Starter quiz
- Which statement is most accurate?
- Only people from Western Europe fought in WWI
- Only people from European countries and their empires fought in WWI
- Only people from outside Europe fought in WWI
- People from all over the world fought in WWI ✓
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- Write the missing word. In a feudal society, ______ make up the majority of the population but have very little power.
- 'peasants' ✓
- In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
- Britain ✓
- France
- Germany
- Russia
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- Match-up the keywords with their correct definitions.
- aristocracy⇔upper classes ✓
- bourgeoisie⇔middle classes ✓
- proletariat⇔working classes ✓
- Write the missing word. According to Marx, in a ______ society, most of the work was done by the proletariat but the bourgeoisie held most of the power and wealth.
- 'capitalist' ✓
- Starting with the earliest, sort the following stages into order according to theories of Karl Marx.
- 1⇔bourgeoisie take power from the aristocracy
- 2⇔bourgeoisie exploit workers
- 3⇔proletarian revolution
- 4⇔socialist state created
- 5⇔communism achieved
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. Russian emperors were known as ...
- 'tsars' ✓
- Which group made up the majority of Tsarist Russia's population?
- aristocracy
- middle classes
- industrial workers
- peasants ✓
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- How many Russian soldiers died fighting between 1914 and 1917?
- over 9000
- over 90 000
- over 900 000 ✓
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- Write the missing word. During the February Revolution, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to ...
- 'abdicate' ✓
- Starting with the earliest, sort the events of the February Revolution into chronological order.
- 1⇔strikers and female protestors demand an end to their hunger
- 2⇔protests in Petrograd grow larger and demand that Tsar Nicholas II abdicate
- 3⇔soldiers sent to break-up the protests begin to join the protestors
- 4⇔politicians and the army encourage Nicholas II to abdicate
- 5⇔Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
- Which example best demonstrates that Tsar Nicholas II had absolute power in the years before 1917?
- Nicholas abdicated in 1917
- Nicholas took over personal command of the army
- Nicholas maintained a secret police force ✓
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Key learning points
- Russia in the early 20th century was governed by an absolutist tsar.
- Russian society was largely rural with 85% of Russians living in the countryside.
- Russian society was unequal. The aristocracy and middle classes had far greater wealth than peasants and workers.
- Fighting was going badly on the Eastern Front, causing high levels of poverty in Russia.
- Strikes and riots broke out in early 1917, forcing the Tsar to abdicate and go into exile.
Common misconception
Revolutions always involve the execution of the previous leaders of government.
Although there was violence during the February Revolution, Tsar Nicholas II agreed to abdicate.
Keywords
Tsar - tsar is the Russian word for emperor
Duma - the Duma was a Russian parliament set up in 1906
Absolute power - a ruler has absolute power if they can act as they wish without any restrictions
Abdicate - to abdicate means to give up the throne
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