Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Test on Friday

We have our Test over Russia on Friday.  Students should be looking at 10.5, 14.5, & 16.4 for all information relating to the upcoming test.

The questions on the test are below.  In World Civ, students will pick their 2 questions & in Honors I will choose the two questions.

Study up!

Friday, February 21, 2014

Russia Questions for Next Friday

Here are the possible essay questions that will be presented on the Russia Test next Friday:


1.      In what ways did Lenin and Stalin govern the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?  Consider what actions the two men took and what life under their dictatorships was like.


2.      Do you think life for the average Russian citizen was better or worse under the totalitarian Soviet regime of the 1930s than it had been under the czars?  Explain you answer.


3.      Why did the Bolshevik Revolution succeed after earlier revolutions in Russia had failed?  In particular, what factors made it possible to have revolution in 1917 after many years of failed attempts?

4.      How and in what ways did Stalin's Five-Year Plans benefit the Soviet Union?  How and in what ways did they harm it?  Offer detailed information of how these plans impacted Soviet society.
 

Monday, February 3, 2014

Trench Warfare Website

Here is the website for our Trench Warfare notes:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtrench.htm