West Germans resented East Germans

Q:100 Use abdicate in a sentence

A:100 Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne during the February Revolution.

Q: 200 ____________ is the form of government based on the theory that people share equal work with equal reward

A: 200 Communism

Q: 300 The fall of Berlin Wall led to the ______________ of Germany

A: 300 Reunification

Q: 400 Define hyperinflation and use it in a sentence

A: 400 Hyperinflation is when the price of goods increases at a rapid rate causing the value of money to decrease After WWI, Germany began printing money to pay for their debts, which resulted in hyperinflation

Q: 500 What was the significance of the Potsdam conference?

A: 500 The Potsdam conference determined how Germany would be divided among the Ally powers.

Q:100 WWII began when Germany invaded_______________

A: 100 Poland

Q: 200 Which of the following leaders was not part of the axis powers? Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Joseph Stalin

A: 200 Joseph Stalin

Q: 300 List three Allied Powers and three Axis Powers.

A: 300 Allies- United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, France Axis- Japan, Germany, Italy

Q: 400 Name the battle located on Soviet territory that was considered to be the turning point of the war.

A: 400

Q: 500 Name the two cities where atomic bombs were dropped in Japan.

A: 500 Before and after photographs of Nagasaki

Q: 100 My forces invaded Poland in 1939 which marked the beginning of WWII

A: 100 Hitler

Q: 200 I was an alliance of Eastern European nations which refused to trade or cooperate with nations belonging to NATO. What am I?

A: 200 Warsaw Pact

Q: 300 I was the British Prime Minister during WWII

A: 300 Winston Churchill

Q: 400 What person does not belong? Czar Nicholas II Hitler Stalin Lenin

A: 400

Q: 500 Put the events below in chronological order. Place a 1 next to the event that happened first. Battle of Stalingrad October Revolution Germany invades Poland Berlin wall is built Treaty of Versailles is signed WWI begins Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima

A: 500 Battle of Stalingrad5 October Revolution2 Germany invades Poland4 Berlin wall is built7 Treaty of Versailles is signed3 WWI begins1 Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima 6