Rise of Totalitarianism

This prison system was used by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin to hold prisoners who disagreed with their leader's policies.

• Grog

• Gollum

• Gulag

• Goering

Which definition best matches the term: totalitarian state

• A state of total chaos and destruction

• A country whose leader has total control of the people

• The attempt at total annihilation of one's enemy

• A country where the citizens practice democracy

Which leader below practiced fascism in his country?

• Mussolini

• Lenin

• Stalin

• Molotov

Which method helped rulers take total control of their country?

• Propaganda

• Violence and Fear

• Control of the economy

• All of these are correct

Propaganda is material used to spread an idea or damage an opponents reputation.

• True

• False

How do dictators gain the support of the people?

• By offering quick solutions to difficult problems

• By imprisoning anyone they wanted

• Imposing harsh laws

• Enforcing medieval forms of torture

Why did Stalin create the Holodomor in Ukraine?

• Because he wanted to ethnically cleanse the Ukrainian race

• Retaliation for Soviets losses in the Russo-Ukrainian War

• Because Ukrainians were resisting Stalin's rule

• In order to force the resignation of Ukrainian President Vladimir Ukanovich

Someone who uses logical fallacies to appeal to people's emotions is a...

• demagogue

• kulak

• fascist

• gulag

One effect of the Russian Revolution is the Czar and his family was murdered.

• True

• False

After the Russian Revolution, the Soviet Union became a democracy.

• True

• False