10.5D -Russian Revolution

10.5d Nationalism and ideology played a significant role in shaping the period between the world wars.

• Students will examine the Russian Revolution and the development of Soviet ideology and nationalism under Lenin and Stalin.

Sample Questions

1.  Which statement best describes the relationship between WW I and the Russian Revolution?

1. World War I created conditions within Russia that helped trigger a revolution 

2. WWI  postponed the Russian Revolution by restoring confidence in the Czar 

3. the Russian Revolution inspired the Russian people to win World War I 

4. World War I gave the Czar’s army the needed experience to suppress the Russian Revolution 

2. The Russian peasants supported the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolutions mainly because the Bolsheviks promised to

1. establish collective farms 

2. maintain the agricultural price-support system 

3. bring modern technology to Russian farms 

4. redistribute the land owned by the nobility

3. In 1917, Bolshevik leaders in Russia sought peace with Germany because the new Russian government

1. decided to join forces with Germany and the Central Powers 

2. needed to concentrate its troops and resources on its war with Turkey 

3. wanted to retain power and avoid German occupation 

4. needed to control the Baltic Sea and wanted a warm water port 

4. A major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the

1. defeat of Germany in the Russian campaign 

2. marriage of Czar Nicholas II to a German princess 

3. existence of sharp economic differences between social classes 

4. appeal of Marxism to the Russian nobility 

5. Which slogan expressed the ideals of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917?

1. Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity 

2. Bread, Land, and Peace 

3. Land and Liberty 

4. Nationalism, Democracy, and the People’s Livelihood

6. According to Karl Marx, history is the record of the

1. granting of more political liberties to all people

2. struggle between classes in society

3. wars and conflicts between national leader

4. increasing prosperity brought about by industrialization

7. “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains… "Workers of the world, unite!”  This statement was made in response to conditions resulting from the 

     1. Protestant Reformation 3. Commercial Revolution

     2 Counter-Reformation   4. Industrial Revolution