| A | B |
| United States | With which nation did Japan sign the Treaty of Kanagawa, opening ports for trade |
| Germany | After which nation did Japan decide to model a strong central government during the Meiji era? |
| Sino-Japanese War | China was forced out of Korea as a result this. |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | Japan opened two ports to U.S. ships, and the United States set up an embassy in Japan. |
| sphere of influence | a foreign nation controls trade and investment |
| Nicholas II | He was the last Romanov czar of Russia |
| V. I. Lenin | He was the major leader of the Bolsheviks. |
| Rasputin | This man's influence on Czarina Alexandra led a group of Russian nobles to murder him. |
| World War I | For Russia, this ended with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which cost Russia a large chunk of territory. |
| Great Purge | Between 1934 and 1939, this was a campaign to eliminate all opposition to Stalin's power. |
| Japan | To whom did the Treaty of Versailles give territories and privileges in China? |
| Iran | Which nation was formerly known as Persia? |
| Saudi Arabia | Which nation was unified by Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud? |
| Turkey | At the end of World War I, which nation was all that remained of the Ottoman Empire? |
| totalitarian | A state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life is called this type of state. |
| Alexander III | He determined to strengthen "autocracy, orthodoxy, and nationality" in Russia. |
| Jiang Jieshi | He became the first president of the Nationalist Republic of China in 1928 |
| Mao Zedong | He was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Communists | Group forced to go on the Long March |
| government officials | Under Joseph Stalin's command economy system, they made all economic decisions. |