History Vocab: Quiz 6

Revolution of 1905/Bloody Sunday

Massacre in Russia

Bolshevik Revolution

It was when communists in Russia, led by Lenin, took power.

Lenin - Peace, Land and Bread

Lenin promised the Russian people peace (end war), land (for peasants), and bread (food for all).

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

It was a peace treaty in 1918 where Russia exited World War I, losing territory to Germany.

New Economic Policy

Lenin let people have some private businesses to help Russia's economy.

Stalin's Five Year Plan

Stalin's plans to quickly make Russia an industrial power by setting production goals.

Totalitarianism

government has unlimited control.

Great Purge

Stalin's campaign to eliminate anyone he saw as a threat, resulting in mass arrests and executions.

Holodomor

A man-made famine in Ukraine caused by Soviet policies, leading to millions of deaths.

Collectivization

The Soviet policy of combining individual farms into large, government-controlled collective farms.