PROOF OF READING:
Chapter 29
TIMELINE: Insert the following events into a timeline. This should help you compare important
historical events chronologically.
Russian Bolshevik Revolution
last Chinese emperor abdicates
Versailles Peace Conference
Obregon becomes leader of Mexico
Fascists seize power in Italy
Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan
_____ 1912
_____1915
_____1917
_____1919
_____1922
_____1927-1928
TERMS, PEOPLE, EVENTS: The following terms, people and events are important to your understanding
of the chapter. Define each one on a separate sheet of paper.
Interwar Period
Roaring Twenties
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Vladimir Lenin
settler societies
Comintern
May Fourth Movement
Sun Yat-sen
Diego Rivera
Alexander Kerensky
Red Army
New Economic Policy
Fascism
Joseph Stalin
Pancho Villa
Emiliano Zapata
PRI
Guomindang
Chiang Kai-shek
Long March
Cubist movement
U.S.S.R
zaibatsu
Collectivization
Cristeros
Mao Zedong
REVIEW QUESTIONS
A. What changes occurred as a result of the Mexican Revolution?
B. Characterize the “Roaring 20s”.
C. What factors led to the rise of the Fascists in Italy?
D. Why did the liberal experiment in Russia fail?
E. Why did Europe accept decolonization and what were its effect on Europe?
F. How did the post-war era represent a fundamental diplomatic shift for Europe?
G. What elements led to Nationalist seizure of power in China?
H. Why did the Nationalists fail to achieve permanent success in China?
I. What was the basis for Lenin and Stalin’s domestic and economic policies? How did they differ?