World War I & Russian Revolution

What was the major consequence of the February Revolution of 1917?

• A.  It forced Kerensky to surrender to the Bolsheviks. 
• B. It secured Stalin as leader of Russia. 
• C. It allowed Trotsky to negotiate peace with Germany. 
• D. It forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.

Which group of people revolted against the Russian revolutionary provisional government in 1917?

• A.  the Bolsheviks 
• B. the Czarists 
• C. the nobility 
• D. the clergy

Which of the following answers is the correct chronological order of events during the Russian Revolution?

• A.  Bloody Sunday, World War I, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, assassination of the Romanov family 
• A.  World War I, Bloody Sunday, assassination of the Romanov family, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication
• A.  World War I, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, Bloody Sunday, assassination of the Romanov family
• A.  February Revolution, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, assassination of the Romanov family, World War I

Which event was a main cause of the Petrograd Uprising that began the Russian Revolution?

• A.  severe food shortages 
• B. Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication 
• C. major military desertions 
• D. Vladimir Lenin’s return from exile

Which statement describes the ideology of V.I. Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution?

• A.  He preserved the monarchy as a national symbol. 
• B. He called for authoritarian rule to implement communism. 
• C. He promoted the use of nonviolent protest for social change. 
• D. He held parliamentary elections to legitimize the new government.

Which leader was most influenced by Marxist ideology?

• A.  Adolf Hitler 
• B. David Lloyd George 
• C. V.I. Lenin 
• D. Woodrow Wilson

Acting as a religious figure, which person gained significant influence over the Russian royal family during the early 20th century?

• A.  Alexander Kerensky 
• B. Vladimir Lenin 
• C. Gregory Rasputin
•  D. Leon Trotsky

Which one of the events listed below identifies the campaign of terror that Josef Stalin implemented against other Communist Party leaders during the mid-1930s?

• A.  New Economic Policy 
• B. Bloody Sunday 
• C. collectivization 
•  D. the Great Purge

Josef Stalin’s policy of agricultural collectivization led to

• A.  an economic treaty with China.
• B. closer economic ties with the United States. 
• C. reforms that increased food surpluses in the Soviet Union. 
• D. a destructive famine in the Ukraine.

During Josef Stalin’s rule, Russians only had access to select information. This is an example of

• A.  suffrage. 
• B. democracy. 
• C. fascism. 
• D. censorship.