Ultimate Quiz Revolution: Russia And China
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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.
- 1.
- A.
Soldiers in the White Army
- B.
Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
- C.
Members of the Duma, Russia's parliament
- D.
Followers of Rasputin
- 2.Who did China's peasants align themselves with in the 1920s?
- A.
Communists
- B.
Warlords
- C.
Qing Dynasty
- D.
Nationalists
- 3.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.
- 4.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
- 5.What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?
- A.
Economic development
- B.
Foreign policy
- C.
Political reform
- D.
Social restructuring
- 6.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
- 7.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
- 8.Who led the famous protest known as the Salt March?
- A.
Sun Yat Sen
- B.
Mohandis K. Gandhi
- C.
Mustafa Kemal
- D.
Mao Zedong
- 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
- 26.(Use the BEST answer) The collapse of the Czar’s government in Russia led to the Communist Revolution, and it would be felt ________________.
- A.
Around the world
- B.
All over Moscow
- C.
Throughout Russia
- D.
In most Russian cities
- 27.Bloody Sunday was part of the ________ in Russia.
- A.
Koumintang
- B.
Great War
- C.
Mystic events
- D.
1905 Revolution
- 28.How many times did the Duma meet after Czar Nicholas II allowed them to?
- A.
Once
- B.
Twice
- C.
Three times
- D.
A dozen times
- 29.From 1914-1916 millions of Russian soldiers died and people were hungry. The general reaction of the Russian people was ______________.
- A.
A desire to fight harder
- B.
They lost the will to support the war
- C.
More fighting
- D.
Excitement
- 30.What kind of riots broke out in the beginning of the March Revolution?
- A.
Animal
- B.
Bread
- C.
Coffee
- D.
Dramatic
- 31.____________ were a big factor in the March Revolution.
- A.
Artists and priests
- B.
Young people
- C.
Women
- D.
Secret police
- 32.What shut down the factories in Petrograd during the March Revolution?
- A.
Quitting time
- B.
A general strike
- C.
No electricity
- D.
German invasion
- 33.Czar Nicholas II sent troops to put down the strike in the March Revolution. What did they do when they arrived?
- A.
The soldiers killed over a thousand men and women.
- B.
They persuaded workers to join them in the war against Germany.
- C.
The soldiers fought the navy.
- D.
They joined the strikers.
- 34.When the Duma met to form the provisional government, which group made up most of the representatives?
- A.
Upper class
- B.
Middle class
- C.
Lower class
- D.
Foreigners
- 35.Soviets were made up of the ______________.
- A.
Upper class
- B.
Middle class
- C.
Lower class
- D.
Foreigners
- 36.What was the first act of the new Russian provisional government?
- A.
To continue the war
- B.
To end the war
- C.
To join the war
- D.
To give food to women
- 37.Which was NOT part of the Bolshevik’s promise?
- A.
To end the war
- B.
Redistribution of land to peasants
- C.
Transfer of factories from owners to workers
- D.
To create a free market economy like the U.S.A.
- 38.Bolsheviks changed their name to ______________.
- A.
Communists
- B.
Leftists
- C.
Democrats
- D.
Anarchists
- 39.What two groups fought each other in the Russia Civil War?
- A.
Socialists and communists
- B.
Germans and Russians
- C.
Red Army and White Army
- D.
Middle class and working class
- 40.What happened to Czar Nicholas II and his family in the Ural Mountains?
- A.
They were killed.
- B.
They went hiking.
- C.
They were honored by the Church.
- D.
They lived there until the end of the Revolution, then moved to France.
- 41.What was it called when the Reds used secret police to intimidate and control the people?
- A.
Pink Lady
- B.
C.I.A.
- C.
Red Terror
- D.
Black Tar Heroine
- 42.After becoming the dictator, what do you do next?
- A.
Find a way to keep control and grow your power
- B.
Go on vacation
- C.
Execute church leaders
- D.
Start a war with a weaker country
- 43.When government controls all mass media and crushes opposing views, it is called ____________
- A.
Censorship
- B.
Indoctrination
- C.
Persuasion
- D.
Luck
- 44.Religions are generally not allowed in totalitarian dictatorships, because _____________.
- A.
Dictators don’t want to go to hell
- B.
People show all loyalty towards the dictator and not God
- C.
Priests made poor military leaders
- D.
Rulers want the church money
- 45.How many peasants died because of resistance to government change in the agricultural system?
- A.
500-1,000
- B.
25,000
- C.
5-10 million
- D.
50-100 million
- 46.What is a paramilitary?
- A.
They act like military, but are not officially part of the government. They have shirts and beat people.
- B.
They jump out of planes.
- C.
Military who are better than the average military.
- D.
Gliders
- 47.What were the three principals of the new nationalist movement in China?
- A.
Nationalism, democracy, economic security
- B.
Nationalism, communism, socialism
- C.
Peace, land, bread
- D.
Worker control of production, money, food
- 48.Who became the leader of the Indian independence movement?
- A.
Mohandas Gandhi
- B.
Mao Zedong
- C.
Chiang Kai-shek
- D.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 49.What were Gandhi's tactics for resistance to British rule?
- A.
Attacking British government buildings
- B.
Non-violent resistance and civil disobedience
- C.
Riots and street killings
- D.
The purge
- 50.Turkey became a ______________ after the collapse of the ___________ Empire.
- A.
Republic; Ottoman
- B.
Democracy; Roman Empire
- C.
Conglomerate; Japanese
- D.
Mandate; Austro-Hungarian
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