Russian Revolution

Multiple Choice

The political cartoon best illustrates which of the following enduring issues that existed in pre-revolutionary Russia?

• population growth

• impact of innovations

• inequality

• nationalism

Multiple Choice

Russian soldiers wrote a letter to the Russian Minister of War in 1917 stating: "We, soldiers from various regiments[…]ask you to end the war and its bloodshed at any cost." The Russians were suffering many casualties, and losing the war badly.

WHICH WAR DID THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE WANT TO END THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN? 

• The War of 1812

• World War I

• World War II

• The war in Ukraine

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Multiple Choice

In 1861, Czar Alexander II issued the Emancipation Manifesto, which was a document that freed all of the serfs in Russia.  The newly freed serfs had no money to buy land and most of them were forced to work in poor conditions with little pay without their most basic needs being met.  By 1900, around 85 percent of the Russian people lived in the countryside and earned their living from agriculture.  These peasants lived in extreme poverty and became disgruntled with the government and the upper class who had money and owned the land. 

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENDURING ISSUES IS DEMONSTRATED BY THIS CAUSE OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION?

• POLLUTION

• SPREAD OF DISEASE

• SCARCITY

• DESIRE FOR POWER

Multiple Choice

The people of Russia were ruled by _______ when the Russian Revolution began.

• CZAR NICOLAS II

• KING LOUIS XIV

• SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT

• KARL MARX

The Romanov family ruled Russia for 304 years!!!

Their reign began with the ascent of Mikhail Romanov to the throne in 1613.

The Romanov dynasty continued until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917 during the Russian Revolution. Abdication means when a ruler decides to step down from their position voluntarily.

Multiple Choice

A study of the rule of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and the rule of King Louis XVI of France would show that

• overspending on warfare can lead to victory

• democratic governments often result from revolution

• leaders who ignore the needs of their people are likely to be overthrown

• strong advisors usually help monarchs implement successful reforms

Multiple Choice

A comparison of the French Revolution (1789) and the Russian Revolution (1917) illustrates that

• political and economic inequalities often lead to demands for change

• democratic governments generally result from revolutions

• revolutions are based on a single grievance

• privatization eventually leads to class struggle

Multiple Choice

The name of the COMMUNIST political party that promised the people "PEACE, LAND, & BREAD" and came to power as a result of the Russian Revolution was

• The Capitalists

• The Democrats

• The Bolsheviks

• The Jacobins