Background to USSR

This group was created by the Bolsheviks so that quick decisions can be made

• The Red Army

• Local Communist Parties

• The Soviets

• The Politburo

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the 1917 February Revolution?

• Russia's involvement in WW1

• Workers and peasants lived in poverty

• Elites in Russia lived in luxury

• Stalin took farming land from the people

The last emperor of Russia was also known as __________

• Tsar Nicholas II

• Emperor Kang XI

• Tsar Peter the Great

• Tsar Catherine IV

The Tsar abdicated on ____________

• 15 March 1917

• 25 October 1917

• 18 March 1917

• 27 October 1917

After the war, a _________ attempted to take political control

• Bolshevik Party

• Provisional Government

• People's Action Party

• League of Nations

Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky led the ___________

• Nazi party

• The Black Army

• Bolsheviks

• Trade Unions

The Bolsheviks promised the people _____________

• Live, Laugh, Love

• Veni, Vidi, Vici

• Peace, Land, Bread

• Peace, Work, Bread

The Bolshevik Revolution is also known as the _____________

• February Revolution

• October Revolution

• March Revolution

• December Revolution

________ was set up to fight the 'Whites' during the Russian Civil War

• The Black Army

• The Soviets

• The Red Army

• The Luftwaffe

Which of the following was NOT one way the Bolsheviks consolidated power?

• Established the Cheka (secret police)

• Controlled media through state-run newspapers

• Eliminated the Rykovian race

• Banned opposition parties