Russian Revolution

Wild

100

What country did the Treaty of Versailles deem solely Responsible for World War 1.

Germany

200

When Czar Nicholas II abdicated or left the Throne, there was a provisional government set up by what group of traditionalists..... it begins with the letter D..

Duma

300

What was the goal of the League Nations.

To create a forum or place where Nations could work out differences by talking/ without fighting.

400

What was a Gulag? What offenses could you commit that would get you sent there?

Gulag- was a prison labor camp, where you were worked to death

Reasons

-Late to work by 10 minutes

-Stealing food

-Lying about quotas

-Being suspected for not being a communist

500

Why was Stalin thought of by the people and the outside world to be a hero and a great leader..? How did people of Soviet Union React to his death?

Stalin used propaganda, taught it to children at a young age so that they grew up knowing that Stalin did everything for them, he was like their father in a sense. Huge statues and every house had to have a a painting of him.

People reacted like they had lost their father.

Leaders/Gov't

100

Vladimir Lenin

200

Name 2 out of the 3 Men in this picture.

Right to Left

Joseph Stalin

Vladimir Lenin

Leon Trotsky

300

Name This Man

Significant Detail

What Family Dynasty did he belong to

1. Czar Nicholas II

2. Last Czar

3. Romanov Dynasty

400

How are Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler the same? How are they different?

Who do you think is more Brutal Why?

Stalin and Hitler Similarities

- Ruled Nation as Dictators

- Killed innocent civilians for little to no reason

Stalin and Hitler Differences

- Different Economic and Gov't Structures

500

Describe Characteristics of Communist Government and Economy.

- One Party

- Limited Individual Freedoms

- Classless Society

-Government Owns Business and Property

-Government decides on what type of goods to produce

-There is equal profit sharing = everyone in same business makes same amount of profit

Causes

100

When 220,000 Russian peasants rallied in from of the Palace of St. Petersburg wanting better wages, more freedom.... it ended with czar's generals opening fire... What event is being described.....

What is Bloody Sunday

200

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia was caused in part by:

(A) a forced famine in Ukraine

(B) the failure of Czar Nicholas II to come to Serbia's aid

(C) a shortage of military supplies and food during World War I

(D) the establishment of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP)

 a shortage of military supplies and food during World War I

300

The conflict that Russia was involved in from 1914-1916, that led to the high death totals of millions of Soviet Soldiers

World War 1

400

Name of Treaty that Lenin Formed with Germany to allow Russia to Withdraw from World War I.

Also what land did Germany gain from Russia as a part of this treaty.

1. Treaty of Brest-Livotsk

2. Poland

500

Put these events in the correct Order

A. Bloody Sunday

B. Signed Treaty of Brest-Livotsk 

C. Czar Nicholas II leaves throne

D. Civil War Between the Bolshevik Reds and Whites

E. Russia Becomes Soviet Union First Communist Nation

A-C-B-D-E

A. Bloody Sunday 1905

C. Czar Nicholas II 1916

B. Treat of Brest-Litvosk 1918

D. Civil War 1918-1920

E. 1922 Russia becomes Soviet Union

Lenin

100

What was the name of the Political Party that Lenin became the leader of... they were known during the Civil War as the "Reds"

Bolsheviks

200

What was Lenin's Platform for Running the Soviet Union... it involved 3 Basic components....

Peace+ Land + Bread

300

What was unique about Lenin's N.E.P

New Economic Policy

Used elements of communism to jump start his communist Economy.

400

"The replacement of the bourgeois by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution. The abolition of the proletarian state, i.e., of all states, is only possible through 'withering away.' . . ."

— V. I. Lenin, State and Revolution, 1917

What type of government is he referencing...

Communism

500

When Vladimir Lenin Died in 1924, he read a will out loud that evaluated his most likely replacements, what was his original plan for Stalin and why did he feel that way?

What did Happen?

1. He wanted Stalin out of the party

2. Lenin Felt Stalin was too brutal and a difficult man to work with.

3. Stalin stayed in due to several key political alliances forged when was Party Secratariat.

Stalin

100

Programs that Joseph Stalin introduced to turn the Soviet Union into a leading industrialist nation.

5 Year Plan

200

Stalin's plan to kick out the Kulaks and bring the peasants on the large farm plots was known as....

Collective Farming

300

Base your answer to the following question on the graphic organizer below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which title best completes this graphic organizer?

(1) Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War

(2) Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty

(3) Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State

(4) Jawaharlal Nehru and the Modern Industrial State of India

Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State

400

The main purpose of the many purges and public trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s was to

(A) force the Jewish people to leave the Soviet Union

(B) eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government

(C) establish a free and independent court system in the Soviet Union

(D) reform the outdated and inadequate agricultural system

eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government

500

List 5 Interesting Facts about Joseph Stalin that you learned from the video..... cannot use any of his policies... 5 year plan or collective farming.... or Great Purges...

Answers may vary