✓ C) A swift, almost bloodless Bolshevik takeover of the capital
D) An invasion by Germany that installed Lenin as Tsar
09 To pull Russia out of World War I, what treaty did the Bolsheviks sign with Germany in 1918?
A) Treaty of Versailles
✓ B) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
C) Treaty of Paris
D) Treaty of Utrecht
10 The Russian Civil War (1918–1922) was fought between which two primary opposing forces?
✓ A) The Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (Anti-Bolsheviks)
B) The Blues (Democrats) and the Greens (Farmers)
C) The French Allies and the Russian Monarchists
D) The Russian Tsarist Army and the German Imperial Army
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WORKSHEET THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION & CIVIL WAR
SECTION III
11 Who was the military strategist who built up and highly disciplined the Bolsheviks' Red Army?
A) Grigori Zinoviev
B) Nikolai Bukharin
✓ C) Leon Trotsky
D) Mikhail Bakunin
12 Why did the Bolsheviks execute the former Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family in July 1918?
A) To fulfill a secret treaty signed with France
✓ B) To stop them from becoming a symbol for the White army
C) Because the royal family started an armed palace breakout
D) To sell their royal titles to foreign banks
13 What was the name of the ruthless secret police force created by the Bolsheviks to crush political opponents?
A) The KGB
B) The Gestapo
✓ C) The Cheka
D) The Ochrana
14 What economic policy did the Bolsheviks use during the civil war, taking food from peasants to feed soldiers?
✓ A) War Communism
B) Laissez-Faire Capitalism
C) The New Deal
D) Feudalism
15 In 1921, what policy did Lenin introduce that allowed some small-scale capitalism to jumpstart Russia's economy?
A) The Five-Year Plan
B) The Great Leap Forward
✓ C) The New Economic Policy (NEP)
D) The Marshall Plan
Based on the Crash Course video, summarize how the Bolsheviks successfully gained power in 1917 and managed to keep it during the chaotic Russian Civil War.
Exemplary Student Answer Key (Full Credit):
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, gained power in 1917 by using the popular slogan "Peace, Land, and Bread" to capture workers' support and launch a swift takeover of Petrograd. To hold power in the Civil War, they used a highly disciplined Red Army organized by Leon Trotsky, enforced strict state control via War Communism to feed troops, and crushed internal political dissent with the Cheka secret police and Red Terror.
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A) Chiang Kai-shek
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Mao Zedong
D) Deng Xiaoping
09 What major foreign event in 1937 forced the Nationalists and Communists to temporarily stop civil war fighting?
A) The outbreak of WWI in Europe
B) The military invasion of China by Japan
C) The sudden collapse of the Russian Bolshevik state
D) A global economic trade boycott
10 Unlike Russia, which relied on factory workers, what group did Mao Zedong believe would drive China's revolution?
A) The wealthy land-owning elites
B) The urban intellectual students
C) The rural agricultural peasants
D) Professional merchants and traders
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WORKSHEET COMMUNISTS, NATIONALISTS, & CHINA'S REVOLUTIONS
SECTION III
11 After defeating the Nationalists in 1949, Mao Zedong declared the establishment of what new communist state?
A) The Republic of China
B) The People's Republic of China (PRC)
C) The Soviet Federation of Asia
D) The East Asian Co-Prosperity State
12 After their defeat in 1949, where did Chiang Kai-shek and the surviving Nationalist forces flee to?
A) Hong Kong
B) Tokyo, Japan
C) The island of Taiwan
D) Singapore
13 What program did Mao launch in 1958 to rapidly industrialize China, leading to a catastrophic famine?
A) The Cultural Revolution
B) The Great Leap Forward
C) The Five-Year industrial Plan
D) The New Economic Policy
14 What mass movement did Mao launch in 1966 to destroy "old customs" and silence political opponents using Red Guards?
A) The Great Leap Forward
B) The Taiping Rebellion
C) The Cultural Revolution
D) The May Fourth Movement
15 According to John Green, what is a key difference in how Communist victory changed Chinese society?
A) It replaced the old imperial/Confucian system with a party-state system
B) It established a brand new hereditary royal family bloodline
C) It turned China into an official colony of Great Britain
D) It divided China among separate regional military warlords
Based on the Crash Course video, explain how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) successfully defeated the Nationalists (KMT) in 1949. Mention at least two key strategies, leaders, or factors that led to the Communist victory.
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08 During the Long March and brutal civil war, who emerged as the undisputed, central leader of the CCP?
A) Chiang Kai-shek
B) Sun Yat-sen
✓ C) Mao Zedong
D) Deng Xiaoping
09 What major foreign event in 1937 forced the Nationalists and Communists to temporarily stop civil war fighting?
A) The outbreak of WWI in Europe
✓ B) The military invasion of China by Japan
C) The sudden collapse of the Russian Bolshevik state
D) A global economic trade boycott
10 Unlike Russia, which relied on factory workers, what group did Mao Zedong believe would drive China's revolution?
A) The wealthy land-owning elites
B) The urban intellectual students
✓ C) The rural agricultural peasants
D) Professional merchants and traders
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WORKSHEET COMMUNISTS, NATIONALISTS, & CHINA'S REVOLUTIONS
SECTION III
11 After defeating the Nationalists in 1949, Mao Zedong declared the establishment of what new communist state?
A) The Republic of China
✓ B) The People's Republic of China (PRC)
