This is the Guided notes meant to accompany the Vocab slide show for Russian Revolution.

1. Important words for understanding the Russian Revolution
1. Government is __________________________________________________________________
2. Revolution is ___________________________________________________________________
3. Bourgeois means ________________________________________________________________
4. Proletariat is ____________________________________________________________________
5. Materialistic means ______________________________________________________________
6. Socialism means ________________________________________________________________
7. Capitalism means ________________________________________________________________
8. Communism is __________________________________________________________________
9. Bolshevik is ____________________________________________________________________
10. Economic means ________________________________________________________________
11. Marxism is _____________________________________________________________________
12. Class warfare is _________________________________________________________________
13. The Communist Manifesto is ______________________________________________________
14. Equality is ______________________________________________________________________
15. Centralized Government means ____________________________________________________
16. A monarchy is __________________________________________________________________
17. Tsar means _____________________________________________________________________
18. Abdicate means _________________________________________________________________
19. Industry is _____________________________________________________________________
20. Agriculture is ___________________________________________________________________
21. Hammer and Sickle is ____________________________________________________________
22. Comrade means _________________________________________________________________
23. Suppress means _________________________________________________________________
24.
Answer the following questions using the answer to these important Russian revolution terms.
1. Socialist economic system means?
2. A materialistic bourgeois capitalist is what?
3. Russia was a monarchy and their tsar abdicated. Write what this means in your own words.

2. 4. Marxist class warfare means what?
5. The Hammer and sickle represents what two things?
6. Centralized government means what?
7. Lenin said “The specific feature of the present situation in Russia is that the country is passing
from the first stage of the revolution which placed power in the hands of the Bourgeois to its
second stage which must place power in the hands of the proletariat and the poorest sections of
the peasants.” Using your vocab words, explain what 2 stages Lenin thinks the Revolution needs
to have.