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Russian Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Russian Revolution happen during?

a)

World War One

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Enlightenment

2.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists)?

a)

Lenin

b)

Putin

c)

Hitler

d)

Franco

3.

The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves what?

a)

The Communist Party

b)

The Fascist Party

c)

The Socialist Party

d)

The Democratic Party

4.

What issues were going on in Russia during its revolution?

a)

Food Shortages

b)

Involvement in War

c)

Unhappiness With The Government

d)

All of the above were issues going on

5.

Who ruled Russia prior to the Russian Revolution?

a)

Czars

b)

Presidents

c)

Emporers

d)

Serfs

6.

Why did czars resist modernization?

a)

They wanted to maintain power

b)

They wanted the best for their people

c)

They wanted to give their money away

d)

They wanted citizens to become prosperous

7.

The czar was seen as a solid, competent leader.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Lenin's campaign slogan was:

a)

Peace Bread Land

b)

Money Wealth Power

c)

Greed Blood Profits

d)

History Best Class

9.

What was the end result of the Russian Revolution?

a)

Russia became a direct democracy

b)

Russia would become a communist nation

c)

Russia would become a theocracy

d)

Russia would go back to an absolute monarchy

10.

This treaty pulled Russia out of WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Greenville

c)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

d)

Treaty of Moscow

11.

Going into World War 1, Russia had previously faced a humiliating defeat by what nation in 1905?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

England

12.

After the serfs were released from servitude, why were the peasants so angry?

a)

They were landless

b)

It was cold

c)

They did not want to to go WW1

d)

They did not see how communism would benefit them

13.

What year did the Russian Revolution occur?

a)

1910

b)

1917

c)

1922

d)

1945

14.

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

15.
What was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?
a)
Gulags
b)
Concentration Camps
c)
Internment Camps
d)
Veritags
16.
The Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate
a)
communism 
b)
opposition to Stalin's power
c)
anyone who promoted industrialization and literacy
d)
shortages of food, housing and consumer goods
17.
Ruthless Soviet Leader who industrialized and modernized the Soviet Union:
a)
Czar Nicholas II
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Karl Marx
18.

To ease the issues of collectivised farming, Lenin...

a)

Took aid from the U.S. and gave it to his people

b)

Sold religious artifacts to pay from more food for the people

c)

Introduced mild capitalism, allowing some free trade between farmers

d)

Decided against the invasion of Poland so there would be less need to feed fighting soliders

19.

• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)

• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"

• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)


Which leader is being described by these statements?

a)

Czar Nicholas II

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Vladimir I. Lenin

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

20.

-Defeat in war with Japan in 1905

-Landless peasantry

-The incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II

-Military defeats and high casualties in World War 1

The list above is describing what?

a)

Causes of 1917 revolutions

b)

Reasons for entering World War 1

c)

Rise of communism

d)

Reasons for leaving World War 1