Who was the absolute monarch of Russia before the revolution?

What is the name for the poor people of Russia?

What was a cause of the Russian Revolution? (What was life like for the poor people of Russia?)

What was a major reason the Russian people engaged in the Revolution of 1905?

1. dissatisfaction with czarist rule

2. discontent with involvement in World War I

3. irritation over the banning of the Orthodox church

4. failure to emancipate the serfs

One way in which the government under Czar Nicholas II of Russia and the government under Benito Mussolini of Italy are similar is that both governments

1. liberated the serfs and industrial workers

2. reformed the executive branch by incorporating theocratic principles

3. established policies of censorship and repression

4. used televised propaganda to rally the masses

Who was the leader during the Russian Revolution?

Who influenced Lenin? What writer did he read?

What is the name of the Communist party during the Russian Revolution?

The Bolshevik Party in 1917 gained the support of the peasant class because they promised them

1. “Peace, Land, and Bread”

2. “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

3. abolition of the secret police

4. democratic reforms in all levels of government

Which action was taken by the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin?

1. supporting a traditional economy

2. eliminating political opposition

3. surrendering to the Provisional Government

4. extending the war against Austria-Hungary

Who was the leader of Russia after the Revolution?

Why is Stalin considered a totalitarian leader?

What was the new name for Russia after the Revolution?

An economic change introduced in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin would include

1. establishing free-market reforms

2. boycotting Baltic Sea trade routes

3. focusing on the production of consumer goods

4. collectivizing agriculture

Which of these events that occurred in the Soviet Union was a direct cause of the other three?

1. famine in Ukraine

2. implementation of five-year plans

3. establishment of collective farms

4. development of heavy industry

What does collectivization mean?

What does purge mean?

The primary purpose of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

1. increase agricultural and industrial output

2. limit the wealth of the upper class

3. increase the production of consumer goods

4. limit immigration of ethnic minorities

Which leader is being described by these statements?

Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)

Promised “Peace, Land, and Bread”

Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)

1. Czar Nicholas II               3. Vladimir I. Lenin

2. Nikita Khrushchev          4. Mikhail Gorbachev

_____ Forced famine in Ukraine (1932–1933) was a direct result of

1. Czar Nicholas’s involvement in World War I

2. Vladmir Lenin’s New Economic Policy

3. Joseph Stalin’s collectivization

4. Nikita Khrushchev’s removal from power

True or False: A person can have a business in communism. 

True or False: The government tells you what to make in a factory in communism.

What was one positive result of Stalin’s 5 Year Plan?

What was one negative result of Stalin’s 5 Year Plan?

Do you think Communism or Capitalism is better? Why?

Czar Nicholas II

Peasants

The peasants were starving, had no political power and many had died in WWI.

1. dissatisfaction with czarist rule

3. established policies of censorship and repression

Lenin

Karl Marx

Bolsheviks

1. “Peace, Land, and Bread”

2. eliminating political opposition

Stalin

He had total control of the country and people.

Soviet Union/USSR

4. collectivizing agriculture

2. implementation of five-year plans

To put small farms together into big farms.

To remove or get rid of.

1. increase agricultural and industrial output

3. Vladimir I. Lenin

3. Joseph Stalin’s collectivization

False

True

Russia was modernized.

Forced famine in Ukraine.

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