World History

Totalitarianism Unit Study Guide

“Two Revolutions in Russia”Chapter 15, Section 1 (Pg. 400-404)16 pts

  1. What problems led to unrest in Russia?
  2. What were the effects of the March Revolution?
  3. How was Marxism adapted for Russia by Lenin and why was this necessary?
  4. How did Lenin return from exile and what were the motives for this action?
  5. What three things did the Bolsheviks promise and why were they important to the people?
  6. What were the effects of the November Revolution and why did it occur?

Terms

World History

Nicholas and Alexandra

Gregory Rasputin

Soviets

Bolsheviks

V. I. Lenin

Leon Trotsky

Red Army

Whites

Cheka

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“From Lenin to Stalin”Chapter 15, Section 2 (Pg. 405-410)15 pts

  1. Why did Lenin end “war communism” and allow some forms of capitalism?
  2. What did Stalin do in the beginning for the Party?
  3. How did Stalin’s and Trotsky’s views of the future of communism differ?
  4. How did Stalin come to power?
  5. What problems did industrial growth and the collectivization of agriculture create?
  6. What were the contradictions in Soviet foreign policy?

Terms

World History

Joseph Stalin

USSR

NEP

Five year plan

Command economy

Collectives

Kulaks

The Great Purge

Comintern

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“Life in a TotalitarianState”Chapter 15, Section 3 (Pg. 411-415)9 pts

  1. How did Stalin ensure obedience from the Russian people?
  2. Why was propaganda so important in the Soviet Union?
  3. What was the official religious policy of the USSR and why?
  4. Describe the new elite.
  5. Describe the changes in education.
  6. How did the role of women change under communism?
  7. What was the role of art in the USSR and why was some censored?

Terms

World History

Totalitarian state

Socialist realism

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World History

“Upheavals in China—Mao Zedong”Ch. 16- 4 & Ch 21-2 (Pg. 432-435 & 560-562)17 pts

  1. What were the goals of the May Fourth Movement?
  2. Why did Marxism appeal to some Chinese?
  3. To whom did Mao turn for his support?
  4. What were the 3 rules of the Long March?
  5. How did these rules help the Communists?
  6. What caused the Communists and Goumindang to unite?
  7. Why did the Communists gain control of China—3 reasons? (21)
  8. List four ways the Communists changed Chinese society. (21)
  9. What was the Great Leap Forward and what were its results? (21)
  10. What was the Cultural Revolution and what were its results? (21)
  11. Why did China split with the Soviet Union? (21)

Terms

World History

Guomindang

Jiang Jieshi

Mao Zedong

Long March

Collectivization (21)

Communes (21)

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World History

“Fascism in Italy—Mussolini”Chapter 17, Section 3 (Pg. 455-458)11 pts

  1. From where does the word fascism come?
  2. How did Mussolini come to power?
  3. What was Mussolini’s economic policy?
  4. What were the different roles for Italian men and women?
  5. What was the Fascists goal for children?
  6. What were the differences between Fascism and Communism?
  7. What are the features of a totalitarian state? (see table)
  8. A common statement about the results of Fascism is that it made “the trains run on time.” What does this mean

Terms

World History

Benito Mussolini

Black Shirts

Il Duce

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“Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany”Chapter 17, Section 4 (Pg. 459-463)19 pts

  1. What type of government was the WeimarRepublic and why was it weak?
  2. What caused the economic problems in Germany in the 1920s.
  3. How did Hitler come to power?
  4. How did Hitler solve Germany’s economic problems?

Terms

World History

WeimarRepublic

Dawes Plan

Adolf Hitler

National Socialist German Workers Party

Mein Kampf
Lebensraum

Führer

Third Reich

Gestapo

Hitler Youth

Nuremberg Laws

Kristalnacht

Concentration camps

Final solution

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World History

Essays Questions (please provide a 5 paragraph essay outline)

Compare the similarities and differences between the French and Russian Revolutions.

Describe what conditions generally exist for a totalitarian state to arise and thrive.

Describe a totalitarian state. You must use examples from this unit to demonstrate your understanding.

CA State Standards

10.7 / Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
10.7.1 / Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin's use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
10.7.2 / Trace Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).
10.7.3 / Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.