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1.0 iGCSE History - Russia - keywords

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a manifesto?

a)

A law or set of laws

b)

A written statement by a political party, saying what they believe in and what they tend to do

c)

Ideas that are not extreme, and that people who oppose each other can agree about

d)

To discuss something in order to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics

2.

"A political system in which one country rules a lot of other countries" is... (one word)

(a)  

3.

The socialists and communists are both left-wing styles of government

a)

Agree

b)

Disagree

4.

What are serfs?

a)

Peasants who lived on land that they did not own and who had to obey the landowner

b)

Extremely poor people who have to pay rent to their landowners

c)

The landowners who had people working on their land for rent

d)

The landowners who owned the people who worked on their lands

5.

"Someone who dislikes change or new ideas to an extreme, especially in politics" is a...

a)

Ultra-conservative

b)

Mildly-conservative

c)

Mildly-liberal

d)

Ultra-liberal

6.

What does 'tsar' mean?

a)

King

b)

Emperor

c)

Prince

d)

Empress

7.

When did the last tsar die?

a)

1888

b)

1900

c)

1905

d)

1917

8.

What was the standard unit of money in Russia?

a)

Rouble

b)

Dollar

c)

Euro

d)

Pound

9.

Who's this guy?

a)

Rasputin

b)

Tsar Nicholas II

c)

Tsar Alexander III

d)

Mr McDonald

10.

"A government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some reason" is a... (one word)

(a)  

11.

A capitalist is someone who believes in a left-wing style of government

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Put the following in the correct social order:

a)

Aristocracy

Upper class

Gentry

Middle class

Lower class

Peasant

Serfs

b)

Serfs

Lower class

Peasant

Middle class

Aristocracy

Upper class

Gentry

c)

Gentry

Upper class

Middle class

Lower class

Aristocracy

Serfs

Peasant

d)

Serfs

Peasant

Aristocracy

Gentry

Lower class

Middle class

Upper class

13.

Community-owned land that was shared between peasant families were known as what?

a)

Communes

b)

Farms

c)

Ghettos

d)

Gulags

14.

"An old-fashioned method of sending messages using radio or electrical signals" is known as what?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Nokia 3310

c)

Flag signals

d)

MSN messenger

15.

What is the system of government in which one person has unlimited power?

a)

Autocracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

16.

Who's this guy?

a)

Tsar Nicholas II

b)

Tsar Alexander III

c)

Mr Breadner

d)

Rasputin

17.

Who's this guy?

a)

Tsar Alexander III

b)

Tsar Nicholas II

c)

Lenin

d)

Rasputin

18.

Where's this building?

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Kyiv

d)

Petrograd

19.

"An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people" is... (one word)

(a)  

20.

What's their last name?

a)

Romanov

b)

Windsor

c)

Mountbatten

d)

von Hohenzollern