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World History Review (Part 2)LATTEST UPDATE 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT, Study Guides, Projects, Research of History

Cambridge College of Healthcare & TechnologyHistory
Prof. Luiz Monterrlo

World History Review (Part 2)LATTEST UPDATE 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT Totalitarian government - ANSWER: a system in which absolute power is exercised over every aspect of life Propaganda - ANSWER: Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. Vladimir Lenin - ANSWER: Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924). Lenin's New Economic Policy - ANSWER: This policy was used to get the economy back up and running. -The policy allowed for small enterprices to be returned to private ownership as well as peasants being allowed to sell their good on the free market. -Also technology began to play a large part in Russian society "Land, Peace, Bread" - ANSWER: Lenin's slogan, designed to get the support of a broad cross section of the Russian people Peasants' Farms - ANSWER: the only thing allowed to be privately owned under Lenin

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World History Review (Part 2)LATTEST UPDATE 2024-2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT
Totalitarian government - ANSWER: a system in which absolute power is exercised over every aspect
of life
Propaganda - ANSWER: Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
Vladimir Lenin - ANSWER: Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution
and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).
Lenin's New Economic Policy - ANSWER: This policy was used to get the economy back up and
running. -The policy allowed for small enterprices to be returned to private ownership as well as
peasants being allowed to sell their good on the free market. -Also technology began to play a large
part in Russian society
"Land, Peace, Bread" - ANSWER: Lenin's slogan, designed to get the support of a broad cross-
section of the Russian people
Peasants' Farms - ANSWER: the only thing allowed to be privately owned under Lenin
Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky - ANSWER: Two political opponents that were competing for power
in the Soviet Politburo following Lenin's death
collective farms - ANSWER: Government owned farms, workers were paid by government and they
shared profits from products.
Stalin's Five Year Plan - ANSWER: Goals that would promote rapid industrial growth and to
strengthen national defense
Great Purge - ANSWER: (1934), Stalin cracked down on Old Bolsheviks, his net soon widened to
target army heroes, industrial managers, writers and citizens, they were charged with a wide range of
crimes, from plots to failure to not meeting production quotas.
Fascism - ANSWER: A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and
racism and no tolerance of opposition
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Totalitarian government - ANSWER: a system in which absolute power is exercised over every aspect of life Propaganda - ANSWER: Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. Vladimir Lenin - ANSWER: Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870- 1924 ). Lenin's New Economic Policy - ANSWER: This policy was used to get the economy back up and running. - The policy allowed for small enterprices to be returned to private ownership as well as peasants being allowed to sell their good on the free market. - Also technology began to play a large part in Russian society "Land, Peace, Bread" - ANSWER: Lenin's slogan, designed to get the support of a broad cross- section of the Russian people Peasants' Farms - ANSWER: the only thing allowed to be privately owned under Lenin Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky - ANSWER: Two political opponents that were competing for power in the Soviet Politburo following Lenin's death collective farms - ANSWER: Government owned farms, workers were paid by government and they shared profits from products. Stalin's Five Year Plan - ANSWER: Goals that would promote rapid industrial growth and to strengthen national defense Great Purge - ANSWER: (1934), Stalin cracked down on Old Bolsheviks, his net soon widened to target army heroes, industrial managers, writers and citizens, they were charged with a wide range of crimes, from plots to failure to not meeting production quotas. Fascism - ANSWER: A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT

Why were the Italians upset with the Treaty of Versailles? - ANSWER: The Italians were promised land for switching sides in WW1 (lied to) Benito Mussolini - ANSWER: Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power, then never had full power. How did Mussolini come to power? - ANSWER: He promised to fix Italian economy and rebuild military. 40,000 black shirts (ex veterans) marched on Rome with him. How did Mussolini keep his power - ANSWER: established OVRA (an organization that spied and repressed people who spoke against the fascist government in Italy League of Nations - ANSWER: This worldwide organization appeased Adolf Hitler during his military expansion? Beerhall Putsch - ANSWER: a failed attempt in 1923 by the Nazi party to take over the government in Munich (a city in Germany) Mein Kampf - ANSWER: 'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession (Makes Hitler very rich and famous) Lebensraum - ANSWER: Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people Aryans - ANSWER: Germanic people seen as the master race What did the Enabling Act allow Hitler to do? - ANSWER: allowed hitler to pass laws without the approval of the German parliament What type of people were targeted by the Nazi state? - ANSWER: Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, handicapped, communists and anti Nazi citizens Nuremberg Laws - ANSWER: 1935 laws defining the status of Jews and withdrawing citizenship from persons of non-German blood.

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Allied Powers - ANSWER: Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II. Axis Powers - ANSWER: Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. Potsdam Conference - ANSWER: July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction. Nuremburg Trials - ANSWER: Series of trials in 1945 conducted by an International Military Tribunal in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes What were the Soviets refusing to do after WW2? - ANSWER: Soviets would not leave areas they had occupied in WW2. (Eastern Europe under Soviet/Communist control) Cold War - ANSWER: A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. NATO - ANSWER: North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries Warsaw Pact - ANSWER: An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO Truman Doctrine - ANSWER: 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey Marshall Plan - ANSWER: A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) Berlin - ANSWER: What city in Germany were tensions very high?

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT

Why did Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev build the Berlin Wall? - ANSWER: to prevent East Germans from fleeing East Berlin (Brain Drain) Berlin Airlift - ANSWER: airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin How were East and West Germany different when the country was separated? - ANSWER: West Germany

  1. Pro Capitalist
  2. had more job opportunities
  3. people had more money
  4. USA was present there East Germany
  5. Pro Communist
  6. less paying jobs
  7. people starving and abused by the state USSR was present there Mao Zedong - ANSWER: Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976. Great Leap Forward - ANSWER: Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People's Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years. Equal rice distribution - ANSWER: What did Mao Zedong promise to the Chinese people in the Great Leap Forward? What was the result of the Great Leap Forward? - ANSWER: nearly 50 million people starved to death (worst famine in human history) What gave the Chinese economy a boost in the 1980s? - ANSWER: opened its economy to the American. Began more capitalist practices and free market trading)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT

What was the result of the Vietnam War? - ANSWER: US pulled out and North (communist) took over entire nation and united it under communism What was America's response to communism spreading to Cuba? - ANSWER: Pres. Kennedy attempted to over throw communist leader Castro in the Bay of Pigs (failed epically) Bay of Pigs - ANSWER: CIA failed operation to overthrow Fidel Castro and Communism in Cuba How did the Cubans and Soviet respond to that? - ANSWER: USSR sent nuclear weapons to Cuba and aimed them at the USA What deal was reached between the USSR, Cuba and the USA? - ANSWER: USA promised to remove its nukes in Italy and Turkey in exchange for Cuba getting rid of its nukes as well Why were the Europeans and Americans worried about African, Latin American and Asian colonies getting their independence? (THIS WILL PROBABLY BE AN ESSAY QUESTION ON TEST) - ANSWER: As African and Latin American countries gained independence after WW2, the USA was worried they would adopt new communist governments. To prevent that, the Americans sent money to build up their struggling economies. The USA also sent military advisors and made several attempts to overthrow communist leaders in Latin America, such as Fidel Castro in Cuba. Perestroika - ANSWER: A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society Glasnost - ANSWER: a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems (led to Soviet states breaking away from the USSR) In 1987, the USA and USSR formally agreed to do this together. - ANSWER: reduce their stockpile of Nuclear weapons (marking an end to the Cold War)