Revolutions of 1917–1923 - Quiz
Revolutions of
  • 1. In which year did the Left SR uprising occur?
A) 1920
B) 1921
C) 1917
D) 1918
  • 2. The Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict took place between which years?
A) 1921–1922
B) 1918–1919
C) 1917–1918
D) 1920–1921
  • 3. Which rebellion occurred in 1921 as a left-wing uprising against the Bolsheviks?
A) Slutsk uprising
B) Tambov Rebellion
C) Ganja rebellion
D) Kronstadt Rebellion
  • 4. The Estonian War of Independence occurred between which years?
A) 1917–1919
B) 1920–1922
C) 1918–1920
D) 1919–1921
  • 5. The Slutsk uprising took place in what year?
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1918
D) 1921
  • 6. The Belarusian Democratic Republic existed from which years?
A) 1917–1918
B) 1918–1919
C) 1920–1921
D) 1919–1920
  • 7. The Christmas Uprising occurred in what year?
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1921
D) 1918
  • 8. The North Caucasian Emirate existed between which years?
A) 1919–1920
B) 1920–1921
C) 1918–1919
D) 1917–1918
  • 9. The Democratic Republic of Georgia existed between which years?
A) 1919–1922
B) 1918–1920
C) 1918–1921
D) 1917–1920
  • 10. When did the Polish–Soviet War take place?
A) 1919–1921
B) 1918–1920
C) 1917–1919
D) 1920–1922
  • 11. The Champaran Satyagraha occurred in what year?
A) 1919
B) 1917
C) 1918
D) 1920
  • 12. The Beer Hall Putsch took place in what year?
A) 1921
B) 1920
C) 1923
D) 1922
  • 13. The Rif War occurred between which years?
A) 1921–1926
B) 1922–1927
C) 1919–1923
D) 1920–1924
  • 14. What does 'Sette Giugno' translate to in English?
A) Seven of July
B) Six of June
C) Seven of June
D) Second of June
  • 15. What was one of the primary triggers for the Sette Giugno riots in Malta?
A) The arrival of the Ottoman navy
B) The rising cost of living
C) The dissolution of the monarchy
D) The ban on international trade
  • 16. Where was the National Assembly formed during the Maltese riots?
A) Gozo
B) Mdina
C) Valletta
D) Sliema
  • 17. How many local men were killed by British forces during the Sette Giugno riots?
A) Ten
B) Six
C) Four
D) Two
  • 18. Which event led to the Egyptian revolution of 1919?
A) The exile of Saad Zaghloul
B) The invasion by Italy
C) The death of King Fuad
D) The closing of the Suez Canal
  • 19. What was the name of the mission initiated by Britain following the 1919 Egyptian revolution?
A) The Suez Commission
B) The Cairo Protocol
C) The Zaghloul Accord
D) The Milner Mission
  • 20. In which year did Britain recognize Egyptian independence?
A) 1919
B) 1923
C) 1922
D) 1920
  • 21. What territory did Britain retain control of after Egyptian independence in 1922?
A) The Ethiopian border
B) Only the city of Alexandria
C) The entire Nile Delta
D) Sudan and the Canal Zone
  • 22. Who inherited the Egyptian throne at age 16 following the death of King Fuad?
A) Faisal I
B) Mehdi Al-Khalissi
C) Saad Zaghloul
D) Farouk
  • 23. What triggered the signing of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty by King Farouk?
A) The Second Italo-Ethiopian War
B) A shortage of food supplies
C) The rise of the Wafd Party
D) The end of World War I
  • 24. Where did the Iraqi Revolt of 1920 begin?
A) Syria
B) Najaf
C) Baghdad
D) The Euphrates valley
  • 25. What were the British taxes imposed at Najaf that fueled the Iraqi Revolt?
A) Import and export tariffs
B) Land ownership and burial taxes
C) Income and property taxes
D) Water and electricity taxes
  • 26. Who was a prominent Shia leader of the Iraqi revolt?
A) Saad Zaghloul
B) Faisal I
C) King Fuad
D) Sheikh Mehdi Al-Khalissi
  • 27. What military tactics did the British use to suppress the Iraqi revolt?
A) Naval blockades and starvation
B) Heavy artillery and aerial bombardment
C) Diplomatic sanctions and trade embargoes
D) Poison gas and chemical weapons
  • 28. Who was installed as the King of Iraq following the political resolution of the revolt?
A) Farouk
B) Faisal I
C) Saad Zaghloul
D) Mehdi Al-Khalissi
  • 29. What was a major goal of the Iraqi revolution?
