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WorksheetsCauses of the Russian Revolution
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is meant by autocratic?
Where one religious ruler has total power that isn't limited by a parliament of constitution
Where one ruler has limited power as a result of a parliament or constitution
Where one ruler has total power that isn't limited by a parliament of constitution
Where one family has total power that isn't limited by another individual
What was the relationship between Alexander III and Nicholas II?
Alexander III was Nicholas II father
Alexander III was Nicholas II cousin
Alexander III was Nicholas II ideological mentor
Alexander III was Nicholas II brother
What was Tsarism?
A form of autocracy whereby all laws came from the parliament
A form of autocracy whereby Tsarina was viewed as God-like and all laws came from the Tsar
A form of democracy whereby the Tsar was viewed as God-like and all laws came from the Tsar
A form of autocracy whereby the Tsar was viewed as God-like and all laws came from the Tsar
What was the Winter Palace?
Official residence of the head of the Orthodox Church
Official residence of the Tsars in St Petersburg
Official residence of the Tsars in Moscow
Official residence of Rasputin
What is Marxism?
A social, political, and economic philosophy named after Karl Marx.
It examines the effect of communism and argues for a worker revolution to overturn communism in favor of capitalism.
A social, political, and economic philosophy named after Karl Marx.
It examines the effect of capitalism and argues for a worker revolution to overturn capitalism in favor of communism.
A social philosophy named after Karl Marx.
It examines the effect of Tsarism on labour
A social, political, and economic philosophy named after Karl Marx.
It examines the effect of autocracy and argues for a worker revolution to overturn communism in favor of liberalism.
What were the five (5) social classes in Russian society?
1. Ruling class
2. Upper class
3. Middle class
4. Industrial class
5. Farming class.
1. Ruling class
2. Elite class
3. Middle class
4. Industrial class
5. Peasant class.
1. Ruling class
2. Upper class
3. Middle class
4. Military class
5. Peasant class.
1. Ruling class
2. Upper class
3. Middle class
4. Industrial class
5. Peasant class.
Who was Sergei Witte?
Tsar before Nicholas II
Tsarist war minister who was considered the 'architect of Russian militarism'
Tsarist finance minister who was considered the 'architect of Russian industrialisation'
Tsarist finance minister who was considered the 'architect of Russian agriculture'
What were the four (4) pillars of Tsarism?
1. Government
2. Bureaucracy
3. Police
4. Church
1. Tsar
2. Bureaucracy
3. Police
4. Church
1. Government
2. Bureaucracy
3. Police
4. Peasants
1. Government
2. Bureaucracy
3. Army
4. Church
What was the final stage in Marx's 'Stages of History'?
Socialism
Slave society
Capitalism
Communist society - classless utopia
Who were the main revolutionary groups on the left?
Bolsheviks
Mensheviks
Socialist Revolutionary Party (S.R)
Bolsheviks
Kadets
Socialist Revolutionary Party (S.R)
Octobrists
Mensheviks
Socialist Revolutionary Party (S.R)
Kadets
Octobrists
What was Bloody Sunday?
The shooting of unarmed civilians by tsarist soldiers in St Petersburg in January 1805
The shooting of unarmed civilians by tsarist soldiers in St Petersburg in January 1905.
The shooting of unarmed civilians by tsarist soldiers in Moscow in January 1905.
The shooting of armed civilians by tsarist politicians in St Petersburg in January 1905.
What was the defining battle in Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War?
The Battle of China on 27 May 1905
The Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905
The Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1955
The Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1917
What was the October Manifesto?
A document issued by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905 that promised social and political reforms, particularly the election of a the Okhrana
A document issued by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905 that promised religious reforms, particularly the election of a monarchy
A document issued by Tsar Nicholas II in 1925 that promised social and political reforms, particularly the election of a Duma
A document issued by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905 that promised social and political reforms, particularly the election of a Duma
Which definition best describes what the Fundamental Laws were?
Asserted the principles of democratic tsarism with Nicholas retaining full sovereignty by divine right.
Reasserted the principles of autocratic tsarism with Nicholas retaining some sovereignty by divine right.
Asserted the principles of democracy with Nicholas retaining losing sovereignty by divine right.
Reasserted the principles of autocratic tsarism with Nicholas retaining full sovereignty by divine right.
What party did the Bolsheviks + Mensheviks emerge from?
Octobrists
Kadets
Social Democratic Workers' Party
Social Communist Workers' Party
Which best describes the impact of WW1 on the tsarist regime?
1. Nicholas II became commander and chief of the army and therfore defeats would be blamed on him.
2. Tsarina was left in charge of the government at home
1. Nicholas II became commander and chief of the army and therfore defeats would be blamed on him.
2. Witte was left in charge of the government at home
1. Nicholas II became commander and chief of the army and therfore defeats would be blamed on him.
2. Rasputin was left in charge of the government at home
1. Alexander II became commander and chief of the army and therfore defeats would be blamed on him.
2. Tsarina was left in charge of the government at home
Which best describes the impact of WW1 on the Tsarist regime?
1. Increased the popularity of the tsar.
2. The peasantry felt the pains of the war most sharply.
1. Strengthened the tsar’s government.
2. The peasantry became the most patriotic.
1. human and economic costs of the war negatively impacted the tsar’s government.
2. The peasantry felt the pains of the war most sharply.
1. Increased Russian imperialism.
2. The peasantry moved away from supporting socialist groups.
What was the February Revolution of 1917?
Protests in Petrograd that led to the Bolsheviks taking power
Mass protests in Petrograd that led to the end of Russia's participation in WW1
Mass protests in Moscow that led to the end of Romanov rule in Russia.
Mass protests in Petrograd that led to the end of Romanov rule in Russia.
What was the Provisional Government?
The name of the first Duma as a result of the October Manifesto
The goverment in Russia following the October Manifesto
The goverment in Russia following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
The goverment in Russia following the end of Bolshevik rule
What were Lenin's April Theses?
A series of letters to Nicholas II outlining his goals of sharing power
A series of directives aimed at securing Soviet power
A series of directives aimed at ending WW1
A pamphlet that called for an end to the Tsarist regime
What were the July Days?
A spontaneous uprising in Moscow that resulted in Bolshevik suppression by the Provisional Government and Lenin's exile to Finland
A spontaneous uprising in Petrograd that resulted in Bolshevik suppression by the Provisional Government and Lenin's exile to Finland
A spontaneous uprising in Petrograd that resulted in Bolshevik suppression by the Provisional Government and Lenin's exile to Sweden
A spontaneous uprising in Petrograd that resulted in Bolshevik suppression of the Provisional Government
