Before the revolution
1. What title did Russia's ruler hold before the revolution?
A) King
B) Emperor
C) Tsar
D) Duke
What is Tsar?
In what year did the Russian Revolution begin?
a) 1905
b) 1914
c) 1917
d) 1921
What is 1917?
What happened to Tsar Nicholas II?
a) He was exiled
b) He was imprisoned
c) He was overthrown
d) He fled the country
What is he was overthrown?
What major global conflict did the Russian Revolution contribute to starting?
a) World War II
b) Korean War
c) Cold War
d) Vietnam War
What is the Cold War?
What kind of economy did Russia have before the revolution?
a) Industrial economy
b) Mixed economy
c) Agricultural economy
d) Service-based economy
What is agricultural?
What revolution started much later in Russia than in Western Europe?
a) French Revolution
b) Industrial Revolution
c) Russian Revolution
d) American Revolution
What is the Industrial Revolution?
What happened to the Romanov royal family?
a) They were exiled
b) They were executed
c) They fled to Europe
d) They were put under house arrest
What is they were executed?
Which two superpowers emerged as rivals after the Russian Revolution and World War II?
a) Germany and Japan
b) U.S. and USSR
c) France and U.K.
d) China and U.S.
What are the U.S. and USSR?
What social class made up most of Russia’s population?
a) Nobility
b) Peasants
c) Bourgeoisie
d) Aristocrats
What are peasants?
Name one city whose population nearly doubled between 1890 and 1910.
a) Moscow
b) London
c) Berlin
d) Paris
What is Moscow or St. Petersburg?
What major political party came to power after the revolution?
a) Socialist Party
b) Bolshevik Party
c) Communist Party
d) Imperial Party
What is the Bolshevik Party?
Name one war that resulted from Cold War tensions.
a) World War I
b) Korean War
c) Spanish Civil War
d) World War II
What is the Korean or Vietnam War?
What kind of government existed before the revolution?
a) Democracy
b) Monarchy
c) Dictatorship
d) Autocracy
What is a dictatorship/autocracy?
What conflict between 1904–1905 weakened the Russian Empire before the revolution?
a) World War I
b) Russian Civil War
c) Russo-Japanese War
d) Crimean War
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
What policy did Lenin introduce in 1921 to revive the economy?
a) War Communism
b) New Economic Policy (NEP)
c) Five-Year Plans
d) Collectivization
What is the New Economic Policy (NEP)?
How did wealthy nations react to the spread of communism?
a) They tried to stop it
b) They supported it
c) They ignored it
d) They welcomed it
What is they tried to stop it?
What war made things worse in Russia and helped lead to the revolution?
a) World War II
b) Korean War
c) World War I
d) Franco-Prussian War
What is World War I?
How many Russians were estimated to have died during the famine of 1891–1892?
a) 100,000
b) 200,000
c) 400,000
d) 500,000
What is 400,000?
What happened to private property after the revolution?
a) It was protected
b) It was abolished
c) It was sold to the public
d) It was preserved for the aristocracy
What is it was abolished?
How did the revolution inspire people in poor nations?
a) It gave them hope for freedom/change
b) It showed them the importance of war
c) It encouraged them to abandon their traditions
d) It discouraged them from revolting
What is it gave them hope for freedom/change?