A) Reinstatement of Ottoman rule
B) Expansion into Syrian territory
C) Annexation of the Suez Canal
D) Independence from British rule
  • 30. What happened to the British Mandate for Mesopotamia after the Iraqi revolt?
A) It was transferred to Italy
B) It was cancelled
C) It was rebranded as a colony
D) It was expanded
  • 31. What entity replaced Austria-Hungary in Hungary after the First World War?
A) The Kingdom of Hungary
B) The Hungarian Free State
C) The Hungarian Soviet Republic
D) The Austro-Hungarian Republic
  • 32. What movement emerged in China in response to the Paris Peace Conference's decision regarding Kiautschou Bay?
A) October Revolution
B) Federalist self-government movement
C) May Fourth Movement
D) Constitutional Protection Movement
  • 33. Which figure inspired Chinese radicals like Li Dazhao to move toward Marxist organization?
A) Sun Yat-sen
B) Russia's October Revolution
C) Karl Kautsky
D) Chen Jiongming
  • 34. Which political system did Chen Gongbo and Tan Pingshan support in their opposition to centralized revolutionary strategies?
A) Democratic centralism
B) Totalitarian socialism
C) Monarchism
D) Federalist self-government
  • 35. What movement did Sun Yat-sen align with to resist the Beiyang government?
A) October Revolution
B) The Federalist Party
C) May Fourth Movement
D) Constitutional Protection Movement
  • 36. Who expelled Sun Yat-sen from Guangzhou in 1922?
A) Tan Pingshan
B) Chen Jiongming
C) Li Dazhao
D) Joffe
  • 37. What manifesto formalized the cooperation between Sun Yat-sen and Soviet Russia in 1923?
A) The Marxist Manifesto
B) The Constitutional Protection Pact
C) The Paris Peace Agreement
D) Sun–Joffe Manifesto
  • 38. Which historian claimed the negotiations between the Irish and Russian republics were not taken seriously?
A) E. H. Carr
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Li Dazhao
D) Chen Jiongming
  • 39. What was the name of the period of intense social conflict in Italy between 1919 and 1920?
A) The Great Depression
B) Biennio Rosso
C) The German Revolution
D) The March on Rome
  • 40. What entity did the Bolsheviks create to coordinate the wave of international revolutions?
A) The Second International
B) The Red Army
C) Comintern
D) The Factory Councils
  • 41. What was the main goal Lenin hoped the German Revolution would achieve for Soviet Russia?
A) Expand the Red Army
B) Annex Germany
C) Abolish the Comintern
D) End economic isolation
  • 42. What happened to the German Kaiser as a result of the German Revolution?
A) He abdicated
B) He fled to Russia
C) He was appointed head of the Comintern
D) He was executed
  • 43. How much was the Italian lira worth at the end of 1920 compared to its 1914 value?
A) Three-quarters
B) Half
C) Double
D) One-quarter
  • 44. Which political figure led the movement for 'Socialism in one country'?
A) The German Kaiser
B) Anarcho-Syndicalist leaders
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 45. What replaced factory management during the Italian Biennio Rosso?
A) Factory councils
B) State-run bureaucracies
C) Monarchist oversight committees
D) International syndicates
  • 46. What was the membership of the Italian Socialist Party during the Biennio Rosso?
A) 2,000,000
B) 100,000
C) 250,000
D) 500,000
  • 47. In what year was the Comintern abolished?
A) 1923
B) 1939
C) 1943
D) 1917
  • 48. What group saw up to 500,000 affiliates join during the Italian unrest?
A) Italian Syndicalist Union
B) The Red Army
C) General Confederation of Labour
D) Bavarian Soviet Republic
  • 49. Which region saw strikes and clashes in the countryside during the Italian Biennio Rosso?
A) Southern Italy
B) Northern Po Valley
C) Rome
D) The Baltic states
  • 50. What was the cost of living increase for an average Italian working-class family in 1921 compared to 1914?
A) 50%
B) 1000%
C) 560%
D) 250%
  • 51. What action by the U.K. was prompted by the results of the German Revolution?
A) Lifting the embargo
B) Invading Germany
C) Declaring war on the Soviets
D) Supporting the Kaiser
  • 52. What was the primary nature of the uprisings during the revolutionary wave of 1917–1923?
A) Socialist or anti-colonial
B) Religious or conservative
C) Technocratic or monarchist
D) Capitalist or imperialist
  • 53. Which Russian leader abdicated during the February Revolution?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Alexander Kerensky
C) Tsar Nicholas II
D) Otto Wille Kuusinen
  • 54. Who led the organization of the Finnish White Army?
