 | Term | Definition |
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France and United Kingdom |
With whom Russia fought w/ in WWI? |
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Horde |
What group of Mongols conquered Russia in the 13th Century? |
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taxes and to fight |
What did Mongols want the Russians for? |
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Alexander II |
Who freed the serfs in 1861? |
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Bloody Sunday |
1905,A group marched on the royal palace w/ a list of demands. |
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comunists were taking over the government |
Why did Czar Nicholas II abdicate his throne? |
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leader of a group called the Bolsheviks & led the Russian Revelution |
Who was Lenin? |
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Iron Curtain |
The invisible wall between East and West was called the.. |
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Union of Soviet Socialism Republic |
What did USSR stand for? |
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Joseph Stalin |
led the Soviet Union during WWI |
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collective farms |
The Soviet government established.. |
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Cold War |
War of words and ideas. |
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Poland and Hungary |
2 countries tried to break away from the Soviet control first |
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Mikal Gorbachev |
Who was the leader of Russia when the Soviet Republics declared independence? |
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Adolf Hitler |
Dictator of Germany in 1933 |
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The Jews |
Who was blamed for Germany's economic problems after WWI? |
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Gypsies & slavs |
During the holocaust these groups were forced into concentration camps |
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11 million |
Approximately how many people were killed during the Holocaust? |
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WWII |
In 1939 what war began? |
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Great Britain and Soviet Union |
2 countries that fought against Grmany in WWII |
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Berlin |
What wall was built to seperate the German city into 2 halves? |
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democracy |
What govenment does Germany have today? |
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West and East sides |
How was Germany divided afer WWII? |
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1989 |
What year did the Berlin wall come down? |
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