See if you can answer these questions based on what you've learnt today.

Which of these events happened first?

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?

When did the Bolsheviks seize control of Russia?

What does 'absolute monarch' mean?

Who did the Bolsheviks take power on the behalf of?

The Bolshevik Coup d'etat

See if you can answer these questions based on today's lesson.

Which treaty ended Russia's involvement in the First World War?

Who was the leader of the Red Army during the Civil War?

When did the Bolsheviks seize power in Russia?

Which organisation did Lenin set up to remove opposition to the Bolsheviks?

Which word is defined as a system in which people are made to join the army?

Trotsky and the Civil War

In this lesson, we will learn about the civil war which broke out in Russia following the October Revolution. We will study the role of Trotsky during the conflict and the impact of the Civil War on the Bolsheviks' aims.

History

Y9 History

Key Stage 3

Year 9

Miss

What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve?

Powerful ideas

THEME

UNIT

The Bolshevik Coup d'Etat

War, Communism and the New Economic Policy

Alexandra Kollontai and Social Change

Due to the overlap in knowledge and themes, the following 'Twentieth Century Political History' Unit Quiz assesses knowledge from the following enquiries: 1)  What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve? 2) Why did Fascists gain support? 3) How were people controlled in totalitarian regimes? The Unit Quizzes for all of these enquiries are the same quiz on the Twentieth Century Political History.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks between 1903 and 1924?

What is defined as a system which replaces private ownership of property with public ownership where everyone is treated equally?

Which of the following Bolshevik leaders thought that families were traditional and should be completely transformed?

Who was the first fascist leader of Italy?

Which of the following is a common feature of fascism?

Who was the leader of the Nazi Party?

What impact did the Great Depression have on the German economy?

Which leader came to power following the Spanish Civil War?

Which social group tended to support the communists?

What was the Gestapo?

What was the Gulag?

Which of the following is a feature of a police state?

Which of these is the best definition of 'totalitarianism'?

What was the process of moving peasants onto large state-owned farms in the Soviet Union called?

What is meant by a cult of personality?

What is defined as 'information or ideas which are often false, that are used to make people agree with something'?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1930s?

What occurred during Kristallnacht?

Lesson overview:Trotsky and the Civil War

Core Content

Substantive Knowledge

What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve?: