Russian Revolution

 Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?  
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
•  ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers

• A.  Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution 
• B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico 
• C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy 
• D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War

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 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.

A Soviet citizen living under Stalin’s rule had all aspects of life monitored and controlled by a centralized authority.
This is an example of

• A.  totalitarianism. 
• B. anarchism.
• C. theocracy. 
• D. democracy.

Which opinion on economic production would Karl Marx most likely express?

• A.  A free market best supports the needs of workers. 
• B. The role of the government is to regulate the means of production. 
• C. Ownership of the means of production should be shared equally by all workers. 
• D. Businesses should own the means of production to effectively increase economic output.

What were the local councils of workers, peasants, and soldiers that formed in Russia's major cities in 1917?

• Chekas
• Soviets
• Gulags
• Townships

The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution

• V. I. Lenin
• Josef Stalin
• Leon Trotsky
• Alexander Kerensky

What was the main cause of the failure of the Provisional Government

• Failure to withdraw from World War I
• United States wanted to take their place in the war
• Marxism sounded cooler
• Kerensky died