WorksheetsAF Background Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name the czar overthrown at the beginning of Russian Revolution
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Nicholas II
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Which party overthrew the Czar?
The Bolsheviks
The Democrats
The Boxer
The Whigs
Match the term to the correct definition
Capitalism
Economic system based on private owners
Communism
Public control of the economoy
Socialism
Parts of society are socially owned
Match the following person to the definition
Vladimir Lenin
First leader of USSR
Josef Stalin
Instituted the Great Purge
Bolshevik PArty
Russian Communist party
What was Stalin's key focus when he came to power?
Education Reforms
Rapid industrial and economic growth
Rebuilding Europe after World War I
Civil Rights
Millions of Russians died during the famine in
1929
1932
1945
1917
Who wrote Animal Farm
Ray Bradbury
Isaac Asimov
Leon Trotsky
George Orwell
When was Animal Farm published
1847
1900
1945
1953
What type of government ruled Russia after the Revolution?
Democratic
Communist
What year did the Russian Revolution take place?
1917
1918
1919
What is the book that lays out communism?
The Communist Manifesto
The Wealth of Nations
The Encylopedia
Two Treatises on Government
What did Russia become known as after this?
Soviet Union
Austria Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
In a "pure" communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?
military leaders
the citizens
Nobody
According to Karl Marx, the working class would eventually take control of governments through. . . .
Non-violent protest
Reforms
Violent Revolution
Why do you think Communism became so popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Communist leaders were skillful liers
Working people faced extremely difficult conditions back then
Democracy had become unpopular