C) The Soviet Federation of Asia
D) The East Asian Co-Prosperity State
12 After their defeat in 1949, where did Chiang Kai-shek and the surviving Nationalist forces flee to?
A) Hong Kong
B) Tokyo, Japan
✓ C) The island of Taiwan
D) Singapore
13 What program did Mao launch in 1958 to rapidly industrialize China, leading to a catastrophic famine?
A) The Cultural Revolution
✓ B) The Great Leap Forward
C) The Five-Year industrial Plan
D) The New Economic Policy
14 What mass movement did Mao launch in 1966 to destroy "old customs" and silence political opponents using Red Guards?
A) The Great Leap Forward
B) The Taiping Rebellion
✓ C) The Cultural Revolution
D) The May Fourth Movement
15 According to John Green, what is a key difference in how Communist victory changed Chinese society?
✓ A) It replaced the old imperial/Confucian system with a party-state system
B) It established a brand new hereditary royal family bloodline
C) It turned China into an official colony of Great Britain
D) It divided China among separate regional military warlords
Based on the Crash Course video, explain how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) successfully defeated the Nationalists (KMT) in 1949.
Exemplary Student Answer Key (Full Credit):
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), led by Mao Zedong, defeated the Nationalists (KMT) led by Chiang Kai-shek through strategic resilience and capturing the support of China's massive rural peasant population. During the Japanese invasion, the CCP successfully conducted guerrilla warfare and built a reputation as the true defenders of China, while the Nationalists suffered heavy losses and corruption, allowing the CCP to win in 1949.
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08 Following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, how was Vietnam divided under the Geneva Accords?
A) Along the 38th parallel (East and West)
B) Along the 17th parallel (North and South)
C) Into separate provinces run by Allied powers
D) It was left undivided as a democratic kingdom
09 What was the name of the geopolitical theory which argued that if one country fell to communism, neighbors would follow?
A) The Containment Corollary
B) The Domino Theory
C) The Iron Curtain Hypothesis
D) The Balance of Power Doctrine
10 In 1964, what incident in the waters off Vietnam led to Congress giving the President a "blank check" to expand the war?
A) The sinking of the USS Lusitania
B) The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
C) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
D) The Bay of Pigs invasion
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DOSSIER THE COLD WAR IN ASIA • ANALYSIS
SECTION III
11 What was the name of the massive, sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign against North Vietnam launched in 1965?
A) Operation Desert Storm
B) Operation Barbarossa
C) Operation Rolling Thunder
D) Operation Overlord
12 Why did the Tet Offensive in January 1968 mark a major psychological turning point in the Vietnam War?
A) It resulted in a complete and decisive military victory for North Vietnam
B) It proved the war was not close to being won, despite government claims
C) It marked the first use of nuclear weapons in Asia
D) It led to the immediate surrender of South Vietnam's government
13 What term was used to describe the growing public skepticism toward official government claims of military progress?
A) The Generation Gap
B) The Containment Crisis
C) The Credibility Gap
D) The Yellow Journalism Era
14 What was the name of Richard Nixon's strategy to withdraw U.S. troops while training South Vietnamese forces?
A) Containment
B) Detente
C) Vietnamization
D) Strategic Isolation
15 In 1970, Nixon's decision to expand the war by invading which country sparked massive university protests?
A) Laos
B) Cambodia
C) Thailand
D) South Korea
Based on the video, describe how U.S. containment policy was applied in Asia through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Mention at least two key theories, military actions, or major outcomes that illustrate the challenges of fighting the Cold War in Asia.
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D) Spain
08 Following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, how was Vietnam divided under the Geneva Accords?
A) Along the 38th parallel (East and West)
✓ B) Along the 17th parallel (North and South)
C) Into separate provinces run by Allied powers
D) It was left undivided as a democratic kingdom
09 What was the name of the geopolitical theory which argued that if one country fell to communism, neighbors would follow?
A) The Containment Corollary
✓ B) The Domino Theory
C) The Iron Curtain Hypothesis
D) The Balance of Power Doctrine
10 In 1964, what incident in the waters off Vietnam led to Congress giving the President a "blank check" to expand the war?
A) The sinking of the USS Lusitania
✓ B) The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
C) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
D) The Bay of Pigs invasion
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DOSSIER THE COLD WAR IN ASIA • ANALYSIS
SECTION III
11 What was the name of the massive, sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign against North Vietnam launched in 1965?
A) Operation Desert Storm
B) Operation Barbarossa
✓ C) Operation Rolling Thunder
D) Operation Overlord
12 Why did the Tet Offensive in January 1968 mark a major psychological turning point in the Vietnam War?
A) It resulted in a complete and decisive military victory for North Vietnam
✓ B) It proved the war was not close to being won, despite government claims
C) It marked the first use of nuclear weapons in Asia
D) It led to the immediate surrender of South Vietnam's government
13 What term was used to describe the growing public skepticism toward official government claims of military progress?
A) The Generation Gap
B) The Containment Crisis
✓ C) The Credibility Gap
D) The Yellow Journalism Era
14 What was the name of Richard Nixon's strategy to withdraw U.S. troops while training South Vietnamese forces?
A) Containment
B) Detente
✓ C) Vietnamization
D) Strategic Isolation
15 In 1970, Nixon's decision to expand the war by invading which country sparked massive university protests?
A) Laos
✓ B) Cambodia
C) Thailand
D) South Korea
Based on the video, describe how U.S. containment policy was applied in Asia through the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Exemplary Student Answer Key (Full Credit):
In Asia, the U.S. applied containment by sending military forces to fight in the Korean War (halting North Korea's spread at the 38th parallel) and the Vietnam War. Influenced by the Domino Theory, the U.S. feared a communist takeover of Vietnam would lead to neighboring nations falling. These conflicts illustrated severe challenges: Korea ended in a costly stalemate, while Vietnam became a highly divisive guerrilla war, resulting in a severe credibility gap domestically.
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