Intro to Communism

The name of the "Mad Monk" who was a component of the fall of the Russian Monarchy was...

• Ivan the Terrible

• Vladimir Lenin

• Grigory Rasputin

• David Hasselhoff

Communism is...

• An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned

• A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common

• A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls

• The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished

The Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne after a revolution in which year?

• 1905

• 1914

• 1917

• 1939

Why was the Government created in 1905 not a "true Government?"

• Rasputin was its only member

• The Tsar still had complete authority and could dispel the government whenever he disagreed with them

• Each member could only serve for a total of one week

• The Government was actually just cardboard cutouts the Tsar would pretend to argue with on TV

True or False: Lenin was on the frontlines during the March 1917 revolution that overthrew the tsar

• True

• False

Karl Marx was born in which country?

• Russia

• France

• Britain

• Germany

True or False: Karl Marz gave specific instructions to help Lenin during the revolution in Russia

• True

• False

True or False: Karl Marx created communism

• True

• False

Karl Marx's writing partner was named...

• Vladimir Lenin

• Fredrich Engels

• Martin Heidegger

• Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

True or false: The Russian Bolshevik party (the main Communist party of Russia) took power immediately after the Tsar was overthrown

• True

• False