Russia and the USSR

What was the title given to the Monarchs(kings) of Russia?

• Dictator

• Tsar

• President

• Premier

The Russian Tsars used a system of rule by one person wielding absolute power, often called...

• communism

• autocracy (monarchy)

• socialism

• democracy

Under the Tsars, the majority of Russians were poor peasants called ________________ or farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land.

• serfs

• Russian fodder

• poboys

• intelligentsia

A person who was required to work for their lord and can be compared to a slave was a...

• surf

• slave

• prisoner

• serf

The Romanov family ruled Russia for hundreds of years before the 1917 Revolution. The last Tsar's name was __________________.

• Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Nicholas II

The leader of the Bolsheviks was...

• Joseph Stalin

• Nicholas II

• Rasputin

• Vladimir Lenin

A radical group of Marxists (Communists) formed a political party in Russia under Vladimir Lenin, calling themselves the...

• Realpolitik
• Triviteks
• Bolsheviks
• Mensheviks

What was the historical event that saw the fall of the Russian monarchy and the creation of the world's first communist country?

• World War II

• Russian Revolution

• Cold War

• Crimean War

What happened during the October Revolution?

• The Tsar returned to power
• The Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government
• Russia pulled out of World War I
• The Provisional Government defeated the Bolsheviks

Who was involved in the Russian Civil War?

• Reds vs Whites
• Whites vs Blacks
• Reds vs Blacks
• White vs Blues