World History Unit 1 Quiz

Geopolitics

The study of the effects of geography (human and physical) on international politics and international relations.

Natural Borders

Physical boundaries defined by natural features such as mountains, rivers, or lakes.

Buffers

Countries that lie between two hostile or rival powers, often used strategically to reduce tensions.

Autocracy

A government ruled by one person with absolute power and authority, usually an absolute monarch

Divine Right

The doctrine that monarchs derive their right to rule directly from God, not subject to earthly authority.

Romanovs

A dynasty that ruled Russia from 1613 until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917, known for its autocratic governance and significant historical events.

Alexander III

The Emperor of Russia who ruled from 1881 to 1894 and was known for his conservative policies and suppression of dissent.

Autocracy, Orthodoxy, nationalism

Okhrana

The secret police of the Russian Empire responsible for suppressing political dissent and monitoring revolutionary activities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Gulags

Forced labor camps for political prisoners

The Duma

Russias first parliament run by people in favor of a constituional monarchy. Quickly dissolved by the tsar

The Orthodox Church

The National Church of Russia, the tsar was devoted to protecting this church and making sure it was the only church left in Russia

Censorship

the act of blocking peoples free speech to avoid people spreading bad info about the government

Nicholas II

Alexander III’s son, weak, quiet, educated, small. Russia needed a better leader at the time.

Bloody Sunday

The day of the peaceful protest on the winter castle when it became a bloodbath with 200 deaths

Alexandra

Alexandra was unpopular in russia because of her german background. many thought she was a spy

Lenin

Led the Bolsheviks

Kerensky

He failed to stop the dual power situation, leading the bolsheviks to take the win during the October Revolution

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Between russia and central powers. It pulled russia out of WWI. It humiliated the bolshevik government

Leon Trotsky

Opposed stalinism. made a new form of marxist thought called trotskyism Based around permanent revolution

Russian civil war

Red v White, who rules russia

New economic policy

Added open markets for surplus production, and private enterpise. Made by Lenin to bring russian industry and agriculture back to prewar levels

Vanguard party

A highly disciplined party of the smartest of the proletariats, and the most “class aware”

5 year plans

Plans set to improve agriulture and industry through state controlled quotas. it gave stalin full control over agricultural production.

Collectivization

stalin turnd