2021 TEST (CH 9.1.1 - 9.2.1) 3T-VWO (TV)

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TEST 3 Formative-VWO

History

-World War 1 

-Russian Revolution

• Dictionary (E-D) allowed. No Google translate!
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• You can change your answers until you press: "inleveren"
• Write in proper English sentences where it is appropriate.

Which statement is true?
Statement I: In the decade before World War I, prosperity, peace and progress ruled.
Statement II: In the decade before World War I, there were strong tensions in Europe

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false.
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

 More who is who?

Franz Ferdinand

Lenin

Clemenceau

Wilson

Gavrilo 

Princip

Karl Marx

leader Bolsheviks

president 

USA

Austrian crown prince

founder of communism

French prime minister

Bosnian Serb assassin

What is the best description of the Ottoman Empire in 1914?

1. an expanding empire
2. a stable empire
3. a declining empire
4. a galactic empire

After the Franco-Prussian War of 1871, who gained what?

1. Germany: Alsace Lorraine
2. France: Alsace Lorraine
3. Germany: the Ruhr
4. France: the Ruhr

Which of these countries did NOT belong the the Central Powers?

1. Austria-Hungary
2. Serbia
3. Turkey
4. Bulgaria

Which of these words best fits the Austro-Hungarian empire?

1. nationalism
2. nation state
3. multi ethnic state
4. nation

Why were the many different ethnic groups within
Austria-Hungary a major problem for the Austrian government?

1. it was difficult to make equal rules for everybody
2. many ethnic groups wanted to keep their own culture
3. several ethnic groups wanted to join a different alliance
4. many ethnic groups wanted to have their own nation state

Drag the characteristics that you can read in the hotspots below to the correct countries

multi-ethnic state

largest navy

lost much territory in the Balkans

had annexed Bosnia

a unified state since 1871

backward, mainly agrarian country

wants its "place under the sun"

wants revenge for losing Alsace-Loraine

an empire where the "sun never sets"

A problem of Austrian nationalism was:

1. fear for losing colonies
2. many nations outside Austria
3. many nations within Austria's borders
4. Austrians were eager to start a war

Gavrilo Princip was:

1. A Bosnian Serb who wanted Bosnia to belong to Greater Serbia
2. A Bosnian who wanted to free Serbia from Austria-Hungary
3. A Serb who fought for an independent Bosnia
4. A Serb who wanted Bosnia to join with Sarajevo instead of with Austria-Hungary.

What do you see in the picture?

1. Effect of WW1
2. direct cause of WW1
3. one of the causes of WW1
4. has nothing to do with WW1

Who is being assassinated?

1. Franz Joseph
2. Franz Ferdinand
3. Gavrilo Princip
4. Wilhelm II

Which statement is true?
Statement I: Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and therefore declared war on Serbia.
Statement II: The war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia soon escalated because of alliances on both sides

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false.
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

Which statement is true?

The news of war caused widespread:

1. panic in most European countries
2. enthusiasm in most European countries
3. disbelief in most European countries
4. indifference in most European countries

Why did the First World War turn into a trench war?

1. Trench war was the modern way of warfare at the time
2. Neither parties wanted to risk the lives of their soldiers
3. The armies of both sides were of equal strength
4. The armies on both sides were unsure about the strength of the enemy

Explain how Germany tried to avoid a two–front war and why this plan failed.

1917 was a decisive year because:

1. Russia joined the side of Germany and the USA joined the side of the Allies
2. the USA signed a ceasefire with Germany and Russia joined the war
3. the USA and Russia combined forces for the final attack on Germany
4. the USA joined the side of the Allies and Russia signed a ceasefire with Germany

Total war is:

1. war with modern weapons
2. war in which women take part
3. war that affects the whole country
4. war in which propaganda is used

Study the source.
Explain why this source is a good example
of "total war".
In your answer, explain the term "total war".

Give two reasons why the leader of France wanted to give Germany a harsher treaty than the US wanted to give Germany.

A. What is this cartoon about?

1. The Treaty of Versailles
2. the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
3. the Alliance system
4. the Russian Revolution

Study the cartoon.
B. Which country is the prisoner who is about to be executed?

Study the cartoon.
C. Who is the man holding the rope and why is he
the one holding the rope?

Study the cartoon.
D. Who is the man on the right and what is he
holding in his hand?

Study the cartoon.
E. Who is the man on the left and what is he
trying to do?

Study the cartoon.
F. Who's side is the cartoon's artist on? Explain the message
he tries to get across with his drawing.

The Treaty of Versailles drastically changed the map of Europe.

Which countries were NEW in 1919?

Click on a hotspot to reveal the name of a country.

Drag ONLY the names of countries that were NOT an independent state in 1914 to their place on the map.

Yugoslavia

Russia / Soviet Union

Germany

Bulgaria

The Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Czechoslovakia

Norway

Italy

Turkey

Poland

Greece

France

In 1920, an international organisation was founded to maintain
world peace and to prevent future wars.
This organisation was called:

1. the League of Nations
2. the United Nations
3. the World of Nations
4. the Federation of Nations

FEBRUARY  REVOLUTION

OCTOBER REVOLUTION

Drag the hotspots to the correct revolution

more bread

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

temporary government

the war continues

Bolsheviks

Lenin

a coup / putsch

tsar abdicated

REDS

WHITES

The Russian Civil War was fought between the Reds and the Whites.

Who belonged to who?

foreign armies

wealthy capitalists

Bolsheviks

Trotsky

Tsarists

wealthy landowners

communists

anti-communists

Put the events in the correct chronological order

Treaty of Versailles

Schlieffenplan

 first Five-Year Plan

Tsarist family executed

Armistice

Tsar Nicolas II abdicates

NEP

Study the cartoon.
a) Was this cartoon published during the Russian Revolution or
during the Civil War (1p)?
b) What is the artist's POV, pro- or anti Bolsheviks?(1p),
c) and what is his message (3p)?

Viktor Deni was a Russian political cartoonist and poster designer.

During the interbellum and World War II he made countless cartoons. His most iconic cartoon is 'Comrade Lenin Cleans the Earth from Scum' (1920).

KEY WORDS

compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage it inflicted during a war

congratulations

congratulations