Ninth Grade History Exam
Name _____________________________
A: Use the source book provided
to answer the following questions. Remember to use the correct
source.
1.
a)
What does source A tell us about the lives of peasants in France in the
1780's?
b)
Who are the characters in the cartoon supposed to be?
c)
What is source B trying to tell us about life in 18th century
France ?
d)
What further information does source C tell us about the times and the
peasants way of life ?
e)
Why are the there so few written sources ?
f)
What can we learn about an aristocrats way of life from looking at
sources D and E ?
g)
Why do we need to be careful when using source E ?
2.
a)
What other causes were there for the French Revolution taking place
? Remember to divide between long term
and short term causes.
b) Which cause do you believe to be the most important ? Say why.
3.
a)
Who were these statements written by ?
b) How are these statements
different from each other ?
b) What
was the Terror ?
c)
Explain how the French Revolution resulted in the Terror.
4.
a)
Who are the characters in the cartoon ?
b)
What is the artist suggesting ?
c) Was the main character in
source A responsible for the Russian Revolution ?
c)
What were the other main causes for the Russian Revolution of March 1917
taking place ? Use the sources to help you.
e) Why did a second Revolution
take place in November 1917 ?
5.
a)
Who were the Whites and the Reds
?
b)
Why were these two groups fighting ?
c)
What was the eventual result of this fighting ?
d)
What were the consequences of this fighting ?
6.
a) What
was War Communism ?
b)
What was this system replaced by ? Give full details.
c) Joseph Stalin: i) "The
saviour of his country." ii) "The greatest murderer of all time."
Which of these statements do you agree with ? Explain fully why.