Russian Revolution

A ______________ was a member of the lowest feudal class in Russia, legally bound to a landed estate and required to perform labor for the lord of that estate in exchange for a personal allotment of land.

• peasant

• serf

• slave

• surf

What is the title of the autocrat in Russia?

• King

• Caesar

• Czar

• Emperor

Czar Nicholas II was a strong ruler just like his father and grandfather, and ready to rule Russia when he assumed the throne.

• True

• False

Karl __________ was the author of the Communist Manifesto, which influenced Lenin and other Communist revolutionaries. (Last name only, capitalized and spelled correctly)

Vladimir Lenin led what faction of the communists, meaning "majority"?

• Bolsheviks

• Mesheviks

How did the Russian military respond to Father Gapon's peaceful protest, asking for better working conditions?

• They welcomed the petition and gave it to the Czar

• They opened fire on the crowd

Czar Nicholas eventually agreed to share his power with an elected assembly called the __________.

• Congress

• Parliament

• Duma

• Communists

Who wanted Russia to lose WWI and weaken the power of the ruling monarchical government?

• Czar Nicholas

• President Woodrow Wilson

• Rasputin

• Vladimir Lenin

It was awkward for Czar Nicholas II and Russia in World War I since the Czar's wife was from which country?

• America

• Germany

• Greece

• China

Having Rasputin advising the Czar made him look strong or weak?

• Strong

• Weak