Chapter 15

Question 1

What did the professionals want in the revolution of 1905

Answer 1

Democracy and representation

Question 2

What did the factory workers want in the revolution of 1905

Answer 2

Right to strike and protest

Question 3

What did the military want in the revolution of 1905

Answer 3

Stop losing wars and better equipment

Question 4

Who was a secret agent that urged people to “petition” the tsar instead of striking or using violence

Answer 4

Father Gapon

Question 5

What did the Bloody Sunday protesters want

Answer 5

Freedom of press and lowered taxes, they weren’t questioning autocracy

Question 6

What created the National Duma

Answer 6

The October manifesto

Question 7

Who were the Bolsheviks led by

Answer 7

Vladimir Lenin

Question 8

What is a Pyrrhic victory

Answer 8

Too high of a cost for the victory

Question 9

Explain the Bolsheviks actions once they controlled the government of Russia

Answer 9

They made an 8 hour work day, took over the distribution of food, took all industry, withdrew Russia from WWI, and gave land to Germany

Question 10

What does the USSR stand for

Answer 10

Union of Soviet socialist republics

Question 11

What did the countries supply Russia with

Answer 11

They became satellite countries, they manufactured goods, supplied coal and iron ore, and food

Question 12

What did the government own under the USSR

Answer 12

Banks, farms, mines, and transportation systems

Question 13

Describe Russia’s education during the soviet era and after

Answer 13

Free, mandatory education favored military, science, and engineering studies; now students can choose their schools, have more fields to study, but also the schools are lacking the funding so the education is poor, teachers often quit

Question 14

What impact did the soviet government have on Russian artists

Answer 14

Limited individual artistic expression because all artists had to glorify the achievements of the USSR in their works= social realism

Question 15

Who was the communist president during the 1980s that wanted to make Russia more open

Answer 15

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 16

What were his policies

Answer 16

Perestroika and glasnost

Question 17

Describe the change in religion since the soviet breakup

Answer 17

Before 1917, the Orthodox Church was THE religion. USSR government restricted all religious practices and promoted atheism. After the fall of the USSR, people began practicing religion again; only Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Buddhists have full liberties though.

Question 18

Explain the issue that Jews had on Russia

Answer 18

During the tsars reigns, Jews could only live in certain areas, couldn’t own land, and targets of organized persecution and massacres (pogroms); basically same during USSR so many moved to us and Israel

Question 19

What issues do Russians face as far as health is concerned

Answer 19

Disease such as tuberculosis, typhoid, and diphtheria; lifestyle choices such as tobacco and alcohol abuse; and inefficient health care such as government owns clinics and hospitals, doctors and nurses often quit due to poor pay, new privatized insurance helps some

Question 20

Who was the notable Russian artist

Answer 20

Ilya repin

Question 21

Who was a notable Russian musician

Answer 21

Peter Tchaikovsky

Question 22

What did the peasants want in the revolution of 1905

Answer 22

More land and ease of redemption payments

Question 23

Who was a notable Russian writer

Answer 23

Leo Tolstoy and fyodor Dostoevsky

Question 24

What did Russians enjoy doing in their leisure time

Answer 24

Reading, playing chess, concerts, the ballet, enjoy theatre, tennis, track and field, ice hockey, and gymnastics

Question 25

When did Christmas become a holiday again; when did it end

Answer 25

1991; 1918