Homework Quiz: Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin

Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin's death in 1924?

• The nation adopted a constitutional monarchy.

• Leon Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party after returning from Mexico.

• Popular elections were held to choose a new General Secretary.

• A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders which threatened Stalin's rise to power.

A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

• encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers

• transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power

• expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports

• reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere

Base your answer to the following question on the graphic organizer below and on your knowledge of social studies:

Which title best completes this graphic organizer?

• Emperor Meji rise to power in Japan

• Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty in China.

• Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State

• Nicholas II and the Russo-Japanese War

Which leader is being described by these statements below?

• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)

• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"

• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)

• Czar Nicholas II

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Vladimir I. Lenin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

Totalitarian countries are characterized by

• free and open discussions of ideas

• a multiparty system with several candidates for each office

• government control of newspapers, radio and television

• government protection of people’s civil liberties

How did Joseph Stalin create a command economy?

• Peasants were encouraged to sell surplus grain for personal profit.

• The production of consumer goods increased.

• Individual spending increased due to more profits being made

• The government owned all businesses and distributed all resources.

Stalin's Industrial Revolution experienced all of the following positive results EXCEPT...

• met high production goals

• Central planning caused shortages

• new railroads were built

• large factories rose across the USSR

In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin governed by means of secret police, censorship, and purges. This type of government is called

• democracy

• totalitarian

• limited monarchy

• theocracy

Which Soviet policy is most closely associated with the information in this table?

Base your answers to the question on the table below and on your knowledge of social studies.

• Lenin's New Economic Policy

• Stalin's five-year plans

• Brezhnev's policy of détente

• Gorbachev's policy of glasnost

Between which two years did the number of collective farms increase the most?

Base your answers to the question on the following table below and on your knowledge of social studies.

• 1929 and 1930

• 1930 and 1931

• 1934 and 1935

• 1939 and 1940