Year 9 History Exam 2 revision cards

Question 1

What should you add to the end of your answer to Q3 on Year 9 History exam 2 to ensure you make even more progress?

Answer 1

A conclusion. A really good conclusion might give a bit more evidence or an idea that hasn’t been mentioned before.

Question 2

Who was in charge of the provisional government that took over from the Tsar?

Answer 2

Prime Minister Kerensky

Question 3

What type of government allows people freedom of speech and to vote for their leaders?

Answer 3

A democratic government.

Question 4

Why did some people think that Rasputin was helping the Tsar and Tsarina to rule Russia?

Answer 4

He had influence over them because of his ability to heal their son plus they didn’t intervene with his wild life style.

Question 5

When was Rasputin killed?

Answer 5

December 1916.

Question 6

What should you do before starting to answer Q3 on Year 9 History exam 2?

Answer 6

Make a plan.

Question 7

How did Rasputin damage the reputation of the Tsar?

Answer 7

He slept with lots of women, drank heavily and people feared that because he had the power to heal the Tsar’s son, he had a say in ruling Russia.

Question 8

In what year was the October Manifesto published?

Answer 8

1905

Question 9

When should you write about your revised knowledge on Q1 of Year 9 History exam 2?

Answer 9

Use your knowledge to help you comment on the parts of the sources that you have described.

Question 10

What should each leg on your spider diagram plan for Q3 on Year 9 History exam 2 be turned into when you answer?

Answer 10

A PEE paragraph with lots of your own historical knowledge.

Question 11

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Answer 11

Russian Communists.

Question 12

Why were people in Russia starving in 1916 and 1917?

Answer 12

Because there had been bad weather in 1916 leading to bad harvests and not enough food.

Question 13

What % of people in Russia were peasants in 1900?

Answer 13

84%

Question 14

What was wrong with the Tsar’s son, Alexis Romanov?

Answer 14

He had haemophilia, a condition which prevents blood from clotting.

Question 15

Who was Father Gapon?

Answer 15

The priest who led a group of 200,000 people to give petition to the Tsar on Sunday 22nd January 1905.

Question 16

In what month and year was there a revolution against the Tsar in Russia?

Answer 16

February 1917.

Question 17

Who was Lenin?

Answer 17

Leader of the Bolsheviks

Question 18

How well equipped were Russian soldiers in WW1?

Answer 18

Very poorly equipped. They would sometimes be sent into battle without weapons and would have to wait for someone to die in order to get a gun.

Question 19

Who was Rasputin?

Answer 19

A priest from a poor Russian village who had the power to treat Alexis, the son of the Tsar.

Question 20

Why was the Tsarina’s nationality such an issue?

Answer 20

She was from a nation that Russia was fighting and losing badly to in WW1, Germany.

Question 21

What type of government has a single leader or ruling party and no elections to replace them?

Answer 21

A fascist government.

Question 22

When should you write about your revised knowledge in Q2 on Year 9 History exam 2?

Answer 22

To help you explain how useful the source is.

Question 23

What should you think about before answering Q2 on Year 9 History exam 2?

Answer 23

Knowledge - PASTA - PASTA

Question 24

How well did the Russian army do against Japan in the war of 1904?

Answer 24

Really badly. People expected Russia to do well but they were really badly beaten by the Japanese.

Question 25

Which of these types of government do not have elections: democratic, fascist or communist?

Answer 25

Fascist AND Communist.

Question 26

How did the October Manifesto help the Tsar to beat the 1905 revolution?

Answer 26

It made the leaders of the revolution think the Tsar was going to let Russia be more democratic, so they backed down.

Question 27

Which country did Russia go to war with in 1904?

Answer 27

Japan

Question 28

If there was a bad harvest and not enough food was produced, what might happen to lots of the peasants in Russia?

Answer 28

Many would starve and die.

Question 29

In what month and year was there a revolution against the provisional government in Russia?

Answer 29

October 1917.

Question 30

When you make your spider diagram plan for Q3 on Year 9 History exam 2, where are you getting your ‘legs’ from?

Answer 30

The first ‘leg’ is the factor that is mentioned in the question. The other ‘legs’ are other factors that you can think of.

Question 31

Define the word revolution in History.

Answer 31

When the government of a country is replaced by other people using violence.

Question 32

What was the name of the the last Tsar of Russia?

Answer 32

Tsar Nicholas II

Question 33

Did the Tsar ever grant the promises he had made in the October Manifesto?

Answer 33

No. He betrayed the peasant leaders and had them killed.

Question 34

What should the plan you make for Q3 on Year 9 History exam 2 look like.

Answer 34

It should be a spider diagram plan. The centre should make it clear what the focus of the question is.

Question 35

What type of government believes in equal distribution of wealth and property?

Answer 35

A communist government.

Question 36

What nationality was the Tsarina (the Tsar’s queen)?

Answer 36

German