Understanding the Cost of Communist Regimes - 7 November

In which year was The Communist Manifesto published?

• 1848

• 1917

• 1959

• 1966

The Communist Manifesto states that the ends can be attained only by forcibly overthrowing all existing social conditions. True or False?

• True

• False

Which leader emphasized the need for a 'dictatorship of the proletariat'?

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Fidel Castro

• Pol Pot

Under whose rule were millions executed and sent to labor camps in the Soviet Union?

• Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

• Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong's goal was to eliminate any opposition to communist ideals during which revolution?

• Russian Revolution

• Cultural Revolution

• Cuban Revolution

• Cambodian Revolution

What was the name of the program in Cuba where parents sought to protect their children from government indoctrination?

• Operation Pedro Pan

• Cultural Revolution

• Khmer Rouge

• Communist Manifesto

In Cambodia, who led the Khmer Rouge to create a 'pure' communist society?

• Fidel Castro

• Pol Pot

• Joseph Stalin

• Mao Zedong

What does the principle of 'Consent of the Governed' mean in the United States?

• The government controls all decisions

• The government derives its power from the people

• The government is above the law

• The government does not need public approval.

What was the outcome of the Korean War in 1953?

• A) A formal peace treaty was signed

• B) The war continued indefinitely

• C) A military stalemate and armistice

• D) North Korea surrendered.

Fill in the blank: The Korean Peninsula was divided along the _______ parallel after World War II.

• 38th

• 45th

• 50th

• 60th