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WorksheetsStalin’s Communist Russia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who governed Russia after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II on 15 March 1917?
a)
The Provisional Government
b)
Soviets
c)
Lenin
d)
Bolsheviks
2.
What happened during the October Revolution?
a)
The Tsar returned to power
b)
The Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government
c)
Russia pulled out of World War I
d)
The Provisional Government defeated the Bolsheviks
3.
Who was involved in the Russian Civil War?
a)
Reds vs Whites
b)
Whites vs Blacks
c)
Reds vs Blacks
d)
White vs Blues
4.
Which of these is NOT a reason why Stalin rose to power?
a)
Lenin’s will was kept a secret
b)
Trotsky’s popularity among the Red Army
c)
Stalin’s position as Secretary General of the Party
d)
Stalin’s political alliances
5.
Which of these explains why Trotsky was unpopular within the Politburo?
a)
He had the support of the
Red Army
b)
He had the support of
Stalin
c)
He did not support
‘Permanent Revolution’
d)
He decided to reveal
Lenin’s will
6.
What is Collectivisation?
a)
Stalin’s measure of allowing peasants to own their own farms
b)
Stalin’s measure of merging small individual farms into larger collective farms (kolkhoz)
c)
Stalin’s measure of focusing on building heavy industries
d)
Stalin’s measure of allowing Kulaks to take over the farms of poorer peasants
7.
What is one of the negative impact of collectivisation?
a)
Many peasants, especially
Kulaks, killed their own animals, burnt and hid their grains
b)
A new class of wealthy
peasants (Kulaks) formed
c)
Peasants could own small
farms
d)
Number of peasants
increased due to Collectivisation
8.
Which of the following is NOT an impact of the Five-Year plans?
a)
Expansion of the industrial
workforce
b)
Soviet Union became an
industrial base for powerful arms industry
c)
Growth of consumer
industries
d)
Wastage and overproduction
in the haste to meet industrial targets
9.
What is ‘The Great Terror’ (1934-1938)?
a)
It is the period of rapid
industrialisation
b)
It refers to the policy of
Collectivisation
c)
It is the period in which Stalin wanted to
consolidate his power and enforce party discipline
d)
It refers to the famine
that occurred due to bad harvest
10.
How did Stalin try to consolidate his power and enforce party discipline?
a)
Collectivisation
b)
Purges and show trials
c)
Secret police
d)
Rapid industrialisation
11.
In 1934, the leader of the Leningrad Communist Party, was murdered, probably on Stalin's orders. He became the first victim of ‘The Great Terror’. Who is he?
a)
Trotsky
b)
Lenin
c)
Kirov
d)
Gorbachev
12.
Which of these is NOT an impact of ‘The Great Terror’ (1934-1938)?
a)
Loss of skilled administrators
b)
Increase in the number of Red Army commanders and officers
c)
Loss of engineers and scientists
d)
Increase in Stalin’s power
13.
How is Stalin portrayed in the poster?
The caption reads: ‘Under the leadership of the Great Stalin-Forward to Communism!’
The caption reads: ‘Under the leadership of the Great Stalin-Forward to Communism!’
a)
As someone who did not have the support of the people
b)
As someone who is responsible for all the successes of the Soviet Union
c)
As someone who rules the country with an iron fist
d)
As someone who listens to no one
14.
Which of these is NOT a reason why Stalin’s rival (Nikolai Yezhov) was edited out of photographs?
a)
To boost his authority as
the undisputable leader of the Soviet Union
b)
He see these people as a
threat to his rule
c)
He wanted to make
opposition against him impossible
d)
He wanted to challenge his
rivals
15.
What is the social impact of Stalin’s rule on the Soviet Union?
a)
Increase in the standard of
living
b)
Fall in the standard of
living
c)
Increase in consumer goods
d)
Decreased literacy rates
16.
What is one positive social impact of Stalin’s rule on the Soviet Union?
a)
Equal rights to women
b)
State control of society
c)
Increase in consumer goods
d)
Decreased literacy rates
17.
Which of these is NOT an example of how Stalin controlled the Soviet Union?
a)
Implementation of the ‘Cult
of Personality’
b)
The use of the Brown Shirts
c)
The use of the NKVD
d)
The use of purges and
creation of show trials and Gulags
18.
What is the poster trying to portray?
Representatives of the national republics of the Soviet Union in national dress. Each holds a red banner greeting the great Stalin in their national language: ‘Long Live the Fraternal Union and Great Friendship of the Peoples of the USSR!’
Representatives of the national republics of the Soviet Union in national dress. Each holds a red banner greeting the great Stalin in their national language: ‘Long Live the Fraternal Union and Great Friendship of the Peoples of the USSR!’
a)
The minority nationalities supports Stalin
b)
The minority nationalities wants independence from Soviet Union
c)
The minority nationalities do not support Stalin
d)
The minority nationalities are allowed to use their own language
19.
Who is Alexei Stakhanov?
a)
Stalin’s political rival
b)
The leader of the secret
police
c)
A man who was praised by
Stalin as a ‘hero of the revolution’
d)
One of the commanders from
the Red Army
20.
What is a 'new soviet man'?
a)
the ideal bae who can take care of you when you go on a trip to Russia
b)
the ideal Soviet citizen who supports the Monarchist rule
c)
the ideal Soviet citizen who was willing to serve the state selflessly and enthusiatically
d)
the ideal citizen who obeys and follows all rules even though it might be morally wrong
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