Lesson 1

1 The growth of opposition to the tsar in early 1917 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 14

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Lesson 1, The growth of opposition to the tsar in early 1917: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0), Unit 14: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which groups showed growing discontent in early Russia in 1917?

    • Foreign diplomats
    • Peasants and workers
    • Nobles and landowners
    • Military generals

  2. Which major conflict severely affected the stability of the Russian tsar?

    • Second World War
    • Crimean War
    • Russo-Japanese War
    • First World War

  3. What military role did the Tsar personally assume during the war?

    • Commander-in-chief
    • Grand Duke
    • Minister of War
    • Chief of Staff

  4. What categories of war impact are named regarding the tsar's downfall?

    • Religious and cultural
    • Sporting and academic
    • Maritime and colonial
    • Economic and political

  5. Which military problem is named in the spec as part of the war's impact?

    • Air superiority
    • Military defeats
    • Industrial expansion
    • Naval victories

  6. Whose role at the military front is highlighted in the 1917 opposition spec?

    • Kerensky
    • Lenin
    • Rasputin
    • The Tsar

  7. What key commodity did Petrograd workers strike over in early 1917?

    • Oil
    • Coal
    • Steel
    • Bread

  8. What was the main political trend in Russia in early 1917?

    • Economic prosperity
    • Military victory
    • Increasing stability
    • Growing opposition

  9. Which broad effects of the First World War are cited in the spec?

    • Social effects
    • Religious revivals
    • Agricultural surplus
    • Technological booms

  10. Which two social groups are specifically named in the spec as experiencing growing discontent?

    • Kulaks and priests
    • Nobles and merchants
    • Peasants and workers
    • Soldiers and students

  11. By which early year was discontent among peasants and town workers visibly growing in Russia?

    • 1918
    • 1917
    • 1914
    • 1905

  12. Who took direct personal charge of the Russian army as commander-in-chief during the First World War?

    • Tsar Nicholas II
    • Grand Duke Nikolai
    • General Brusilov
    • Vladimir Lenin

  13. Petrograd factory workers striking over bread shortages in early 1917 directly demonstrated which factor?

    • Town worker discontent
    • Industrial modernisation
    • Agricultural prosperity
    • Pro-war enthusiasm

  14. Which major war caused severe military defeats that directly fueled opposition to the Russian tsar?

    • Russo-Japanese War
    • Crimean War
    • First World War
    • Second World War

  15. What military title did Tsar Nicholas II take on during the First World War?

    • Commander-in-chief
    • Minister of War
    • Chief of Staff
    • Supreme Admiral

  16. What type of severe problems caused by the war severely worsened civilian life in Russian cities?

    • Religious reforms
    • Educational gains
    • Economic effects
    • Cultural shifts

  17. What disastrous battlefield events on the Eastern Front severely undermined confidence in the tsarist regime?

    • Peace treaties
    • Territorial gains
    • Military defeats
    • Naval blockades

  18. Alongside peasant discontent, what other major factor caused the collapse of support for the tsar?

    • War impact
    • Religious revival
    • Tax reductions
    • Foreign invasion

  19. What primary national event caused severe economic hardship and military defeats in Russia by 1917?

    • Bloody Sunday
    • Emancipation of serfs
    • Industrial Revolution
    • First World War

  20. What group's discontent alongside workers contributed to the tsar's downfall?

    • Capitalists
    • Nobles
    • Landlords
    • Peasants

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