Russia to USSR Test

Question 1

which world event helped trigger the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917?

Answer 1

WWI- 1914

Question 2

Like most political revolutions, which economic conditions contributed to the start of the Russian Revolution?

Answer 2

differences between poor peasants and czar rich

Question 3

Which group led the Russian Revolution against the Czar in March of 1917?

Answer 3

Bolsheviks

Question 4

Which political leader is considered the key leader od the Russian Revolution as well as the first communist dictator of Russia?

Answer 4

Lenin

Question 5

Why did revolutionary leaders seek a peace treaty with Germany?

Answer 5

retain power and avoid occupation

Question 6

What was the slogan of the Russian Revolution?

Answer 6

Peace, Land, bread

Question 7

Which economic policy of small private ownership of businesses and farms is associated with Vladimir Lenin?

Answer 7

New Economic Policy

Question 8

Why was Marx’s theory of a worker revolution in an industrial nation different from the actual Communist revolution in Russia?

Answer 8

Russia was mostly agricultural peasants

Question 9

Which group supported the Communist take-over of Russia?

Answer 9

Peasasnts

Question 10

Which group holds the power and controls the means of production in a communist individual needs?

Answer 10

Government- Communist Party members

Question 11

Under communism, people are required to put the ________ needs over individual needs

Answer 11

States

Question 12

Which leader is most associated with Russification, the Great Purges, Five-Year Plans, and collectivization?

Answer 12

Stalin

Question 13

Which area of production/industry did Joseph Stalin focus government resources?

Answer 13

Heavy industry

Question 14

Describe the political system in Russia prior to the 20th centur revolution.

Answer 14

Absolute monarchy- czar

Question 15

Describe collecivization

Answer 15

small private farms taken under government in large controlled farms.

Question 16

Which leader is most associated with starting a policy of westernization in Russia?

Answer 16

Peter the Great

Question 17

How did millions of Ukrainian die in the 1930s Soviet Union?

Answer 17

forced starvation/famine

Question 18

Place the following events in the correct order: World War I, Abdication of Czar Nicholas, Russian Revolution, Russo-Japanese War

Answer 18

Russo- Japanese War, World War I, Russian Revolution, Abdication of Czar Nicholas

Question 19

Why was the Russian Empire difficult to unite, creating a need for the policy of Russification?

Answer 19

many diffferent ethnic groups or non-Russians to unite

Question 20

Which type of government is most associated with a signle-ruler, propaganda, cencorship, fear, and terror?

Answer 20

totalitarian

Question 21

what phrase best describes how the communist determined their leadership following the death of Lenin in 1924 until 1927?

Answer 21

power struggle within the communist party

Question 22

what were two major results of 200 years Mongol rule on Russia?

Answer 22

mongol isolated and paid tribute tax

Question 23

How did both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin deal with political opposition?

Answer 23

eliminate opposition

Question 24

why did peasants support Lenin?

Answer 24

promised land

Question 25

Which economic system did Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels oppose in the Communist Manifesto and predict the workers would overthrow?

Answer 25

capitalist owners

Question 26

Which russian leader is most associated with being the last romanav czar, bloody sunday, the russian revolution, and the defeat in the Russo- Japanese War?

Answer 26

Czar Nicholas II

Question 27

Why did the Bolsheviks promise peasants “Peace, Land, and Bread”?

Answer 27

when peasant majority support for revoution

Question 28

which leader forced peasants to join collectives?

Answer 28

Stalin

Question 29

What impact did collective farming have on the overall food supply in the Soviet Union?

Answer 29

decreased

Question 30

Why were BOTH Germany and Russia upset with the terms in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 30

Lost land to create new nations for Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania