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Russian revolutions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main cause of the failure of the Provisional Government?

a)

Failure to withdraw from World War I

b)

United States wanted to take their place in the war

c)

Marxism had more appeal to the masses

d)

Kerensky died

2.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks promised which three things to the Russian people?

a)

"Peace, security, and bread"

b)

"Peace, land, and security"

c)

"Peace, land, and bread"

d)

"Peace, land, and stability"

3.

What is the name of the group of violent extremists who wanted to overthrow the Czar?

a)

Mensheviks

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

Black Hand

d)

Kapitalists

4.

What was the name of the worker groups that wanted to establish communism?

a)

Chekas

b)

Soviets

c)

Gulags

d)

Dumas

5.
The --- was the law making body of Russia 
a)

Parliament 

b)

Duma

c)

Diet 

d)

Congress of Elders 

6.

This man's influence on Czarina Alexandra led a group of Russian nobles to murder him.

a)

Rasputin

b)

Nicholas II

c)

Alexander III

d)

V. I. Lenin

7.

Two factors that led to the tsar's abdication were

a)

food shortages and victories in WWI

b)

food shortages and losses in WWI

c)

Rasputin's influence and the speeches of Marx

d)

the power of the Duma and the November Revolution

8.

The last imperial family to rule Russia

a)

The Windsorenskys

b)

The Romanovs

c)

The Kakarots

d)

The St Peters

9.

This revolution was the "spark" that led to a series of revolutions afterwards.

a)

Revolution of 1905

b)

Russian Civil War

c)

February (March) Revolution of 1917

d)

October (November) Revolution of 1917

10.
Who were the "oppressed poor" as Marx called them?
a)
Proletariat
b)
Bourgeoisie
c)
Soviets
d)
Slaves
11.
The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution
a)
V. I. Lenin
b)
Josef Stalin
c)
Leon Trotsky
d)
Alexander Kerensky
12.

What is the MAIN message of this cartoon?

a)

The Tsar and Tsarina were now in the hands of Lenin and the workers

b)

The Tsar and Tsarina were about to be forced by the people to abdicate

c)

The Tsar and his Tsarina were unduly influenced by the 'Mad Monk' Rasputin

d)

All of the answers are true

13.

Vladimir Lenin took over full control of Russia in the February (March) Revolution of 1917.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What effect did International Women’s Day have?

a)

Short term trigger for revolution

b)

No effect

c)

It gave them equal rights

d)

It showed women to be true patriots

15.
What was the Provisional government?
a)
A temporary government
b)
A permanent government
c)
One that had not learned how to be a government
d)
A new way for the Tsar to run the country
16.

What was the Petrograd Soviet?

a)

Elected members representing workers, soldiers and peasants

b)

Anti - revolution activists

c)

Non elected group representing the bourgeoisie

d)

A man known as Vladimir

17.

The events shown in this picture took place during?

a)

The 1905 revolution

b)

The February Revolution

c)

The October Revolution

d)

After the October Revolution

18.

This picture is most likely:

a)

A propaganda picture favouring the Bolshevik Revolution

b)

A propaganda picture promoting a return to the old order

c)

A picture showing that Lenin is a 'man of the people'

d)

A picture showing that Lenin favoured the youth

19.

Which of the following were causes of the October Revolution?

a)

Continuing involvement in World War 1

b)

Return of revolutionary leaders from exile

c)

Disatisfaction with the Tsar

d)

Land had not been given to the peasants

e)

A desire to hold democratic elections

20.

Which of the following would be reasons why the war was unpopular in Russia:

a)

Leadership was very poor

b)

Many Russians would prefer to fight on the side of the Germans

c)

Weapons were inferior

d)

Soldiers didn't have enough to eat

e)

Soldiers often did not have proper military clothing