1. Around the World Russian Rev Review

2. Rules The two players answering the question will stand up The first player to correctly answer the question advances to stand next to Player #3. When Player #1 misses a question, s/he will sit down in the seat of the person to whom s/he lost, and the next opponent will stand. – Who will travel the farthest???

3. Question #1 The term for the Russian ruler is: Czar

4. Question #2 The last czar of Russia was: Nicholas II

5. Question #3 How did industrialization lead to the revolutionary movement in Russia? Poor working conditions

6. Question #4 This was the Marxist term for the working class proleariat

7. Question #5 These were the radical Marxists who eventually led the Russian Revolution Bolsheviks

8. Question #6 Leader of the Bolsheviks Vladimir Lenin

9. Question #7 This war with an Asian power led to unrest and revolts at home Russo-Japanese War

10. Question #8 When did Bloody Sunday occur? Jan 22, 1905

11. Question #9 What did the petitioners on Bloody Sunday want? Better working conditions, more personal freedom, a nationally-elected legislature

12. Question #10 How did Czar Nicholas respond to the petitioners on Bloody Sunday? He ordered his soldiers to fire on the crowd, killing over 1000 and injuring hundreds more

13. Question #11 What was the Duma? Russia’s first parliament— established by Nicholas after Bloody Sunday to pacify the protestors

14. Question #12 At what point did Russia join WWI? 1914

15. Question #13 What was the cause of the March Revolution in 1917? Shortages of oil & bread due to the war

16. Question #14 How did soldiers respond to the March Revolution (1917)? They sided with the protestors and refused to fire on them

17. Question #15 What does “abdicate” mean? To leave or abandon (usually a throne/position of power)

18. Question #16 At what point did the Czar abdicate the throne? After the March Revolution of 1917, the czar and his family fled

19. Question #17 What was Lenin’s slogan during the Bolshevik Revolution? “Peace, Land and Bread”

20. Question #18 What treaty ended the war with Germany and signaled Russia’s withdrawal from WWI? Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

21. Question #19 Who was the White Army? Opponents of the Bolsheviks (Red Army). Some wanted the czar to return, others wanted democracy

22. Question #20 What was the New Economic Policy (NEP)? Lenin’s plan to allow a few small private businesses, while the government maintained control of major industries and banks. Helped to rebuild Russia after the civil war.

23. Question #21 What was the largest state in the USSR? RUSSIA

24. Question #22 How did Stalinist Russia view creativity and innovation? As a threat to government power

25. Question #23 Who succeeded Lenin as leader of Russia and turned Russia into a totalitarian state? Joseph Stalin

26. Question #24 Name 3 basic characteristics of the totalitarian state Ideology state controls individuals methods of enforcement modern technology state controls society one-party rule dynamic leader

27. Question #25 What was the Great Purge? Stalin had anyone who threatened his power killed- 8 million-13 million deaths

28. Question #26 How was religion treated in Stalinist Russia? Propaganda attacking all religions was spread; the only religion tolerated was worship of the state

29. Question #27 A system in which the government makes all economic decisions is called…. A Command Economy

30. Question #28 What were the Five Year Plans? What were some characteristics of them? Stalin’s plans to grow Russia’s economy and modernize it, characterized by impossibly high quotas and limited consumer goods

31. Question #29 Why did the government favor collective farms over individual farms? 1)Part of communist ideology- no private property 2)Believed modern machinery on collective farms would boost productivity (could not have it on every individual farm)

32. Question #30 Why did the government favor collective farms over individual farms? 1)Part of communist ideology- no private property 2)Believed modern machinery on collective farms would boost productivity (could not have it on every individual farm)