MCQs of History – The Russian Revolution & World War I

The Russian Revolution took place during _______.

Until February 1918, Russia used ______ celendar.

In 1881, Czar______ was assassinated by terrorists.

The slogan _______ became extremely popular during the February Revolution.

The February Revolution began as the ______.

When the February Revolution took place, the czar was ______.

After the February Revolution, the Czar______.

After the February Revolution ______ organisation claimed to be the new Russian government.

The provissional government was made up of former members of the______.

In returning to Russia, Lenin was aided by _____ government.

When he returned to Russi, Lenin viewed revolutionaries outside his own party as______.

Following his arrivals in Russia in April 1917, lenin used______ as slogan.

______ was the set of ideas that Lenin expressed in the news paper Pravda following his return to Russia.

During the summer following the February Revolution Lenin initially believed that to _______ was the strategy for starting a second revolution.

The Bolshevik party drew its support from_______.

The Petrograd Soviet was a/an ______.

_______ seriously weakened the Bolsheviks.

The provisional government was seriously weakened by______.

Lavt Kornilov was______.

As a result of the July Putsch_____.

During August and September 1917, the Bolsheviks______.

In early October 1917 all of the following were true of the Bolsheviks except______.

The two important Bolsheviks namely ______ were most strongly against starting the revolution sooner rather than leter.

The provisional government ______ as a strategy against the Bolsheviks just before the October Revolution?

The “Junkers” were _______.

The Aurora was______.

It took an entire day for the Bolsheviks to capture the Winter place because______.

During the February Revolution, an incident sparked the mutiny among the soldiers. The incident was______.

After October Revolution, Lenin’s first official was_____.

Kerensky_______ after the revolution.

The meeting of________ was being held in petrogard on the same day as the October Revolution.

The official name of Lenin’s new government was_______.

A former critic of Lenin______ chaired the Executive Committee.

After the October Revolution, the Russian upper classes_______.

The initial policy of the Bolsheviks regarding the Constituent Assembly was that they let the elections take place______.

In the elections for the Constituent Assembly, the Bolsheviks received nearly_____.

The response to the October Revolution in Moscow can be best described as______.

The Russian foriegn ministers under Lenin was______.

Immediately following the October Revolution, what was the state of the Bolshevik’s plans for managing the country?

Felix Dzerzhinsky was the head of ______ organisation.

The Constituent Assembly met ______.

The real Terror was a response to______.

In March 1918, the Russian capital was moved to______.

In the Russian Civil War, the Bolsheviks’ opponents were_______.

______ replaced the Constituent Assembly.

The kornlov affair can best be summarised as _______.

All of the following were groups involved in the Russian Civil War except_______.

The Russian Civil War began in _______.

The cheka was a forerunner of the_______.

The USSR finally collapsed in_____.

_______ made the first declaration of war.

Archuduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in ______.

At the beginning of World War I, Bosnia-Herzegovina was part of ______.

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany was related another prominent leader namely_____.

Germany’s attack upon ______ directly provoked Britain to go to war.

Germany’s plan to fight France and Russia was called______.

A key fortress _____ was the scene of the heaviest fighting during the German invasion of Belgium.

The Russian general _____ lost the Battle of the Masurian Lakes.

The Battle of ______ marked the first major German defeat.

Austria-Hungary’s progress early in the war can be best describes as_______.

The Ottoman Empire was prompted to enter the war after______.

The commander of the German East Asia Squadron was_______.

The Battle of the Falklands resulted in victory for_______.

______ is generally not true of sea warfare during World War I.

Britain needed the control of the Dardanelles to________.

Britain’s invasion of Galipoli, politically, resulted in____.

The initial purposer of Britain’s invasion of Meopotamia was to ______.

_________ best describes the outcome of Townshend’s compaign in Mesopotamia?

The western front in World war I can be best charecterised as _______.

Italy’s action in the war was primarily against_______.

A war of attrition is ______.

The battle of _______ lasted for ten months and became the longest of the war.

______ also joined the war on the side of the Allied power in 1916.

A major charge in German policy which contributed to the United states entering the war was______.

The Zimmermann telegram urged______ to attack the United States.

The Zimmermann telegram was first intercepted by______.

The first US civilian ship sunk by a German submarine was______.

United States declared war on Germany on______.

The commander of US forces in Europe was______.

Following the declaration of war, US. forces______.

The hasten Russia’s exit from the war, Germany_____ in 1917.

The best description of Lenin’s role in the February Revolution is______.

______ ordered the Russian offensive on July 1,1917.

After the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin’s first decree was______.

The statement to best describes the outcome of Russia’s peace nagotiations would be_____.

Russia’s withdrawal effect on the Allied forces_____.

In 1918, the city of Paris suffered repeated attacks from German _____.

After declaring war, the United States was_____.

______ was a point of contention the United States and the French and British.

A pandemic disease that treatened soldiers and civilians on all sides during the late stages of war was_____.

The battle of ______ was the first major voctory for American troops.

The first of the Central Powers to surender_____.

_____ assumed power in Germany and led negotiations with the Allies after Wilhelm II lost power.

At the end of the war, fighting out between Poland and Ukraine over _____.

______ was created as a “South Slavic State”,

To make peace the Ottoman Empire had to_____.

The initial armistic with Germany was negotiated______.

Austria-Hungary made its armistic______.

About Kaiser Wilhelm II all of the following are false except______.

The formal peace treatly with Grmany______.

The Dual Alliance of 1879_____.

The social import of World War I on women included all of the following EXCEPT______.

The most representative symbol of World War I warfare was_____.

World War I was considered total war because_______.

______ was NOT a part of the fighting in World War I.

All of the following are true about eh Easter Monday uprising of Irish nationalists in 1916 EXCEPT_______.

_____ was not a reason for Bolshevik success in the Russian Revolution.

All of the following became a newly independent country as a result of World War I EXCEPT______.

The Russian Revolution in February 1917 was started by______.

All of the following have been considered major causes of World War One excep______.

In 1916, the German high command launched a major offensive direct against_____ thus prompted the longest battle of World War I.

The Triple Alliance consisted of ______.

Lenin’s victory in the Russian Revolution was followed by all of the following except_____.

The major result of the Balkan Crisis of 1912-1913 was______.

A long-term trend that was basic cause of World War I was_____.

During negotiations at Versailles World War I , the Allied leader who favoured the most lenient treatment of a defeated Germany was____.

Kaiser Wilhelm II’s “Blank check” refers to______.

All of the following are criticism that can be made of the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT_____.

_____, in 1917 was the fatal blunder made by Russian’s Provisional Government.

A major purpose of the German Schlieffen Plan during World War I was to______.

European women generally experienced ______ during World War One.

Cause of the Russian Revolution included all of the following except_____.

Great Britain entered World War One as a direct response to _____.

The Balfour Declaration state that_____.

Germany is often blamed for starting the war because it______.

By the terms of the Entente Cordiale of 1902,_______.