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Ch. 15 - Russian Revolution
matching/chronological order quiz 1/16/07
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10th Grade
01/14/2007

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Czar Nicholas II
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weak, ineffectual Czar of Russia at the start of the Russian Revolution
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Czarina Alexandra
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German born Czarina of Russia at the start of the Russian Revolution
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Romanov dynasty
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dynasty that ruled Russia since 1613
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Duma
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elected body set up after the Revolution of 1905 that had no real power
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Marxists and Revolutionaries
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people who tried to overthrow the czarist regime and ignite revolution in the proletariat
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proletariat
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the growing class of factory and railroad workers, miners, and urban wage earners
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World War I
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strained Russian resources, transportation, and caused many deaths
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Gregory Rasputen
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illiterate peasant and self - proclaimed "holy man" who the czarina trusted and he ran the weak government; was killed by Russian nobles in December 1916
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Petrograde
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new name of St. Petersbrg
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The March Revolution
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the Czar abdicating after bread riots
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soviets
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councils of workers and soldiers that worked democratically within the government at first
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Bolsheviks
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radical socialist group that took charge of the soviets; means "majority"
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V.I. Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov)
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leader of the Bolsheviks
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Nadezhda Krupskaya
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daughter of a poor noble family who was arrested with Lenin and got married in exile in Siberia
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Leon Trotsky
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committed Marxist revolutionary who assisted Lenin in furthering the revolution
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"Peace, Land, Bread"
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what was promised to the hungry, war-weary Russian people by Lenin and the Bolsheviks
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Red Guards
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armed factory workers and mutinous sailors from the Russian fleet who attacked the provisional government in November 1917
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Winter Palace
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palace in Petrograd where the Bolsheviks stormed in November 1917
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The November Revolution
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November 1917 when Bolsheviks took over the provisional government without any bloodshed
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Moscow
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the Bolshevik's new capital with the Kremlin as their headquarters
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the Kremlin
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the former czarist center of government in Moscow, and the Bolshevik's new headquarters
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red flag with an entwined hammer and sickle
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new communist flag that symbolized the union between peasants and workers
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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treaty signed by Lenin in March 1918 to ensure peace with Germany
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Reds
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Communist nickname in the Russian Civil War
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Whites
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Counterrevolutionary nickname in the Russian Civil War
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Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
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countries that fought with the Whites successfully
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Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
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countries the fought with the Whites unsuccessfully
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Cheka
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secret police force organized by the Communists who executed ordinary citizens and killed the czar's whole family
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War Communism
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severe policy adopted by the Communists that took over businesses and opressed peasants
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commissars
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Communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty - policies included much violence
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Maxim Gorky
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Russian writer who was a friend of Lenin and supported revolution, but opposed the severities of war communism
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