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This is the form of government in which resources are shared.
What is socialism?
This is the title of the king/queen of Russia. Two spellings are acceptable.
Russia's largest city, it would later become the capital.
What is Moscow?
As many peasants in the country were poor and struggled to survive, they moved here. A general term.
What is a city?
The name for a person who was like a slave, only they stayed on the same land instead of being moved to different areas.
What is a serf?
The name for a form of government in which there is a queen/king.
What is a Monarchy?
This emperor was the last in the Romanov family. He abdicated, or gave up the throne in 1917.
Who is Nicholas II?
The country that Russia went to war with in 1905, because they thought this smaller country was 'weak'.
What is Japan?
This is the term for the shift away from agriculture and toward factories and production of goods.
What is industrialization?
What are peasants?
The form of government where by people vote for their leaders.
What is a democracy?
Tsar Alexander II freed the serfs. Another word for freed is this e-word that is in your study guide.
What is emancipated?
The nearby country with whom the Russians fought in WWI.
What is Germany?
This character was characterized by a cranky socialist leader who avoided compromise. He would be the first Soviet Leader.
Who is Lenin?
Starting with a 'p'. This group was supposed to lead Russia in 1917 after Nicholas II abdicated the throne. Their name comes from the idea that they were only supposed to have power until Russian citizens decided the country's future. However, they were overpowered by another group led by Lenin.
What is the provisional government?
The type of government in which one person makes all of the decisions.
What is Authoritarian/Autocracy?
This strange person was a shaman who treated Nicholas II's son who had a blood disorder. He was a creepy dude.
Who is Rasputin?
This second largest city was the original capital of Russia before it was moved.
What is St. Petersburg or Petrograd?
This influential philosopher wrote books about socialism and a revolution started on the part of the working class that would lead to shared resources.
Who is Karl Marx?
This brutal Soviet ruler ruled from the 1920's to the 1950's and crushed any opposition, setting up an authoritarian government which he led. He was largely responsible for implementing the widespread use of the Gulags.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
These are two countries that border Russia.
What are...?
This tsar believed in reform and freed the serfs, though they still got a bad deal out of it.
Who is Alexander II?
This large mountain range is located in southwest Russia on the border of Georgia.
What are the Caucasus?
What are the Bolsheviks?
What is the Duma?