Revolution and War: The Making of Modern Russia

Who were the main authors of the Communist Manifesto?

• Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin

• Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

• Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky

What was a significant outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917?

• The overthrow of the monarchy and rise of the Bolsheviks

• The beginning of World War I

• The establishment of a democratic government

• The unification of Germany

What was the main cause of death during the Russian Civil War?

• Battlefield casualties

• Starvation

• Disease

• Foreign intervention

How did Stalin transform the USSR's economy?

• Through agricultural reforms only

• By instituting radical industrial and agricultural reforms and persecuting dissenters

• By reducing military spending and spend more on helping solve inequality.

• By promoting fairness and free expression to solve inequality

Answer explanation

Yes, Joseph Stalin was infamous for forcing the Russian people to make radical industrial and agricultural reform. In essence he was the first leader in European history to argue that individual freedom does not exist and all that realy exists is just the success of the collective group of nation. We will see this point of view in other ideologies that emerge in the 1920s as well. Wait until we study the rise of Fascism - you will learn that fascism and communism have a lot in common when it comes to freedom and the point of a state.

Who did Stalin sign a non-aggression pact with in 1939?

• Benito Mussolini

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

• Adolf Hitler

What was the result of the Battle of Stalingrad?

• A turning point in favor of the Soviet Union

• The beginning of the Cold War

• A stalemate between the opposing forces

• A decisive victory for Nazi Germany

What strategy did the Red Army employ to defeat the German Army?

• Large-scale counter-offensives

• Naval blockades

• Guerrilla warfare

• Cyber warfare

What marked the beginning of the Cold War?

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The establishment of NATO

• The division of Europe and the Iron Curtain

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

What was a major factor in Russia's history of revolutionaries?

• The invasion by Napoleon

• The signing of the Magna Carta

• The discovery of oil

• The invention of the steam engine

This form of government is described as having no private ownership, no class system and no religious organizations. Everything is distributed equally.

• Democracy

• Federation

• Theocracy

• Communism