Global Studies II Name ________________________________

Unit II Russia Date ______________

Define the following terms: [remember, youll need these terms for your quizzes answer them well!]

Liberal People who want change are want to do it legally.


Radical People who want change at any means, including killing


Conservative- people who don't want change and are most likely in power


Domestic vs. Foreign matters Domestic matters are within the country, where Foreign are
everywhere else.

Autocratic a form of government that only one person is in power


Divine Right theory the rule has right to rule given by god


Russification force every person within Russia to speak russian and accept the Orthodox church.


Pan-Slavism The Union of all slavic people under the russian leader


Emancipation Edict- An act that freed all serfs from serfdom


Peoples Will a group of terrorists in russia that wanted to overthrow the leader


Pogroms massacres of jews in riots within russia.


Nihilists


Social Democratic Labor Party a party that was not happy with the government and sought to over
the government.

Duma - a group of people that were created to provide stability in the nation, essentially a russian
parliament









Answer the following questions:
1. Summarize Ideas:
a. Explain how liberalism affected Russias domestic policy.
caused all non Russian within russia to only speak russian and follow the church



b. Describe two features of Russias foreign policy .
continue the expansion set in the past.
unify all Slavs under the tsar.




2. Organizing Ideas:
a. List the liberal reforms that Alexander II accomplished in Russia.
Setup local governments the control things such as taxes
changed the court system to more model the examples in the west.


b. What did he do with regard to the serfs?
he provided the serfs with freedom and the ability to buy or rent land from the government.




3. Analyzing Ideas:
a. Why did the Revolution of 1905 fail to overthrow the monarchy?
Nicholas decided not to fight back, instead he set up a new government.






b. How did Nicholas II respond to the Revolution of 1905?
He created the Duma to help control the power throughout the nation.