9.2.1 The Russian Revolution - Q -

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9. The Time of World Wars

9.2: the INTERBELLUM

9.2.1 The Russian Revolution

1a. Around 1900, many Russian farmers were serfs

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

1b. Serf farmers owned their own farm and land

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

1c. Serf farmers were completely dependent of their landlords

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

1d. Landlords owned the land the serfs lived and worked on.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

1e. To which class did the landlords belong?

1. working class
2. middle class
3. clergy
4. aristocracy / nobility

2. In 1905, a revolution broke out.
A number of severe problems that
Russia was dealing with, were the indirect
causes of this revolution.
Summarise those problems.
+ Copy this schematic into your notebook.

3a. Fill in the blanks.
The big person represents
(a)________________. The two small people represent
(b)________________ (left) and (c)______________ (right) .

3b. What message did the cartoonist want to convey
by this cartoon?

AGREE

DISAGREE

3c. Would the following people have probably agreed or disagreed with this message?

czar Nicolas II

Alexei

Count Sheremetyev, a powerful nobleman

4a. Which four arguments does the text (the February Revolution) bring in to support the statement that World War I did not go well for Russia? 

Drag them to the yellow block.

The soldiers were poorly trained.

The czar was an incompetent military commander

The army lacked weapons

Millions of Russian soldiers were killed

The German army was superior the Russian army

The German army conquered Russian territory

4b. Read the source. Under the source, the numbers (1 - 5) correspond to the numbers in the source. Drag 4 of these numbers to the corresponding answers of the previous question.

The soldiers were poorly trained.

The czar was an incompetent military commander

The army lacked weapons

Millions of Russian soldiers were killed

The German army was superior the Russian army

The German army conquered Russian territory

General Brusilov, ‘A Soldier’s Notebook 1914-1918’. Westport, 1930.

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5. Which of these was NOT specifically a reason for the February demonstration in St. Petersburg?

1. food
2. end the war
3. end absolute rule tsar
4. end serfdom

6a. Watch the animation in the previous slide.
What pattern did Karl Marx find when he studied history?

6b. Which 2 groups opposed each other in Marx' own time?

1. capitalists and factory workers
2. landlords and serf farmers
3. slave owners and slaves
4. teachers and students

6c. By finding a pattern in history, Marx believed
he could predict the future.
What, according to Marx, was certainly going to happen?

6d. Marx' followers were called Marxists or Communists

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

6e. What, according to Karl Marx, would happen to the wealth after the revolution?

1. It would be given to the monarch
2. it would be spent on weapons
3. it would be shared equally
4. it would be given to the poorest people

7a. During the February Revolution, Lenin was in St. Petersburg

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

7b. Karl Marx was inspired by Lenin's ideas.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

7c. Karl Marx was predicted a revolution in which the poor would rise against the rich

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

8a. Explain the ultimate goal of communists, regarding society

8b. By what means do they want to achieve that goal?

1. By means of elections.
2. By means of a revolution.
3. By means of winning World War 1.
4. By means of losing World War 1.

8c. So, what is the key word in communism?

1. equality
2. liberty
3. power
4. wealth

8d. The Bolsheviks were a communist party, led by Lenin.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

9a. Explain why the Germans supported Lenin.

9b. Lenin's Bolsheviks took over the power relatively easily.
Still, Lenin decided to hold elections. Why would he do that if he already had the power?

9c. What did Karl Marx mean by "dictatorship of the proletariat"?

1. Proletariat was a dictator in Marx' time
2. state power by the working class
3. rule by the bourgeoisie
4. freedom for the poor people

10a. Who were the pro-czarists?

1. people who were family members of the czarist family
2. people who longed back to a Russia in which the czar still ruled
3. soldiers of the Red Army who had always supported the czar
4. everybody who hated the absolute rule of czar Nicholas II

10b. Who were most likely to be pro-czarist?

1. aristocrats
2. serf farmers
3. factory workers
4. Russian soldiers

11a. Which is the odd one out?

1. the Red Army
2. czar Nicholas II
3. communists
4. Lenin

11b. Which is the odd one out?

1. the White Army
2. czar Nicholas II
3. Lenin
4. Britain and France

12a. Why did France and Britain NOT support Lenin and the Red army?

12b. Why did France and Britain support the White army?

13. The timeline and the table below is divided in three parts. Drag the sentences underneath the right part:

Lenin arrives in Petrograd

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Founding Soviet Union

World War I is going badly for Russia (1)

World War I is going badly for Russia (2)

April theses

civil war

Tsar Nicholas is in power

Bolsheviks are in power

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