A) Svinhufvud
B) Gustaf Mannerheim
C) Otto Wille Kuusinen
D) Kullervo Manner
  • 55. Which country provided military support to the Finnish Whites by landing forces in Hanko?
A) Germany
B) Sweden
C) Russia
D) United Kingdom
  • 56. What was the significance of the Mommila massacre?
A) It was the start of the Finnish Civil War
B) It forced the Bolsheviks to surrender
C) It resulted in the death of Risto Ryti
D) An independent Bolshevik detachment murdered a Finnish businessman
  • 57. What happened on May 16, 1918, in Helsinki?
A) The White Army held a victory parade
B) The Bolsheviks seized control of the capital
C) A general strike was initiated
D) The Finnish parliament declared independence
  • 58. Which political faction in Greece was led by Eleftherios Venizelos?
A) Monarchists
B) Venizelists
C) Ottoman loyalists
D) Pangalos supporters
  • 59. What was the name of the internal conflict between Greek political elites during the Great War?
A) The Republican Divide
B) The Balkan Split
C) National Schism
D) The Great Hellenic War
  • 60. In what year was the Second Hellenic Republic established?
A) 1919
B) 1924
C) 1935
D) 1922
  • 61. Who was installed as dictator in Greece following the military coup of 1925?
A) Eleftherios Venizelos
B) General Primo de Rivera
C) King Constantine I
D) General Pangalos
  • 62. When was the monarchy restored in Greece via a military coup?
A) 1923
B) 1935
C) 1928
D) 1931
  • 63. What was the stance of Spain during the Great War?
A) Active combatant against Turkey
B) Supported the Central Powers
C) Supported the Triple Entente
D) Neutrality
  • 64. Which regime existed in Spain starting from 1874?
A) The Restoration Monarchy
B) A socialist state
C) The Second Republic
D) A military dictatorship
  • 65. In which city did significant paramilitary conflicts between workers and employers occur in Spain?
A) Madrid
B) Valencia
C) Seville
D) Barcelona
  • 66. What military disaster in 1921 discredited the Spanish constitutional monarchy?
A) The defeat at Dumlupınar
B) The loss of the civil war
C) The failure of the 1917 revolution
D) The defeat at Annual
  • 67. Who was appointed head of government with dictatorial powers by King Alfonso XIII?
A) General Pangalos
B) King Constantine I
C) Eleftherios Venizelos
D) General Miguel Primo de Rivera
  • 68. Which group gained power as the radical forces lost ground?
A) The Cristeros
B) The Felicistas
C) The Sonoran oligarchy
D) The royalist faction
  • 69. Who was the revolutionary general that helped abate power struggles?
A) Pancho Villa
B) Felicista leader
C) Álvaro Obregón
D) Emiliano Zapata
  • 70. What were the Kuva-yi Milliye?
A) Religious institutions
B) Foreign occupying forces
C) Formal government agencies
D) Irregular militias
  • 71. Who led the Grand National Assembly (GNA) in Turkey?
A) Greek military leaders
B) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
C) The Ottoman Sultan
D) Soviet diplomats
  • 72. How long did Ottoman rule last before its abolition?
A) 623 years
B) 400 years
C) 1000 years
D) 850 years
  • 73. Which of these is listed as a communist revolution in Germany?
A) Limerick Soviet
B) Patagonia Rebelde
C) Tragic Week
D) Hamburg Uprising
  • 74. In which country did the 'Red Triennium' take place?
A) Finland
B) Italy
C) Hungary
D) Spain
  • 75. Which uprising took place in Bulgaria in 1923?
A) September Uprising
B) Bulgarian Soviet Revolution
C) March Uprising
D) Sofia Riots
  • 76. The 'Limerick Soviet' occurred in which country?
A) Estonia
B) Germany
C) Canada
D) Ireland
  • 77. Which country experienced the 'Patagonia Rebelde' conflict?
A) Spain
B) Mexico
C) Brazil
D) Argentina
  • 78. What was the nature of the 'Tragic Week' mentioned in the list?
A) Independence movement
B) Political violence
C) Labor strike
D) Agricultural reform
  • 79. Which of these events occurred in Canada in 1919?
A) Canadian Labour Revolt
B) Montreal Soviet
C) Canadian Socialist Revolution
D) Toronto Uprising
  • 80. What was the final outcome of the Greek advance into Anatolia?
A) Pushed out by the Great Offensive
B) Formal peace treaty
C) Successful capture of Ankara
D) Annexation into Greece
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