WorksheetsTsarist Russia/Revolutions/Civil War TEST
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which description accurately portrays Leon Trotsky.
Right hand man to Vladimir Lenin, assisted in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War
Created communism in the "Communist Manifesto", which outlined ideas towards achieving a perfect society.
He created his political ideologies based off of Communism and was the leader of the Red Army and the Bolsheviks.
The Emperor of Russia during the Russian Civil War, he made awful decisions, and was very foolish man who destroyed the Empire.
Who helped Vladimir Lenin return to Russia after his exile in order to de-stabalize their opponent in WWI?
Germany
Great Britain
France
United States
Siberian monk who became the advisor to the Tsar and his wife. Was killed by a group of nobles.
Rasputin
Kerensky
Kornilov
Alexei
Tsar Alexander II is known most for his decision to ______________.
emancipate the serfs
start the February Revolution
conduct pogroms against Russian Jews
create the duma
A Bolshevik believes in ________.
monarchy
socialism/communism
democracy
fascism
Leader of the Duma and the Provisional Government, he could not create a functioning government for Russia.
Kerensky
Lenin
Kornilov
Trotsky
Tsar of Russia who abdicated his throne in 1917
Nicholas II
Alexander II
Alexander III
Gregory Rasputin
Who were the "Reds" in the Russian civil war?
Bolshevik army
supporters of Nicholas II
a full communist state
White army
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk did what?
got Russia out of WWI
was signed by Nicholas II
Russia was blamed for WWI
created the Soviet Union
What was the duma?
A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia.
Russian secret police
Ownership by the government of an asset, corporation, or industry.
A philosopher who saw the struggles of the working class during the industrial revolution and came up with a theory advocating class war
What is an autocracy?
A system of government by one person with absolute power.
A Country's trade and financial systems are based on private ownership for profit rather than run by the government.
A socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1848) describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views.
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
What was the October Revolution?
Bolshevik takeover of Russia in 1917
Provisional Government taking over for Nicholas II
Alexander II's emancipation of the serfs
Civil war between the Red and the Whites
Who was Karl Marx?
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.
A philospher who strongly encourages capitalism.
Last tsar of Russia. He was killed by the Bolsheviks.
The dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953.
Before the 1905 Revolution, Russia suffered what humiliating defeat?
Russo-Japanese War
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Stalingrad
Reds vs. Whites
What were soviets?
Elected councils formed during the Russian Revolution
class struggle and revolution
Bolsheviks
secret police
What happened to Tsar Alexander II?
assassinated by a radical group called the Narodnaya Volya ("The People's Will")
died of natural causes
failed to emancipate the serfs
signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Tsar Alexander III was known for what kind of rule?
large-scale repression
free and open democracy
Fascist rule
reform
Tsar Nicholas II abdicated after what event?
Bloody Sunday
February Revolution
October Revolution
1905 Revolution
The Romanov family was executed because _________
The Bolsheviks feared that the White Army would re-install the monarchy if they were captured
They supported democratic rule
Rasputin was running the country
The White Army did not want them to return
How did Russia do in World War One?
Terribly; they were unprepared and suffered defeat after defeat.
Remarkably well. Victory after victory
Russia left the war after 1 year.
Russia's army was well-prepared and had too many resources.
One of the fateful decision made by the Provisional Government was ____________
staying in WWI
pulling out of WWI
supporting autocracy
winning the Russo-Japanese War
The February Revolution occured after what event?
International Women's Day demonstrations
Russo-Japanese War
Bloody Sunday
Bolshevik takeover of Russia
One of the ways Rasputin was able to assert himself into the Romanov's world was his ability to:
calm the hemophiliac heir to the throne, Alexei
share his views about Marxism
dance beautifully
show that democracy was a better system than autocracy
What was the event known as "Bloody Sunday" about?
Nicholas II's troops fired upon protestors in 1905
Raputin's execution
the abdication of Nicholas II
the first battle of the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites
Lenin's popular phrase that won him support among the lower class was __________
"Peace, Land, and Bread"
"War, Land, and Government"
"Peace, Democracy, and Shame"
"Never Surrender"
