World History Unit 5 Russian Revolution Study Guide

Which is true of BOTH Lenin and Stalin?

• Standard of living rose for many workers and peasants

• Used secret police to enforce Communism

• Created a command economy and forced peasants to live on group farms

• Main goal was to make Soviet Union into a modern industrial power

Which of these was a result of the Bolshevik Revolution?

• Stalin was forced to step down

• Marx took over as the new Tsar

• Lenin seized power and hand Nicholas II executed

• Rasputin pulled Russia out of World War I

What usually happened to most people that opposed Stalin?

• They were exiled (sent out of the country)

• They were able to run against Stalin in national elections held every six years

• They were executed or sent to gulags where they were worked to death

• They were allowed to continue opposing him, since Stalin believed in freedoms of speech and press

What effect did the Russian Revolution have on World War I?

• The new Russian government withdrew Russia from World War I

• The new Russian government immediately surrendered to Germany

• The new Russian government joined Germany in the Central Powers

• The new Russian government had better military leaders who quickly defeated Germany on the Eastern Front

What role did World War I play in the Russian Revolution?

• It brought about new inventions, like the Duma and the Trans-Siberian Railway

• It showed people how much worse life would be if the Bolshevik revolution succeeded

• It united the people against the common enemy of France

• It made the people resent the Tsar even more

Because this political group promised to help them, many factory workers and peasants were supporters of

• the Bolsheviks

• the Tsar and Tsarina

• the provisional government

• the Duma

Why did the Tsar and Tsarina put up with Rasputin's bad behavior?

• The Tsarina was in love with him

• Rasputin threatened to kill the Tsar's family

• Rasputin seemed to cure their son's hemophilia

• The Tsar relied on him for military advice

Who was the first COMMUNIST ruler of Russia?

• Marx

• Nicholas II

• Stalin

• Lenin

The Russian Revolution established a government that was

• communist

• monarchy

• capitalist

• democratic

Why did the new Russian government dislike the United States and western European countries?

• The United States signed a separate peace with Germany and withdrew from World War I

• The United States supported the White Army anti-communists in the Russian Civil War

• Many western European countries and the U.S. were helping Germany fight against Russia in World War I

• The United States, England, and France had declared war on Russia while the Tsar was still in power