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AF Background Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the czar overthrown at the beginning of Russian Revolution

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

2.

Which party overthrew the Czar?

a)

The Bolsheviks

b)

The Democrats

c)

The Boxer

d)

The Whigs

3.

Match the term to the correct definition

a)

Capitalism

1.

Economic system based on private owners

b)

Communism

2.

Public control of the economoy

c)

Socialism

3.

Parts of society are socially owned

4.

Match the following person to the definition

a)

Vladimir Lenin

1.

First leader of USSR

b)

Josef Stalin

2.

Instituted the Great Purge

c)

Bolshevik PArty

3.

Russian Communist party

5.

What was Stalin's key focus when he came to power?

a)

Education Reforms

b)

Rapid industrial and economic growth

c)

Rebuilding Europe after World War I

d)

Civil Rights

6.

Millions of Russians died during the famine in

a)

1929

b)

1932

c)

1945

d)

1917

7.

Who wrote Animal Farm

a)

Ray Bradbury

b)

Isaac Asimov

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

George Orwell

8.

When was Animal Farm published

a)

1847

b)

1900

c)

1945

d)

1953

9.

What type of government ruled Russia after the Revolution?

a)

Democratic

b)

Communist

10.

What year did the Russian Revolution take place?

a)

1917

b)

1918

c)

1919

11.

What is the book that lays out communism?

a)

The Communist Manifesto

b)

The Wealth of Nations

c)

The Encylopedia

d)

Two Treatises on Government

12.

What did Russia become known as after this?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Austria Hungary

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Ukraine

13.

In a "pure" communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?

a)

military leaders

b)

the citizens

c)

Nobody

14.

According to Karl Marx, the working class would eventually take control of governments through. . . .

a)

Non-violent protest

b)

Reforms

c)

Violent Revolution

15.

Why do you think Communism became so popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

a)

Communist leaders were skillful liers

b)

Working people faced extremely difficult conditions back then

c)

Democracy had become unpopular