C-30 Important Facts

1. C-30 Important Facts

2. Fact #1 • Pogroms were organized violence against Jews that were allowed by the authorities in Russia.

3. Fact #2 • Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia who was assassinated along with all of his family members.

4. Fact #3 • The Bolsheviks were a revolutionary group willing to sacrifice everything for radical change.

5. Fact #4 • Rasputin was the mysterious advisor to Czarina Alexandra who seemed to have mysterious powers.

6. Fact #5 • Soviets were local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers.

7. Fact #6 • Russia was defeated by Japan in the Russo-Japanese war, showing the weakness of the czar.

8. Fact #7 • Kulaks were a class of wealthy, landowning peasants

9. Fact #8 • Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks. He was exiled to Western Europe but later returned to rule Russia.

10. Fact #9 • Lenin named Moscow the new Russian capital.

11. Fact #10 • A totalitarian government takes total control over the public and private lives of its citizens.

12. Important Facts • Long-term social unrest in Russia erupted in revolution, ushering in the first Communist government • The Communist Party controlled the Soviet Union until the country’s breakup in 1991

13. Important Facts • After Lenin died, Stalin seized power and transformed the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state • More recent dictators have used Stalin’s tactics for seizing total control over individuals and the state

14. Fact #1 • Nationalism is when citizens are loyal to their nation rather than to a king or empire

15. Fact #2 • Sun Yixian is considered by many to be the “father of modern China”

16. Fact #3 • The Allies gave Chinese land to Japan in the Treaty of Versailles. This greatly angered the Chinese.

17. Fact #4 • Mao Zedong led the Communists in China.

18. Fact #5 • After Japan invaded China, the Nationalists and Communists agreed to a truce.

19. Fact #6 • Indians were upset with Britain after World War I because they were not granted the independence that they had been promised

20. Fact #7 • Most Indians at this time were Hindu, with Islam being the minority religion.

21. Fact #8 • Mahandas Gandhi was the leader of India’s independence movement who advocated a policy of civil disobedience

22. Fact #9 • Turkey was all that remained of the Ottoman Empire. It became a republic under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal.

23. Fact #10 • In 1935, Persia was renamed Iran. Its leader was Reza Shah Pahlavi.

24. Important Facts • After the fall of the Qing dynasty, nationalist and Communist movements struggled for power. • The seeds of China’s late-20th-century political thought, communism, were planted at this time.

25. Important Facts • Nationalism triggered independence movements to overthrow colonial power. • These independent nations—India, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia – are key players on the world state today.

26. Who?  “Theory of Relativity”

27. Albert Einstein

28. Who first advanced Freudian psychology?

29. Sigmund Freud

30. Which German philosopher had great influence on the existentialists?

31. Nietzsche

32. Which American architect pioneered a new style known as functionalism?

33. Frank Lloyd Wright

34. What new form of music was developed by mainly African-Americans in New Orleans?

35. Pre-World War I “Gibson Girls” gave way to ____?

36. Flappers

37. In 1927, he made a 33-hour solo flight from New York to Paris.

38. Charles Lindbergh

39. In 1920, KDKA was the world’s first___?

40. Radio Station

41. What Los Angeles suburb came to be identified with movies?

42. Hollywood

43. The increased use of ____ by the average family lead to the development and spread of cities to the suburbs.

44. Automobile (car)

45. Who?  “Theory of Relativity”

46. Albert Einstein

47. Who first advanced Freudian psychology?

48. Sigmund Freud

49. Which German philosopher had great influence on the existentialists?

50. Nietzsche