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Latin American/Russian Revolution and Arab Spring

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Young people were the driving force behind the Arab Spring.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The Russian Revolution was fought between the Reds and the Whites; the United States supported the Reds.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Joseph Stalin turned Russia into a democracy. 

a)

True

b)

False

4.

After the Russian Revolution and the creation of the USSR, the Communist Party, not the people, ruled. 

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Bolsheviks ended _________ of businesses and redistributed land to peasants.

a)

sale

b)

private ownership

c)

public ownership

d)

economics

6.

Much like Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr., many protestors during the Arab Spring used ___________________________ to force progress in their countries, including strikes and boycotts. 

a)

thoughts and prayers

b)

violence

c)

civil disobedience

d)

riots

7.

What role did social media have in the Arab Spring movement of 2011?  

a)

Social media helped spread disinformation that showed positive government spin.

b)

Social media helped people keep their profiles updated.

c)

Social media allowed protesters to play games while they protested.

d)

Social media helped spread information about government corruption.

8.

Which of the following were causes of the Arab Spring?

a)

Human rights violations, economic decline, extreme poverty, rise in employment

b)

Human rights violations, economic decline, extreme poverty, unemployment

c)

Human rights violations, economic gains, extreme poverty, unemployment

d)

Human rights violations, economic decline, extreme wealth, unemployment

9.

Last Tsar of Russia, executed by the Bolsheviks

a)

Nicholas Cage

b)

Nick Cannon

c)

Nicholas I

d)

Nicholas II

10.

a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924

a)

Stalin

b)

Trotsky

c)

Lenin

11.

revolutionary Marxist faction founded by Vladimir Lenin

a)

Mensheviks

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

Beatles

12.

Soviet political leader who governed the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953. Ran Russia during WWII, responsible for the death of millions

a)

Stalin

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

13.

President of Tunisia who was overthrown during the Arab Spring.

a)

Al-Assad

b)

Mubarak

c)

Ben Ali

d)

Gaddafi

14.

President of Egypt who was overthrown during the Arab Spring.

a)

Al-Assad

b)

Ben Ali

c)

Gaddafi

d)

Mubarak

15.

Ruler of Libya who was overthrown during the Arab Spring.

a)

Ben Ali

b)

Al Assad

c)

Gaddafi

d)

Mubarak

16.

President of Syria, Arab Spring protests led to civil war

a)

Al-Assad

b)

Gaddafi

c)

Mubarak

d)

Ben Ali

17.

Russian tsar who took control of government in 1689 and used his power to modernize Russia

a)

Nick Cage

b)

Peter Pan

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Peter the Great

18.

the adoption of Western ideas, technology, and culture

a)

Easternization

b)

Westernization

c)

Westworld

d)

West Side

19.

ruling with unlimited authority

a)

autocracy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

republic

20.

a landowning Russian noble

a)

ruple

b)

richie

c)

boyar

21.

a port that is free of ice all year

a)

warm water port

b)

cold water port

22.

capital city and major port that Peter the Great established in 1703

a)

St. Edwardscity

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

St. Johnstown

d)

St. Mikesville

23.

Russian empress as of 1762 who embraced Western ideas and ruled as an absolute monarch

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Catherine the Wise

c)

Catherine the Tall

d)

Catherine the Brave

24.

to divide up

a)

predilection

b)

premonition

c)

petition

d)

partition

25.

an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

a)

tax

b)

tarriff

c)

boycott

d)

Trade Embargo

26.

The new republican governments in Latin America struggled because

a)

the United States intervened.

b)

they had no experience with self-rule.

c)

their cash crops failed

d)

monarchies in Europe intervened.

27.

In March of 1917, widespread rioting broke out because the price of ________________ had skyrocketed.

a)

bread

b)

milk

c)

OJ

d)

soda

28.

The Russian provisional government made the fatal mistake of deciding to

a)

continue the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty.

b)

sign a peace treaty with Germany.

c)

remain in World War I

d)

assassinate the czar.

29.

Why did Russia fall into civil war?

a)

The peasants were tired of waiting for land reform.

b)

The czar led forces against the Bolshevik government.

c)

Many groups were opposed to the new Bolshevik government.

d)

The Bolsheviks and Communists disagreed about how to run the country

30.

Spanish and Portuguese officials who resided temporarily in
Latin America for political and economic gain and then returned to their
homeland

a)

mestizos

b)

creoles

c)

peninsulares