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Tsarist Russia/Revolutions/Civil War TEST

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which description accurately portrays Leon Trotsky.

a)

Right hand man to Vladimir Lenin, assisted in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War

b)

Created communism in the "Communist Manifesto", which outlined ideas towards achieving a perfect society.

c)

He created his political ideologies based off of Communism and was the leader of the Red Army and the Bolsheviks.

d)

The Emperor of Russia during the Russian Civil War, he made awful decisions, and was very foolish man who destroyed the Empire.

2.

Who helped Vladimir Lenin return to Russia after his exile in order to de-stabalize their opponent in WWI?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

United States

3.

Siberian monk who became the advisor to the Tsar and his wife. Was killed by a group of nobles.

a)

Rasputin

b)

Kerensky

c)

Kornilov

d)

Alexei

4.

Tsar Alexander II is known most for his decision to ______________.

a)

emancipate the serfs

b)

start the February Revolution

c)

conduct pogroms against Russian Jews

d)

create the duma

5.

A Bolshevik believes in ________.

a)

monarchy

b)

socialism/communism

c)

democracy

d)

fascism

6.

Leader of the Duma and the Provisional Government, he could not create a functioning government for Russia.

a)

Kerensky

b)

Lenin

c)

Kornilov

d)

Trotsky

7.

Tsar of Russia who abdicated his throne in 1917

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Alexander II

c)

Alexander III

d)

Gregory Rasputin

8.

Who were the "Reds" in the Russian civil war?

a)

Bolshevik army

b)

supporters of Nicholas II

c)

a full communist state

d)

White army

9.

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk did what?

a)

got Russia out of WWI

b)

was signed by Nicholas II

c)

Russia was blamed for WWI

d)

created the Soviet Union

10.

What was the duma?

a)

A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia.

b)

Russian secret police

c)

Ownership by the government of an asset, corporation, or industry.

d)

A philosopher who saw the struggles of the working class during the industrial revolution and came up with a theory advocating class war

11.

What is an autocracy?

a)

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

b)

A Country's trade and financial systems are based on private ownership for profit rather than run by the government.

c)

A socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1848) describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views.

d)

Bolsheviks led by Leon Trotsky and Lenin claimed power in name of the soviets and proclaimed a full-scale revolution with support of workers and troops

12.

What was the October Revolution?

a)

Bolshevik takeover of Russia in 1917

b)

Provisional Government taking over for Nicholas II

c)

Alexander II's emancipation of the serfs

d)

Civil war between the Red and the Whites

13.

Who was Karl Marx?

a)

A philosopher who saw the struggles of the working class during the industrial revolution and came up with a theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

b)

A philospher who strongly encourages capitalism.

c)

Last tsar of Russia. He was killed by the Bolsheviks.

d)

The dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953.

14.

Before the 1905 Revolution, Russia suffered what humiliating defeat?

a)

Russo-Japanese War

b)

Napoleonic Wars

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Reds vs. Whites

15.

What were soviets?

a)

Elected councils formed during the Russian Revolution

b)

class struggle and revolution

c)

Bolsheviks

d)

secret police

16.

What happened to Tsar Alexander II?

a)

assassinated by a radical group called the Narodnaya Volya ("The People's Will")

b)

died of natural causes

c)

failed to emancipate the serfs

d)

signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

17.

Tsar Alexander III was known for what kind of rule?

a)

large-scale repression

b)

free and open democracy

c)

Fascist rule

d)

reform

18.

Tsar Nicholas II abdicated after what event?

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

February Revolution

c)

October Revolution

d)

1905 Revolution

19.

The Romanov family was executed because _________

a)

The Bolsheviks feared that the White Army would re-install the monarchy if they were captured

b)

They supported democratic rule

c)

Rasputin was running the country

d)

The White Army did not want them to return

20.

How did Russia do in World War One?

a)

Terribly; they were unprepared and suffered defeat after defeat.

b)

Remarkably well. Victory after victory

c)

Russia left the war after 1 year.

d)

Russia's army was well-prepared and had too many resources.

21.

One of the fateful decision made by the Provisional Government was ____________

a)

staying in WWI

b)

pulling out of WWI

c)

supporting autocracy

d)

winning the Russo-Japanese War

22.

The February Revolution occured after what event?

a)

International Women's Day demonstrations

b)

Russo-Japanese War

c)

Bloody Sunday

d)

Bolshevik takeover of Russia

23.

One of the ways Rasputin was able to assert himself into the Romanov's world was his ability to:

a)

calm the hemophiliac heir to the throne, Alexei

b)

share his views about Marxism

c)

dance beautifully

d)

show that democracy was a better system than autocracy

24.

What was the event known as "Bloody Sunday" about?

a)

Nicholas II's troops fired upon protestors in 1905

b)

Raputin's execution

c)

the abdication of Nicholas II

d)

the first battle of the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites

25.

Lenin's popular phrase that won him support among the lower class was __________

a)

"Peace, Land, and Bread"

b)

"War, Land, and Government"

c)

"Peace, Democracy, and Shame"

d)

"Never Surrender"