Life Under Stalin

Which goal did Joseph Stalin establish for the Soviet Union?

• becoming an industrial power

• creating a golden age of culture

• instituting a parliamentary monarchy

• easing tensions using détente

Which statement about the Soviet economy

under Joseph Stalin is accurate?

• The Soviet Union increased its power by

  developing heavy industry.

• The government reduced its role in planning

  industrial production.

• Farmers were encouraged to compete in a

  free market economy.

• A large selection of consumer goods became

  available in the Soviet Union.

Forced famine in Ukraine (1932–1933) was a direct result of...

• Czar Nicholas’s involvement in World War I

• Vladmir Lenin’s New Economic Policy

• Joseph Stalin’s collectivization

• Nikita Khrushchev’s removal from power

What was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?

• Gulags
• Concentration Camps
• Internment Camps
• Veritags

What is a totalitarian state?

• an economy with private ownership of businesses
• a state in which people have control over businesses
• a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private lives
• a state in which the working class is glorified

All are true regarding totalitarianism EXCEPT:

• Control of public and private life is key
• Methods of control include police terror, indocrination, propaganda, and censorship
• It incorporates dictatorship and one party rule
• A weak and unappealing leader divides the people

 Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?  
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
•  ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers

• A.  Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution 
• B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico 
• C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy 
• D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War

What was the major consequence of the February Revolution of 1917?

• A. It forced Kerensky to surrender to the Bolsheviks.

• B. It secured Stalin as leader of Russia.

• C. It allowed Trotsky to negotiate peace with Germany.

• D. It forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.

During Josef Stalin’s rule, Russians only had access to select information. This is an example of

• A.  suffrage. 
• B. democracy. 
• C. fascism. 
• D. censorship.

The Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate

• communism 
• opposition to Stalin's power
• anyone who promoted industrialization and literacy
• shortages of food, housing and consumer goods