Russian Revolution

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What is the economic system where all means of production (factories, trains, resources, land, mines) are owned and operated by the people?
Communism
One of the major aspects of life under the czar for peasants and workers was strict government ______________________ of information?
Censorship
What was the term Karl Marx created for the workers?
Proletariats
What was the name of the revolutionary group that wanted change but they wanted to be careful, well thought out and well planned?
Mensheviks
What was the name of the revolutionary group that wanted a revolution and removal of the Czar by any means necessary?
Bolsheviks
What event in 1905 was when the Czar ordered troops to fire on protestors?
Bloody Sunday
What was the name of the representative body the Czar gave the people to keep them happy?
Dumas
Did he listen to this group?
No
Who was the Czar’s wife (Czaritsa) listening to while her husband was at War?
Rasputin
What type of people started the February Revolution?
Women workers
People wanted to Provisional government to get Russia out of the _________________.
War
What were the council of workers and soldiers who would provide basic services for people in the cities called?
Soviets
The October Revolution was led by what group?
Communists/Bolsheviks
What was the group in the Civil War that was fighting against the Bolsheviks, they were former landowners/factory owners, religious people and those that supported the Czar?
The White Army
What was the name of the Communists group during the Civil War?
The Red Army