Stalin

What does a totalitarian government do?

• Allows complete freedom in public and private life

• Takes total, centralized control over every aspect of public and private life

• Operates only in the public sector

• Encourages decentralized governance

What is a method of enforcement in a totalitarian state?

• Religion

• Police terror

• Business

• Education

What was one of the reasons for the lack of faith in democracy that led to certain powers coming to power?

• Strong economic growth

• Questioning values that led up to WWI

• Widespread support for democratic principles

• Successful foreign policies

What was a consequence of the global depression mentioned in the text?

• People praised leadership for solving economic troubles

• Economic troubles after WWI were ignored

• People blamed leadership for economic troubles

• Economic troubles led to a stronger faith in democracy

Who was involved in the power struggle with Joseph Stalin after V.I. Lenin's death?

• Nikolai Bukharin

• Leon Trotsky

• Grigory Zinoviev

• Lavrentiy Beria

What position did Leon Trotsky hold?

• Leader of the Bolshevik Party

• Leader of the Red Army

• General Secretary of the Communist Party

• Head of the Soviet State

What happened to Trotsky as a result of the power struggle?

• He became the leader of the Soviet Union

• He was exiled from the country & murdered

• He was appointed as Stalin's deputy

• He succeeded in taking control of the Soviet Union

What was one of Stalin's goals after consolidating power?

• To continue Lenin's policies without change

• To fix the Soviet economy

• To establish a democratic government

• To reduce the power of the Communist Party

What is a command economy?

• A system where market forces determine economic decisions

• A system in which the government makes all economic decisions

• A system where individuals make all economic decisions

• A system where foreign governments make economic decisions

Which of the following uses a command economy?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Libertarianism

• Anarchism