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IX- The Russian Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is a major cause of the Russian Revolution?
a)
Russians wanted Czar Nicholas to have more power.
b)
Due to Russia's involvement in World War I, Russians' basic needs were not being met.
c)
Russia wanted to conquer more empires.
d)
Different ethnic groups wanted to wanted to have equal rights.
2.
What was "Bloody Sunday"?
a)
The Sunday when Czar Nicholas and his family was captured.
b)
The Sunday when Russian soldiers lost during WWI
c)
The Sunday when thousands of people marched to Czar Nicholas and troops began to shoot in the crowd.
d)
The Sunday when Vladamir Lenin decided he was going to take over Russia and have Czar Nicholas killed
3.
What is DUMA?
a)
The Russian Palace
b)
The Russian Congress
c)
A dungeon where serfs were kept
d)
Location of WWI
4.
What is communism?
a)
A theory that believes citizens should have a choice in the decisions made by the government.
b)
A theory that believes that the government should be in control of everything.
c)
A theory that believes that a government should not be able to have a single leader.
d)
A theory of unity of leaders and citizens.
5.
What did Vladimir Lenin rename Russia?
a)
The Soviet Union
b)
He didn't change the name.
c)
Prussia
d)
Georgia
6.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists)?

a)

Lenin

b)

Putin

c)

Hitler

d)

Franco

7.

What did the Russian Revolution happen during?

a)

World War One

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Enlightenment

8.

The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves what?

a)

The Communist Party

b)

The Fascist Party

c)

The Socialist Party

d)

The Democratic Party

9.

What government did Russia turn to during this?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Monarchy

10.

What is the book that lays out communism?

a)

The Communist Manifesto

b)

The Wealth of Nations

c)

The Encylopedia

d)

Two Treatises on Government

11.
What was the major consequence of the February Revolution of 1917?
a)
A.  It forced Kerensky to surrender to the Bolsheviks. 
b)
B. It secured Stalin as leader of Russia. 
c)
C. It allowed Trotsky to negotiate peace with Germany. 
d)
D. It forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.
12.
 Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?  
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
•  ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
a)
A.  Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution 
b)
B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico 
c)
C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy 
d)
D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War
13.
Which of the following answers is the correct chronological order of events during the Russian Revolution?
a)
A.  Bloody Sunday, World War I, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, assassination of the Romanov family 
b)
A.  World War I, Bloody Sunday, assassination of the Romanov family, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication
c)
A.  World War I, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, Bloody Sunday, assassination of the Romanov family
d)
A.  February Revolution, Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, assassination of the Romanov family, World War I
14.
Which statement describes the ideology of V.I. Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution?
a)
A.  He preserved the monarchy as a national symbol. 
b)
B. He called for authoritarian rule to implement communism. 
c)
C. He promoted the use of nonviolent protest for social change. 
d)
D. He held parliamentary elections to legitimize the new government.
15.
Which leader was most influenced by Marxist ideology?
a)
A.  Adolf Hitler 
b)
B. David Lloyd George 
c)
C. V.I. Lenin 
d)
D. Woodrow Wilson
16.
The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution
a)
V. I. Lenin
b)
Josef Stalin
c)
Leon Trotsky
d)
Alexander Kerensky
17.
The bourgeoisie were
a)
the "oppressed poor"
b)
the thriving middle class
c)
the owners of the means of production
d)
the strong working class
18.
What was the name of the civil government groups that sprouted up to rise against the Romanov Dynasty
a)
Chekas
b)
Soviets
c)
Gulags
d)
Townships
19.
The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution
a)
V. I. Lenin
b)
Josef Stalin
c)
Leon Trotsky
d)
Alexander Kerensky
20.

What did U.S.S.R. stand for?

a)

United Social Soviet Revolutionaries

b)

Use Sharp Scissors Regularly

c)

United Soviet Socialist Reunion

d)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

21.

What was the name for kings or emperors in Russia?

a)

count

b)

kaiser

c)

czar

d)

sultan

22.

What year did the Russian Revolution occur?

a)

1910

b)

1917

c)

1922

d)

1945

23.

Mad monk who influenced the Romanovs

a)

Nicholas

b)

Lenin

c)

Rasputin

d)

Kerensky

24.

Who led the October(Bolshevik) Revolution?

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Keresnky

d)

Rasputin

25.

Stalin's economic plan for the USSR

a)

NEP

b)

5 Year Plan

c)

Bolshevik Revolution

d)

Totalitarian State