VOCAB for RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Government

• An organized group that makes laws for the people under it.

Revolution

• Where a group of people overthrow a government

Bourgeois

• Pronounced Boor zhwah• A middleclass person who

is concerned with obtaining materialistic things

Proletariat• The lowest social class• The workers who earn

their money by manual labor.

• People who do not own property or valuable items.

Materialistic • Concerned with getting

physical things of value.• Thinking your value

comes from having stuff.– money– Houses– Jewelry– Cars– Sneakers– Electronics– Purses– Jewelry– Cell phones– Designer clothing

Socialism

• An idea that the ownership and production of stuff should be done by the community as a whole and distributed equally to everyone.

• Everyone does their part and then gets an equal part.

Capitalism• Each person can work

as hard as they want and you will get rewards based on how hard you work.

• Rags to riches dream

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Communism• A system of government

where all property and things of value are owned by the community as a whole.

• Each person works for the central government.

• Each person is given what they need to live.

• Everyone gets an equal share.

Bolshevik

• A member of the communist party

Economic• Something that has to do

with the use of money.• Socio-economic means that

your place in SOCIETY is based on how much money you make.

• Economic security means you know you have enough money.

• Economic prosperity means you are making a lot of money.

Marxism

• A system of economic and political thought based around the ideas of Karl Marx

• The idea that there is a class struggle between the poor and the rich.

Class warfare• The struggle between

the different social classes – poor and rich– capitalists and workers

• An idea based in Marxist theory.

The Communist Manifesto

• A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

• It talks about the class struggle.

• It talks about Marxist beliefs.

Equality

• Everyone being treated exactly the same.

• Economic equality means everyone makes the same money.

• Social equality means everyone is equally important.

Centralized Government

• where the power of the government is in the center and departments are created to handle certain problems.

Monarchy• A country where the

person in charge is a king or queen.

• Control of the country is held by 1 single person.

• Monarch means “ruler”

Tsar (pronounced Zar)• Tsar is another word for– King– Monarch– Ruler Tsar is the Russian word

for king

Abdicate

• To give up the right to rule as a king or monarch.

• The king abdicated means the king says he will not longer be king.

• If a king is forced to abdicate it means they MAKE him say he won’t be king anymore.

Industrial• Producing items in

factories. • Industrial jobs are jobs in

factories• There are different kinds of

industry– Steel industry makes steel in

factories– Automobile industry makes

automobiles in factories– Shoe industry makes shoes

in factories

Agriculture

• Anything having to do with planting crops or raising livestock.

• Farming

Hammer and Sickle

• The Hammer and Sickle is part of communist symbolism.

• It represents the Hammer of industrialization and the Sickle of agriculture.

Comrade

• Means “friend”• Someone who you

share activities with and are equal to.

Suppress

• To force a person to stop certain activities.