Russian Revolution Review

Russia in the 19th Century was divided into two major classes nobles and

• clergy

• kings

• peasants

• merchants

A group of Russian workers and their families marched to the royal palace in St. Petersburg with a list of demands. Government troops shot many of them. The event was called ____________________________________.

• March Revolution

• October Revolution

• Black Tuesday

• Bloody Sunday

_______________________ was Russia’s first Parliament.

• Duma

• Diet

• National Assembly

• House of Burgesses

__________________________ was a self-described “holy man,” who claimed t have magical healing powers.

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter the Great

• Vladimir Lenin

• Rasputin

Leaders of the Duma established a ________________________________, or temporary government headed by Alexander Kerensky.

• provisional

• indissoluble

• fixed

• perdurable

__________________________ was leader of Bolsheviks who redistributed land to the peasants and gave control of the factories to the workers.

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Vladimir Putin

• Vladimir Lenin

The Bolsheviks renamed their party the _____________________________________.

• Menshevik Party

• Red Party

• Communist Party

• Soviet Party

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a major turning

point in history because

• Russia became the first nation with a

  Communist economic system

• it was the last revolution in the 20th century

• Russia ceased to be an important force in

  world affairs

• the royal family was exiled to Mexico

A key principle of the economic theory of Communism

is

• restoration of a bartering system

• organization of workers’ unions

• government ownership of property

• privatization of business

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Which slogan is associated with the Bolshevik (Russian) Revolution?

• "An eye for an eye"

• "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

• "Take up the White Man's Burden"

• "Peace, Land, Bread"