Quick Review: Russia

Who inspired the communist system in Russia?

• Karl Marx

• Vladimir Lenin

• Czar Nicholas II

• Joseph Stalin

What leader of the Russian Communist Party led the newly created Soviet Union?

• Karl Marx

• Leon Trotsky

• Vladimir Lenin

• Czar Nicholas II

Which event marked the end of the czarist rule in Russia?

• World War I

• World War II

• The Russian Revolution

• The Communist Manifesto

Stalin increased tensions with the US by installing Soviet friendly governments in ___________.

• North America

• Eastern Europe

• Western Europe

• the United Kingdom

The _________ never escalated into open warfare.

• Russian Revolution

• Cold War

• Communist Manifesto

Soviet leader ________ gave more economic and political freedoms to the people of the USSR.

• Boris Yeltsin

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

Why did Marx criticize capitalism?

• It prevents technological advancement

• It promotes economic equality

• Wealth is concentrated among a select few

• It limits educational opportunities

What was the role of the government in the Soviet economic system?

• limited oversight

• complete control

• advisory role

• partial regulation

__________ farms were established under Stalin.

• Collective

• Organic

• Subsistence

• Hydroponic

What year did the Soviet Union fall?

• 1917

• 1991

• 2001

• 1987