What type of farms did Stalin create and forced Russian peasants to work on?
What are collective farms
100
Who was the first Communist leader of Russia?
Who is Vladamir Lenin
100
When the Russian Revolution of 1917 began, who took to the streets first and why?
What is women factory workers because they were starving..(BREAD!!!)
100
Name one condition that Russia faced during WWI
What is millions of casualties, food shortages, lack of supplies, poor transportation
200
What Communist group assassinated the last tsar and his family?
Who are the Bolsheviks
200
What form of media did Stalin use to share his point of view with the Russian people. (hint) It was exagerated and often lies
What is propaganda
200
When Lenin overthrew the tsar of Russia, what did he rename the country?
What is the Soviet Union
200
What type of economy emerged in Russia after the last tsar was overthrown?
What is a Communist economy
200
In the 1905 revolution in Russia, the tsar agreed to set up a legislature to help make the laws. What was the name of this legislature?
What is the DUMA
300
What was the family name of the last Russian tsar?
What is Romanov
300
Under Stalin's rule, what did he and his secret police encourage people to become?
What are informants
300
Identify one belief of a pure Communist.
What is: Industries should be given to the workers
Land should be divided equally among the citizens
Wealth should be divided equally among the citizens
300
In 1905, Russian workers began to form councils who organized strikes, These councils of ordinary citizens were called ____________
What are soviets
300
A quick change in power over a short period of time is often acheived through a
What is revolution
400
When the last tsar went to the front lines in Germany during WWI, who did he leave in charge and why did this upset the Russian people?
What is his wife, Tsarina Alexandra. She was born in Germany and Russia was fighting them during WWI.
400
What term is used to describe when Stalin executed anyone who spoke against him or Communism
What is the GREAT PURGE
400
The MAJOR goal of a pure Communist
What is world domination
400
In the 1905 Russian Revolution, workers took to the street and stormed the tsar's palace to present him with a long list of demands. THey were met by troops who opened fire on the peaceful protest. About 130 protesters were killed. What was that day called from then on?
What is "Bloody Sunday."
400
Stalin wanted to increase industrialization quickly in Russia to catch up with the advanced nations in the world, so he set up _____ _________ plans.
What is 5 year
500
Identify the "Mad Monk" that helped rule Russia when the tsar was fighting in Germany. He was not a very moral man and stayed drunk most of the time; however, the tsarina believed that he could help cure her son of hemophelia.
Who is Rasputin
500
Stalin's forced labor camps where he sent thousands to work for free, industrializing Russia were called ____
What is gulags
500
What was Lenin's slogan for the Russian people?
What is PEACE,LAND AND BREAD
500
THe Bolshevik Communist got the idea of Communism from this man.
Who is Karl Marx
500
What is the main problem with a Communist economy?
What is there is little or no incentive to work hard because wages are already set.