History - Chapter 22.3 Checkup - The Rise of Communism in Russia
1. What are Marx's two most famous works? 2. Briefly describe each
1. "Communist Manifesto" -- a pamphlet which laid out a program for Communist revolution 2. "Das Kapital" -- a book which offered a theoretical foundation for Communist ideology
1. What czar was known as the "Czar Liberator"? 2. Why? 3. How did he die?
1. Alexander II 2. He supposedly "freed" the serfs 3. Assassinated in 1881
1. What did Marx call religion? 2. Explain. 3. How did he misunderstand Christianity?
1. An "opiate of the people" 2. He believed it was something that makes people content with less than satisfaction in this life because they expect happiness only in the next 3. God expects Christians to do their duty in this life, and by fulfilling the will of God they can truly look forward to eternal life in the next
1. What title did Ivan the Terrible take? 2. What new class of people did he create in Russia?
1. Czar 2. Serfs
1. Why did Marx oppose capitalism? 2. What economic system did he favor instead? 3. How did he describe the rise of the perfect Communist state?
1. He believed that as long as wealthy capitalists controlled production they would continue to to grow rich from the labor of the poor 2. He favored socialism 3. The proletariat would establish a temporary dictatorship, which would eventually with away, leading to a stateless, classless, perfect condition called Communism
1. What did Karl Marx believe about history? 2. What did he want people to believe about democracy?
1. He said that it is a record of class struggle between wealthy and poor people and blamed private property for conflict 2. He said that representative government was a 'committee of the bourgeoisie."
1. Who founded the Romanov dynasty? 2. How long did it last?
1. Michael Romanov 2. Over300 years
1. What czar strongly desired that Russia become westernized? 2. What port city did he build on the Baltic Sea?
1. Peter the Great 2. St. Petersburg
1. Where did the first complete triumph of Marx's ideas come? 2. What had paved the way for the acceptance of Communism there?
1. Russia 2. Centuries of autocratic exeremism
What czar set up the Russian secret police?
Czar Nicholas i
How did Russia get its name?
The region was invaded by a Viking tribe called the Russes and became known as the Land of the Rus, or Russia