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WorksheetsLatin American/Russian Revolution and Arab Spring
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
Young people were the driving force behind the Arab Spring.
True
False
The Russian Revolution was fought between the Reds and the Whites; the United States supported the Reds.
True
False
Joseph Stalin turned Russia into a democracy.
True
False
After the Russian Revolution and the creation of the USSR, the Communist Party, not the people, ruled.
True
False
Bolsheviks ended _________ of businesses and redistributed land to peasants.
sale
private ownership
public ownership
economics
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.
thoughts and prayers
violence
civil disobedience
riots
What role did social media have in the Arab Spring movement of 2011?
Social media helped spread disinformation that showed positive government spin.
Social media helped people keep their profiles updated.
Social media allowed protesters to play games while they protested.
Social media helped spread information about government corruption.
Which of the following were causes of the Arab Spring?
Human rights violations, economic decline, extreme poverty, rise in employment
Human rights violations, economic decline, extreme poverty, unemployment
Human rights violations, economic gains, extreme poverty, unemployment
Human rights violations, economic decline, extreme wealth, unemployment
Last Tsar of Russia, executed by the Bolsheviks
Nicholas Cage
Nick Cannon
Nicholas I
Nicholas II
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
Stalin
Trotsky
Lenin
revolutionary Marxist faction founded by Vladimir Lenin
Mensheviks
Bolsheviks
Beatles
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
Stalin
Lenin
Trotsky
President of Tunisia who was overthrown during the Arab Spring.
Al-Assad
Mubarak
Ben Ali
Gaddafi
President of Egypt who was overthrown during the Arab Spring.
Al-Assad
Ben Ali
Gaddafi
Mubarak
Ruler of Libya who was overthrown during the Arab Spring.
Ben Ali
Al Assad
Gaddafi
Mubarak
President of Syria, Arab Spring protests led to civil war
Al-Assad
Gaddafi
Mubarak
Ben Ali
Russian tsar who took control of government in 1689 and used his power to modernize Russia
Nick Cage
Peter Pan
Nicholas II
Peter the Great
the adoption of Western ideas, technology, and culture
Easternization
Westernization
Westworld
West Side
ruling with unlimited authority
autocracy
democracy
oligarchy
republic
a landowning Russian noble
ruple
richie
boyar
a port that is free of ice all year
warm water port
cold water port
capital city and major port that Peter the Great established in 1703
St. Edwardscity
St. Petersburg
St. Johnstown
St. Mikesville
Russian empress as of 1762 who embraced Western ideas and ruled as an absolute monarch
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Wise
Catherine the Tall
Catherine the Brave
to divide up
predilection
premonition
petition
partition
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
tax
tarriff
boycott
Trade Embargo
The new republican governments in Latin America struggled because
the United States intervened.
they had no experience with self-rule.
their cash crops failed
monarchies in Europe intervened.
In March of 1917, widespread rioting broke out because the price of ________________ had skyrocketed.
bread
milk
OJ
soda
The Russian provisional government made the fatal mistake of deciding to
continue the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty.
sign a peace treaty with Germany.
remain in World War I
assassinate the czar.
Why did Russia fall into civil war?
The peasants were tired of waiting for land reform.
The czar led forces against the Bolshevik government.
Many groups were opposed to the new Bolshevik government.
The Bolsheviks and Communists disagreed about how to run the country
Spanish and Portuguese officials who resided temporarily in
Latin America for political and economic gain and then returned to their
homeland
mestizos
creoles
peninsulares
