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Russian Revolution Vocabulary
Russian Revolution
People of the Time
Era of Uncertainty
Era of Uncertainty Vocabulary
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Local governing councils.
What are soviets?
100
Czar Nicholas II built up Russia's industry, becoming a leading producer of steel. This was built and is the longest continuous rail line in the world
What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?
100
This man promised "Peace, Land, and Bread" to the Russian people. He was the leader of the Bolsheviks and first ruler of the Soviet Union
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
100
This government ruled Germany briefly after World War I.
What is Weimar Republic?
100
Philosophy that says each person must make meaning in a world that has no universal meaning.
What is existentialism?
200
Government that has total control over people's lives.
What is totalitarianism?
200
This group of revolutionaries were led by Lenin during the Russian Revolution.
What are the Bolsheviks?
200
He was the Fascist leader of Italy.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
200
This meeting of world powers was held in 1938, which allowed Hitler to take part of Czechoslovakia.
What is the Munich Conference?
200
Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
300
Large, government-owned farms; instituted by Joseph Stalin.
What is collective farm?
300
After the execution of Czar Nicolas II and his family, this type of government formed, led by Alexander Kerensky.
What is provisional government?
300
This eccentric (quirky) monk was assassinated because of his corrupt influence on the Russian royal family.
Who is Rasputin?
300
The Axis Powers were made up of these three countries.
Who are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
300
Political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away individual rights.
What is fascism?
400
Members of a group of wealthy peasants brutally mistreated by Stalin's government.
What are kulaks?
400
Joseph Stalin organized the arrest, exile, or killing of thousands of suspected enemies of the Communist Party call this.
What is the Great Purge?
400
He was a revolutionary leader who took control of the Communist Party after Lenin. He was responsible for the murder of millions of people.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
400
Benito Mussolini (Italy), Adolf Hitler (Germany, and Francisco Franco (Spain) are all examples of this type of ruler.
What is a fascist dictator?
400
This means to give in to keep the peace.
What is appeasement?
500
Disobeying the law for the purpose of achieving some higher goal.
What is civil disobedience?
500
This book, by George Orwell, follows the events of the Russian Revolution and Stalin's rise to power in a metaphor using farm animals.
What is Animal Farm?
500
He was the leader of the movement for Indian independence from Britain. He believed in passive resistance.
Who is Mohandas K. Gandhi?
500
These men were great thinkers during the time of Uncertainty between the wars.
Who are Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Friedrick Nietzsche?
500
This is a belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided.
What is isolationism?