Chapter 19 Test Lesson 1,2,3
Study Guide Questions and Answers

1.List the countries in the Triple Alliance Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy

2.List the countries in the Triple Entente France, Russia, Great Britain

3.What are alliances? An agreement to cooperate

4.What event started World War I? Who? What? Why? The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Austria thought the Serbian government had something to do with the assassination and declared war on Serbia

5.Who did Austria-Hungary declare war on? Serbia

6.What other countries declared war on each other? Germany declared war on Russian, Germany declared war on France, Britain declared war on Germay, Japan declared war on Germany

7.What happened on May 7, 1915? The Lusitania ocean liner was attacked by the Germans and sunk

8.Who was the president that asked Congress to declare war on April 2, 1917? President Wilson

9.How many soldiers were wounded and killed in World War I? 8 million killed and 20 million wounded

10.Why were there so many injuries and deaths during World War I? resulted from new technology such as machines guns, tanks and a poisonous spray called mustard gas

11.Which side lost more soldiers, the Allied Powers or the Central Powers? Which country lost more soldiers? Allied Powers, Russia

12.What happened on June 28, 1919? Delegates signed the Treaty of Versailles officially ending the war

13.How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? 1) had to take full responsibility for the war, pay for damages, reduce its weapons and the size of its army, give up territory

14.What is a czar? Leader of Russia

15.Who ruled Russia in 1762? Catherine the Great

16.Who built the grand city of St. Petersburg? With what means (money) was the city built? Peter the Great, collected high taxes from everyone

17.Who was forced to give up his throne in March 15, 1917? Why? Czar Nicholas II wanted to keep things the same way and he had treated the people harshly for so many years

18.Who controlled the power and the money in Russia? Czars, and the nobles

19.Who founded the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party? Lenin

20.What was Lenin's slogan? "Peace, Land, and Bread"

21.What was the secret Police called during Lenin's rule? Cheka

22.Who was the White Army? Who was the Red Army? White Army - those opposed to Lenin formed this fighting force, Red Army - the Bolsheviks and Lenin formed this army

23.Who took over after Lenin? Joseph Stalin

24.What happened to the people that opposed Lenin or Stalin? Were killed or put into prison or slave labor camps

25.How did Stalin build a totalitarian state? Set up collectives, placed the economy under government control, Imprisoned or killed opponents of his government

26.Place the following events in order:
a.Production stays high, but demand falls 2
b.Americans buy huge amounts of goods 1
c.Businesses fail, and people lose jobs 5
d.Stock prices crash 4
e.The Great Depression begins 6
f.People buy stocks on credit 3

27.Which areas of the world were most affected by the Great Depression? United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America

28.What was the New Deal? Provided money to allow farmers to keep their land, help people who were out of work, created millions of jobs by paying for many public works, created the Social Security Act of 1935

29.What President proposed the New Deal? President Roosevelt

30.Who took over Germany after World War I? Adolf Hitler

31.What political party was formed by Adolf Hitler? National Socialist or Nazi party

32.Who did Hitler blame all of Germany's political and economic troubles on? The Jewish people

33.How did Hitler and the Nazis take control in Germany? Hitler convinced the Germans they were a superrace, promised to rebuild Germany's economy, and banned other political parties