A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the Russian Revolution
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| 21889074 | Tsar Nicholas II | Russia's ruler from 1894 until 1917 | 0 | |
| 21889075 | Strikes | Work stoppages that forced the tsar to make some changes | 1 | |
| 21889076 | Army | Important strategic body that remained loyal to the tsar in 1905 | 2 | |
| 21889077 | Industrial Development | Russia had very little of this kind of development. | 3 | |
| 21889078 | Students, Workers, Peasants | The three groups who protested their discontent | 4 | |
| 21889079 | Peasants | Russian people who lived in poverty after being freed | 5 | |
| 21889080 | Absolute Monarchy | Russia's form of government before the revolution | 6 | |
| 21889081 | Bloody Sunday | Violent event of 1905 when soldiers shot peaceful marchers | 7 | |
| 21889082 | Good Equipment, Supplies, Leadership | World War I Russian soldiers lacked these necessities. | 8 | |
| 21889083 | Petrograd | Capital of tsarist Russia | 9 | |
| 21889084 | Civil Liberties | The Russian people were promised these in 1905 but never got them. | 10 | |
| 21889085 | Railroads, Good Roads | Russia had few of these two essentials of transportation. | 11 | |
| 21889086 | Strikes, Street Demonstrations | Two kinds of events that broke out in 1917 | 12 | |
| 21889087 | Soldiers | Members of this key group deserted the government and joined the rioters. | 13 | |
| 21889088 | Japan | Defeat in a war against this small country in 1904-05 exposed the Russian gov't's weakness. | 14 | |
| 21889089 | Revolution of 1905 | Uprising that forced some temporary reforms | 15 | |
| 21889090 | Duma | Parliament created after the 1905 uprising | 16 | |
| 21889091 | Casualties | These were enormous for Russia in World War I. | 17 | |
| 21889092 | October Manifesto | Decree of 1905 that promised individual liberties and limited elections | 18 | |
| 21889093 | Dissolve the Legislature | The tsar's reaction to the legislature's demands for reform | 19 | |
| 21889094 | Abdicated | The Romanov monarchy ended in March 1917 when the tsar did this. | 20 | |
| 21889095 | Soviets | Local revolutionary councils of workers and soldiers | 21 | |
| 21889096 | Bolsheviks | The radical Marxists | 22 | |
| 21889097 | Lenin | Leader of the Bolsheviks | 23 | |
| 21889098 | Proletariat | Class, very small in Russia, that Marx expected would revolt | 24 | |
| 21889099 | Red | Symbolic revolutionary color adopted by the communists | 25 | |
| 21889100 | Provisional Government | Temporary government set up in March 1917 | 26 | |
| 21889101 | Mensheviks | The moderate Marxists | 27 | |
| 21889102 | Soviets | Groups that rivaled the temporary government for power | 28 | |
| 21889103 | Lenin | Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | 29 | |
| 21889104 | Marxism | Lenin modified this socialistic-communistic philosophy. | 30 | |
| 21889105 | Exile (Switzerland) | Where Lenin had lived before his return to Russia | 31 | |
| 21889106 | Bolshevik Revolution (2nd Russian Revolution) | The seizure of power in November 1917 | 32 | |
| 21889107 | Communist Party | New name for the Bolsheviks as of 1918 | 33 | |
| 21889108 | Civil War | After the second revolution, Russia suffered through three years of this. | 34 | |
| 21889109 | Red Army | The military forces of the new government | 35 | |
| 21889110 | Romanovs | Russian family whose rule ended in 1917 | 36 | |
| 21889111 | Germany | Country that arranged for Lenin's return to Russia from exile | 37 | |
| 21889112 | "Peace, Land, Bread" | Lenin's slogan | 38 | |
| 21889113 | Central Powers | World War II participants with whom Russia signed peace treaties | 39 | |
| 21889114 | Whites | Russians who fought the Communists from 1917 to 1920 | 40 | |
| 21889115 | Allies | Western nations that helped the Whites with money, arms, and troops | 41 | |
| 21889116 | March Revolution | The uprising that ousted the tsar | 42 | |
