Totalitarianism & Stalin Exit Quiz

Which of the following describes Totalitarianism?

• State has total power.
• Government controls all media.
• Only certain people have rights.
• All of the above.

How many political parties are there to vote for in a Totalitarian regime?

• 1
• 5
• 20
• 50

Whats the difference between socialism and capitalism?

• Capitalism shares wealth with everyone and socialism focuses on gaining wealth for profit.
• Capitalism focuses on gaining wealth for profit and socialism shares the wealth with everyone.

What was the only party allowed in Soviet Russia while Stalin was in power?

• Communist Party
• Republican Party
• Democratic Party
• Green Party

What kind of system was put in place by Mussolini in Italy?

• Communism
• Fascism
• Democracy
• Socialism

A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

• encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers

• transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power

• expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports

• reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere

Which title best completes this graphic organizer?

• Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War

• Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty

• Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State

• Jawaharlal Nehru and the Modern Industrial State of India

Totalitarian countries are characterized by

• free and open discussions of ideas

• a multiparty system with several candidates for each office

• government control of newspapers, radio and television

• government protection of people’s civil liberties

Which condition was a result of Joseph Stalin’s command economy?

• Peasants were encouraged to sell surplus grain for personal profit.

• The production of consumer goods increased.

• National revenue increased allowing for greater individual spending.

• The government controlled agriculture through collective farms.

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• reform the outdated and inadequate agricultural system