1) What was Witte's first position? a) Director of Military Affairs. b) Director of Overseas Policies c) Director of Railway Affairs. 2) During his role as director of the railways which key route construction did Witte oversee? a) Moscow-Paris railway b) Trans-Siberian railway c) Moscow-Minsk railway 3) Witte was made made Minister of ________ by Nicholas II. a) Industry b) Agriculture c) Finance 4) He was a firm believer in the maintainence of Autocracy. a) True b) False 5) He made great efforts to encourage the growth of Russian........ a) Industry b) Agriculture c) Military strength 6) Witte place tariffs on Russian industry, what did this achieve? a) It protected Russian industry from stronger foreign imports. b) It made sure that Russian agriculture received bonuses. c) It forced money into the army. 7) Witte created new schools to train people for work in industry. a) True b) False 8) Witte placed the Russian currency on the Gold Standard what does this mean? a) That Russia sold it's gold in return for investment in it's industry. b) That Russia moved away from paper money and returned to using gold coins. c) That Russia only had in circulation the amount of money it held in it's gold reserves. 9) Witte was not only involved in economic reforms he also helped negotiate the end to which war? a) Russo-Japanese war. b) The First World War. c) The Russo-Polish war. 10) Witte called for a __________ _________ to help end the revolution of 1905. a) military state b) elected parliament c) secret policeforce

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