Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History

True or False: According to the video: The failure of [the monarch]

Tsar Nicholas II's government in directing the war effort caused immense suffering.

• True

• False

What was NOT TRUE about Tsar Nicholas II's government during World War 1?

• It was inefficient

• It could not provide weapons for the troops

• It provided outstanding military leadership

• It could not provide food or medical care for the troops

True or False: During World War 1, Russian soldiers were well equipped with modern industrial technology.

• True

• False

Russia suffered from the following during World War 1:

• poor leadership

• high casualties

• disloyal and ineffective fighters

• A & B

• A, B, & C

Answer explanation

Casualty = a person killed or injured in a war or accident

high casualties and poor leadership led the Russian people to want to overthrow their monarch (czar Nicholas II)

After a string of Russian defeats in World War 1 what did Czar Nicholas II decide to do?

• That he should personally oversee

  the battlefront

• That his top general Grigori Rasputin

  should oversee the battlefront

• Join forces with the Germans

• Hold democratic elections

Answer explanation

This made Nicholas II appear incompetent and he

seemed uninterested in the survival of ordinary Russians

Incompetent leadership and a high number of deaths and injuries in World War 1 led to what?

• Directly to Communism in February of 1917

• Democracy

• Revolution

• An increase in Czar Nicholas II's popularity

Which of the following were the working women NOT protesting in Russian Revolution of February 1917?

• Lack of food

• A poor economy

• Casualties in the millions

• Outstanding military leadership

True or False: Protests from the hungry and angry people led Czar Nicholas II to voluntarily give up his throne

• True

• False

What was one major difference between the Russian Bolsheviks (the radical communist revolutionaries) and Karl Marx?

• The Bolsheviks thought a revolution would come from industrialized workers while Karl Marx believed an elite group of leaders could lead the Revolution

• Karl Marx thought a revolution would come from industrialized workers while the Bolsheviks believed an elite group of leaders could lead the Revolution

• Karl Marx believed a revolution could happen anywhere whereas the Bolsheviks believed a socialist revolution could not succeed in a country where capitalism was still in its early stages

• Karl Marx believed in communism while the Bolsheviks were a liberal political party that wanted a Western constitutional monarchy

What was Vladimir Lenin's popular slogan during the Revolution?

• Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity [brotherhood]

• Peace, Land, and Bread

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Peace, Love and Crabs 

Answer explanation

This slogan deeply appealed to the hungry, landless, and war-weary people of Russia