Russia

Question 1

What was the main goal of Stalin’s Five-Year Plan?

Answer 1

To expand industry and transportation

Question 2

Romanov Dynasty - when did it rule

Answer 2

1613-1917

Question 3

Communist Russia’s first dictator was ________.

Answer 3

Vladimir Lenin

Question 4

In the 13th Century the _____ conquered Russia.

Answer 4

Mongols

Question 5

Which Russian leader considered the idea of a new law code that would recognize the principle of
equality of all people in the eyes of the law? However the new law code did not take place because of fear
of losing the support of the nobility.

Answer 5

Catherine The Great

Question 6

After the Russian civil war of 1918-1920, the country’s official name was changed to _____

Answer 6

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 7

Who used the “Great Purge” to eliminate political opposition?

Answer 7

Joseph Stalin

Question 8

Secret police, under Lenin and the Communists, began the “_____ Terror” aimed at crushing dissent

Answer 8

Red

Question 9

____ was a system in which private farms were eliminated. Instead the government owned all the land and the peasants worked it

Answer 9

Collectivization

Question 10

The last Russian czar was____

Answer 10

Nicholas II

Question 11

March 3, 1861, Czar ____ issued an emancipation edict- which freed the serfs.

Answer 11

Alexander II

Question 12

The ____ owned the means of production; land, raw materials, money, etc.

Answer 12

Bourgeoisie