1. before the russian revolution, what ideas did bolshevik leader vladimir lenin have about changing the government?
(a) russian peasants needed to push for representation in the russian parliament.
(b) a small party of professional revolutionaries should initiate a revolution.
(c)historical forces would naturally bring about a workers' revolution.
(d)the people should organize and vote for changes in the russian constitution.

2. how did world war i contribute to revolution in russia?
(a) russia had sided with germany in the war, and many russians protested the alliance.
(b) the war brought wealth to many factory owners and they objected to new taxes imposed by the tsar.
(c) russian soldiers and civilians faced hunger and death and the nation was on the verge of collapse.
(d) after being conquered by the allies in the war, the russian people rebelled against foreign control.

3. what type of government emerged in russia after lenin came to power?
(a) communist state
(b) constitutional monarchy
(c) representative democracy
(d) absolute monarchy

4. which best describes a similarity among the american, french, and russian revolutions?
(a) all three revolutions were initiated by infiltrators working within the government.
(b) the leaders of all three revolutions valued enlightenment ideals such as equality and liberty.
(c)after the revolutions, the common people gained more say in their government.
(d)a goal of all three revolutions was more self-rule for the people

5. what form of resistance did mohandas gandhi promote
(a)military
(b)nonviolent
(c)revolutionary
(d) guerilla

6. which is one way that indians practiced nonviolent resistance in an attempt to gain independence from britain?
(a) they sabotaged british merchant ships.
(b)they stormed british government buildings.
(c)they boycotted british products.
(d)they organized a period of nationwide fasting.

7. what role did nationalism play in the middle east after world war i?
(a)people of the middle east embraced the idea of a single arab government for the entire region.
(b)nationalists protested rule by european non-muslim governments and sought self-government.
(c)new islamic governments pushed to eradicate all non-muslims from the middle east.
(d)nationalists attacked non-arab government workers in a series of riots.

8. as middle eastern nations gained independence, what goals did they have for their new governments?
(a)most middle eastern nations wanted to establish democratic governments.
(b)all nationalist leaders wanted their people to adhere strictly to islamic law.
(c)some nations wanted secular governments; others wanted to follow islamic law.
(d)the new nations pushed for separation of church and state.

9. how did movements such as islamism, wahhabism, and zionism contribute to unrest in the middle east?
(a)they required people to practice rituals that were contrary to their belief systems.
(b)they divided people on the basis of religious beliefs, laws, and ways of life.
(c)when middle eastern nations prohibited those systems, people protested.
(d)new middle eastern laws required citizens to adopt one of these belief systems.

10. what situation that arose in palestine in the late 1800s is still a source of conflict today?
(a)zionists started a movement to establish a jewish state in palestine.
(b)wahhabists started a movement to establish a muslim state in palestine.
(c)the british wanted to annex palestine to retain control of the suez canal.
(d)the leaders of iran, syria, and egypt disagreed over palestine's borders.