| 21889117 | Moscow | New communist capital of the U.S.S.R. | 43 | |
| 21889118 | Petrograd | Old, precommunist capital of Russia | 44 | |
| 21889119 | Socialism | Guiding economic system of the U.S.S.R. | 45 | |
| 21889120 | Execution | Fate of the tsar and his family | 46 | |
| 21889121 | Starvation | Agriculture declined so badly, city people faced this. | 47 | |
| 21889122 | Government | Owner of the major industries | 48 | |
| 21889123 | Soviet Union | Alternative name for the U.S.S.R. | 49 | |
| 21889124 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Russia's official new name | 50 | |
| 21889125 | Nicholas, Alexandra | Tsar and tsarina who were the last ruling monarchs of Russia | 51 | |
| 21889126 | Republics | Separate government entities joined together in the federal union | 52 | |
| 21889127 | Marxism-Leninism | Lenin's modified version of Marxist theory | 53 | |
| 21889128 | "One Step Backward" | Lenin decided the U.S.S.R. had to take this before it could take "two steps forward" | 54 | |
| 21889129 | Foreign Capital | Outside source of funds welcomed for development | 55 | |
| 21889130 | Red Army | Groups whose needs were first met during the war | 56 | |
| 21889131 | Industry, Industrial Workers | Lack of this made it difficult to build a Marxist society. | 57 | |
| 21889132 | Small group of Bolsheviks | People who carried out the revolution instead of the workers | 58 | |
| 21889133 | Communist Party | Organization that ruled the Soviet Union under Lenin | 59 | |
| 21889134 | Western Capitalism | Marx based his "scientific socialism" on this form of economic development | 60 | |
| 21889135 | New Economic Policy | Lenin's economic policy, which was not pure Marxism | 61 | |
| 21889136 | Free Enterprise | Lenin's economic policy allowed some of this. | 62 | |
| 21889137 | Red Terror | Wave of executions similar to the French Reign of Terror | 63 | |
| 21889138 | National Congress | Huge representative body that had little real power | 64 | |
| 21889139 | Stalin | Secretary general of the Communist Party and Lenin's successor | 65 | |
| 21889140 | Totalitarian State | Type of state established by Stalin | 66 | |
| 21889141 | Command Economy (State-Controlled) | Type of economy Stalin established | 67 | |
| 21889142 | Consumer Goods | These were sharply reduced while heavy industry was vastly expanded. | 68 | |
| 21889143 | Peasants | People who fiercely resisted Stalin's agricultural policy | 69 | |
| 21889144 | "Man of Steel" | English translation of the Russian word stalin | 70 | |
| 21889145 | Trotsky, Stalin | Main rivals for post-Lenin leadership | 71 | |
| 21889146 | All over the world | Where the revolution had to take place, according to Marx, in order to be successful | 72 | |
| 21889147 | U.S.S.R. Only | Where the revolution should stay for the time being, according to Stalin | 73 | |
| 21889148 | Five-Year Plans | Master plans of Soviet growth | 74 | |
| 21889149 | Collectives (State-owned) | All farms, under Stalin | 75 | |
| 21889150 | Russian Orthodox Church | Organization that lost its property | 76 | |
| 21889151 | Atheism | Belief taught to children in place of religion | 77 | |
| 21889152 | Socialist Realism | Artistic style required under Stalin | 78 | |
| 21889153 | Politburo | Arm of the Communist party that held most power | 79 | |
| 21889154 | Purges | Stalin's "purification," or removal of everyone not loyal to him | 80 | |
| 21889155 | Georgia | Stalin's native republic | 81 | |
| 21889156 | Trotsky | Lev Bronstein, brilliant party organizer | 82 | |
| 21889157 | Exile | Outcome of the power struggle for Trotsky | 83 | |
| 21889158 | Murder | Trotsky's final fate | 84 | |
| 21889159 | Supreme Soviet | The parliament under Stalin | 85 | |
| 21889160 | Comintern | Organization that agitated for the overthrow of capitalist governments | 86 | |
| 21889161 | Presidium | Small ruling committee of the parliament | 87 |
