Stalin's Economic Transformation

^{62017 30} A comparison of the five-year plans of Joseph

Stalin and of the Great Leap Forward of Mao

Zedong would show that both leaders...

• encouraged individual rights and freedoms

• implemented some aspects of capitalism

• supported the involvement of wealthy

  entrepreneurs in the economy

• focused on increasing industrial and

  agricultural output

^{12015 35} 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

62014 34 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.

^{12013 31} An economic change introduced in the Soviet

Union under Joseph Stalin would include

• establishing free-market reforms

• boycotting Baltic Sea trade routes

• focusing on the production of consumer

  goods

• collectivizing agriculture

Joseph Stalin’s policies in Ukraine during the 1930s directly resulted in

• widespread starvation

• agricultural self-sufficiency

• the development of cottage industries

• the use of subsistence farming techniques

Which aspect of the economy was emphasized in Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans?

• heavy industry

• consumer goods

• famine relief

• private landownership

What did Stalin call his programs that were meant to catch Russia's industry up with the rest of the world?

• 5 Day Plans
• 5 Month Plans
• 5 Year Plans
• 5 Decade Plans

What was the name of the wealthy peasants that Stalin accused of sabotage and tried to eliminate/kill?

• The Kulaks
• The Turks
• The Dutch
• The Magyars

What is Collectivization?

• an economy with private ownership of businesses
• The merging of small individual farms into larger farms
• Stalin’s measure of focusing on building heavy industries
• Stalin’s measure of allowing Kulaks to take over the farms of poorer peasants

Who was Aleksei Stakhanov?

• A political rival of Stalin

• Stalin's trusted party member

• A worker who was assassinated

• Coal Miner who exceeded productivity targets