The Russian Revolution: Unit Review

Which statement best describes the relationship between World War I and the Russian Revolution?

• World War I created conditions within Russia that helped trigger a revolution.
• World War I postponed the Russian Revolution by restoring confidence in the Czar.
• The Russian Revolution inspired the Russian people to win World War I.
• World War I gave the Czar's army the needed experience to suppress the Russian Revolution.

Supporters of Lenin, who overthrew the provisional government and established Russia as the first communist state

• The serfs
• The Bolsheviks 
• The bourgeoisie
• The aristocracy

The Bolshevik Party in 1917 gained the support of the peasant class because they promised them

• "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
• "Life, Liberty and Property"
• "Peace, Land and Bread"
• democratic reforms in all levels of government

Heavy military losses in World War I, food and fuel shortages, and opposition to the czar led to the

• French Revolution

• Russian Revolution

• Chinese Revolution

• Cuban Revolution

One reason the Bolsheviks gained peasant support during the Russian Revolution was because the Bolsheviks promised to

• redistribute land
• abolish communes
• bring modern technology to Russian farms
• maintain an agricultural price-support program

• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)

• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"

• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)

Which leader is being described by these statements?

• Czar Nicholas II

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Vladimir I. Lenin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

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 major reason many Russian people supported the Bolsheviks in the November 1917 revolution was that the Bolsheviks called for

• an immediate peace settlement with Germany
• a heavy investment in industry
• the collectivization of agriculture
• the abolition of all religion

The political reorganization of Russia after the Communist Revolution of 1917 resulted in

• the establishment of a two-party political system
• increased political power for ethnic minorities
• a limited monarchy with the Czar as a figurehead
• a federation of socialist republics

Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin's death in 1924?

• The nation adopted a constitutional monarchy.
• Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party.
• Popular elections were held to choose a new General Secretary.
• A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders.