4. National Minorities: Caucasia

Question 1

Which national minority group remained loyal?

Answer 1

Finns
Baltic
Germans

Question 2

What was the aim of the national minorities

Answer 2

Gain autonomy

Question 3

Which national minority groups caused problems?

Answer 3

Poles
Ukrainians
Tartans

Question 4

What lessened the threat of minorities?

Answer 4

Russification

Question 5

What were the Caucasus divided along?

Answer 5

Along a religious line

Question 6

What group in the Caucasus Christian?

Answer 6

Armenians

Question 7

What group in the Caucasus Muslim?

Answer 7

Chechens

Question 8

What religion were the Armenians?

Answer 8

Christian

Question 9

What religion were the Chechens?

Answer 9

Muslim

Question 10

What caused Russification to be easy in the Caucasus?

Answer 10

Religious divisions

High illiteracy rate

Question 11

What did the high illiteracy rate and religious divisions cause?

Answer 11

Made Russification easy in the Caucasus area.

Question 12

What was formed to combat the intrusions by Russian officials?

Answer 12

Dashnaks (Caucasians)

Question 13

What did the dasknaks do?

Answer 13

Caucasians who organised self defence military units to combat Russian intrusions

Question 14

Who were the 1894 Baltic Provinces influenced by?

Answer 14

Old Germán landowning nobility and gentry

Question 15

Characterise the Baltic Provinces:

Answer 15

Stable
Prosperous
Supply of raw materials used in a range of industrial activities

Question 16

Where was Riga?

Answer 16

In Latvia

Question 17

Why was Riga important?

Answer 17

Important commercial and business centre

So many people migrated to this area

Question 18

What allowed Russification in the Baltic Provinces?

Answer 18

Russian economic influence

Question 19

What did a fall in German influence in the Baltic Provinces do?

Answer 19

Rise in nationalism within native Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians