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The Cold
War
The Rise
Russian
and Fall of
Revolution
the USSR
Vocab
WWII
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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
A:400
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.
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__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.
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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
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Battle of Stalingrad
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October Revolution
2
Germany invades Poland 4
Berlin wall is built 7
Treaty of Versailles is signed
3
WWI begins 1
Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima 6