Stalin and the Purges

Where was Stalin born?

• Georgia

• Belarus

• Ukraine

• Germany

What does Stalin mean in Russian?

• Man of Steel

• Man of Power

• Man of People

• Man of Soviet

True or False: Vladimir Lenin wanted Stalin to rule the Soviet Union after he dies.

• True

• False

What position did Stalin hold in the Communist Party before Lenin's death?

• General Ambassador

• General Manager

• General Scout

• General Secretary

Stalin tried elevating the Russian economy by what kind of planning?

• Three-year Plans

• Five-year Plans

• Seven-year Plans

• Nine-year Plans

The main purpose of the many purges and public

trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s

was to

• force the Jewish people to leave the

  Soviet Union

• eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and

  his government

• establish a free and independent court

  system in the Soviet Union

• reform the outdated and inadequate

  agricultural system

What is collectivization?

• Increasing the kulak population

• Special projects like the building of the Moscow underground

• The merging of small private farms into large state controlled farms known as kolkhoz

• The merging of smaller factories into larger super industries

Who were the kulaks?

• Factory managers

• Gosplan officials

• The bourgeoisie

• Richer farmers

What was the holodomor?

• The purge of the wider communist party

• The alleged genocide of Ukrainians through starvation

• The deportation of over 171,000 ethnic Koreans to central Asia

• The rapid development of heavy industry

Who was involved in the Russian Civil War?

• Reds vs Whites
• Whites vs Blacks
• Reds vs Blacks
• White vs Blues