TERMS
Czar Nicholas II had this type of rule where he had sole and total control over everything.
Absolute Authority
If you believed in Marxism you were split up into what 2 groups?
Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
After the March Revolution Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne.
True
Who did Vladimir Lenin support between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin as his successor?
Leon Trotsky
Nicholas II's close advisors tricked him into attending a death party where they shot him and threw him into a river nearby.
What was Nicholas II group called that he sent out to keep an eye on Russians who printed or spoke about his regime in a negative way?
Secret Police
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and is known as the "father" of the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
After 2 years in prison Nicholas II and his entire family, as well as the dog, were executed.
What was nickname given to Joseph Stalin?
Man of Steel
What is another term for a dictator or a leader who has absolute authority?
Totalitarianism
What is called when the government controls or limits what is shown by the public and to the public?
Censorship
What was the January 22 march by over 200,000 women over the high price of bread called?
March Revolution
The Bolsheviks eventually changed their name to the Soviets.
True
What type of leader was Joseph Stalin?
Dictator
What was Russia lacking before, during, and after WWI that held them back in terms of global power and their impact in wars such as WWI?
Industrialization
What was the name of the provisional government set up by the czar Nicholas II after Bloody Sunday in 1905?
Duma
Lenin promised things such as equal ownership and more land for peasants once he took over as leader of Russia.
True
Why did Russians not trust Nicholas II's wife?
She came from a family line of Germans and Brits, which were enemies of Russia.
What was the socialism based belief that the government owned all aspects of industry and one day the proletariat would one day takeover?
Marxism
What was the protest on Bloody Sunday in 1905 about?
The Russian civilians felt like they were not being listened to by their leaders, they felt abused, etc.
The white army won the Russian civil war.
False/red army
How did Rasputin gain Nicholas II and his wife's trust?
He "cured" their son of the rare blood disease hemophilia.