9.2.1 The Russian Revolution - GROUP TASK -

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

9. The Time of World Wars

9.2: the INTERBELLUM

9.2.1 The Russian Revolution

You are allowed to use any source, but you need to write the answer in your own words...

Fill in the group members' names
(first + last name)

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

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

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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2

3

4

5

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

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

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 did Marxists want to achieve a society based on equality?

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. What did France and Britain hope to achieve if they helped the White Army win the Russian civil war in 1918?

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

capitalist economy

communist economy

Divide the characteristics between the two blocks. 

government controls the economy

minimal government interfere in economy

private ownership of businesses

state-owned businesses

planned economy

 free market economy

production targets set by the state

production determined by need or demand

you work for profit

you work for the good of the nation

companies compete with each other

no competition between companies

prices of products determined by the state

prices determined by supply and demand

commercials and adverts

no commercials and adverts needed

congratulations

congratulations