Revolutions: Russia And China

47 Questions | By Coacharns | Updated: Dec 29, 2022 | Attempts: 583

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China and Russia are some of the most interesting countries in the world when it comes to history, for a number of reasons including their intriguing rule and government. What can you tell us about some of this history? Take the following quiz and find out how much you know.

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2.

Who were the Bolsheviks?
- A.
  
  Soldiers in the White Army
- B.
  
  Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
- C.
  
  Members of the Duma, Russia's parliament
- D.
  
  Followers of Rasputin
3.

Who did China's peasants align themselves with in the 1920s?
- A.
  
  Communists
- B.
  
  Warlords
- C.
  
  Qing Dynasty
- D.
  
  Nationalists
4.

What were soviets under Russia's provisional government?
- A.
  
  Police groups
- B.
  
  Plans for redistributing land
- C.
  
  Technology inventions
- D.
  
  Local councils that were kind of like unions and political parties rolled into one.
5.

What is a totalitarian state?
- A.
  
  A state in which the people have a direct say in their government
- B.
  
  A state in which the people elect representatives to the legislature
- C.
  
  A state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
- D.
  
  A state in which the working class is glorified and has the greatest voice in government
6.

What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?
- A.
  
  Economic development
- B.
  
  Foreign policy
- C.
  
  Political reform
- D.
  
  Social restructuring
7.

What did Sun Yat-sen’s Revolutionary Alliance accomplish?
- A.
  
  Overthrowing the last emperor and creating the first government after Empire
- B.
  
  Defeating the Kuomintang
- C.
  
  Spreading Communism in China
- D.
  
  Controlling the rampaging warlords
8.

Which group was known for taking a 6,000-mile journey known as the "Long March?"
- A.
  
  Chinese Communists, fleeing the Nationalists
- B.
  
  Chinese Nationalists, fleeing the Communists
- C.
  
  Chinese peasants, fleeing the Japanese invaders
- D.
  
  The Russian White Army, fleeing the Bolsheviks
9.

How did czars Alexander III and Nicholas II deal with calls for reform in the 19th century?
- A.
  
  They immediately moved to enact reforms.
- B.
  
  They made a few reforms but not all.
- C.
  
  They resisted all efforts for reform. They were oppressive Czars.
- D.
  
  They appointed ministers to study reforms.
10.

How did the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II help pave the way for revolution?
- A.
  
  They both upheld an autocratic government without reform.
- B.
  
  They supported rapid industrialization at the expense of the treasury.
- C.
  
  They instituted pogroms to weed out revolutionary thinkers.
- D.
  
  They saw to it that the poor were imprisoned for debts.
11.

Why did Chinese peasants align themselves with the Communists rather than the Nationalists?
- A.
  
  The Communists divided land among the farmers, while the Nationalists ignored their problems.
- B.
  
  The Nationalists relocated thousands of peasants in the Long March.
- C.
  
  The Nationalists were forcing China to industrialize.
- D.
  
  The Communists moved peasants to collective farms, where they prospered.
12.

What event in 1937 made the Nationalists and Communists in China stop fighting each other?
- A.
  
  The Nationalists succeeded in wiping out the Communists.
- B.
  
  Chinese Communists began a 6,000 mile journey.
- C.
  
  The Japanese invaded China.
- D.
  
  Chinese peasants aligned themselves with the Communists.
13.

Under Joseph Stalin's command economy system, all economic decisions were made by
- A.
  
  Government officials.
- B.
  
  Workers.
- C.
  
  Members of the socialist realism movement.
- D.
  
  The free market.
14.

The Soviet government created these to replace privately owned farms in rural areas.
- A.
  
  Collective farms
- B.
  
  The Five-Year Plans
- C.
  
  Religious persecution
- D.
  
  Censorship and propaganda
15.

Between 1934 and 1939, the Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate
- A.
  
  Traditional religious beliefs.
- B.
  
  Opposition to Stalin's power.
- C.
  
  Opposition to the war.
- D.
  
  Shortages of housing, food, and goods.
16.

Which of the following is a weapon of totalitarianism?
- A.
  
  Free elections
- B.
  
  Freedom of the press
- C.
  
  Being nice to all ethnic groups
- D.
  
  Police terror
17.

This was Russia's first parliament.
- A.
  
  Duma
- B.
  
  Congress
- C.
  
  Senate
- D.
  
  Reichstag
18.

He was the major leader of the Bolsheviks.
- A.
  
  Mao
- B.
  
  Sun Yat-Sen
- C.
  
  Czar Nicholas II
- D.
  
  Lenin
19.

This man's influence on Czarina Alexandra led a group of Russian nobles to murder him.
- A.
  
  Czar Nicholas II
- B.
  
  Rasputin
- C.
  
  Hitler
- D.
  
  Mussolini
20.

What was one slogan of the March Revolution?
- A.
  
  Death to communists
- B.
  
  Pride in Mother Russia
- C.
  
  Peace and bread
- D.
  
  We need work
21.

What was one of Lenin’s Bolshevik slogans?
- A.
  
  Stop the capitalist revolution
- B.
  
  Peace, land, bread
- C.
  
  We will we will rock you
- D.
  
  Bolsheviks rule the world
22.

Which group was also known as the Kuomintang?
- A.
  
  Imperialists
- B.
  
  Nationalists
- C.
  
  Japanese
- D.
  
  Bolsheviks
23.

Who was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party?
- A.
  
  Mao Zedong
- B.
  
  Chiang Kai-Shek
- C.
  
  Stalin
- D.
  
  Hitler
24.

Who became the president of the Nationalist Republic of China in 1928?
- A.
  
  Stalin
- B.
  
  Hitler
- C.
  
  Chiang Kai-shek
- D.
  
  Lenin
25.

Which group attracted the support of China's peasants in the 1920s?
- A.
  
  Communists
- B.
  
  Imperialists
- C.
  
  Bolsheviks
- D.
  
  Zionists