Land Revolutions

Who led the communists in the Russian Revolution?

• Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Tsar Nicholas II

Who led the communists in the Chinese Civil War?

• Xi Jinping

• Zhou Enlai

• Jiang Jieshi

• Mao Zedong

Who led the Mexican revolutionaries against Porfirio Dias?

• Emiliano Zapata

• Simon Bolivar

• Jose Chavez

• Che Guevara

What were Vladimir Lenin's promises to the Russian people?

• "Equality, Fraternity, Liberty"

• "Peace, Land, Bread"

• "Liberty and Justice for All"

• "Solidarity"

What change did the Mexican, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions ALL attempt to make to their economic systems?

• collectivization of agriculture

• redistribution of land from elites to peasants

• five year plans for industry

• free trade and a reliance on the laissez faire principles

What royal family's lineage came to an end in the Russian Revolution?

• Stuarts

• Habsburgs

• Romanovs

• Bolsheviks

Which term refers to government ownership of farms?

• collectivization

• communes

• capitalism

• mechanization

What is a significant difference between the Mexican Revolution and that of Russia and China?

• In Mexico, the revolutionaries never secured power in the government.

• In Mexico, the revolutionaries gave women rights.

• In Mexico, the revolutionaries were against modernization.

• In Mexico, the revolutionaries were against foreign influence.

What is one difference between the Chinese Communists and the Chinese Nationalists in their approach to fighting Japan in WWII?

• Communists supported the Japanese and the Nationalists did not.

• Communists rallied the Chinese peasants against the Japanese in a way that the Nationalists could not.

• Communists fought against the Japanese in the south and Nationalists fought against them in the north.

• Communists did not view the Japanese as a significant threat and the Nationalists did.

Which of the following is an accurate way to describe the Soviet and Chinese communist states?

• democratic

• single party system

• traditional

• open minded