WorksheetsGrade 10 Stalin Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does "Stalin" mean in Russian?
a)
Man of Ice
b)
Man of Steel
c)
Man of Fire
d)
Man of Plastic
2.
What did Stalin call his rapid programs that were an effort to try to catch Russia up with the rest of the world in terms of industrialization?
a)
5 Day Plans
b)
5 Month Plans
c)
5 Year Plans
d)
5 Decade Plans
3.
Which of the following is true about Stalin?
a)
He would erase people he did not like from photographs
b)
He would send political enemies into space, never to return
c)
He would allow people to say bad things about him due to freedom of speech
d)
He was a good and loving husband and father
4.
What was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send you if he was not happy with you?
a)
Gulags
b)
Concentration Camps
c)
Internment Camps
d)
Veritags
5.
Stalin decided he would use his control over the country to increase production. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
6.
According to James William Crowl, the author of Angels in Stalin's Paradis, was there political motivation behind the 5 Year Plans?
a)
Yes
b)
No
7.
In which year was the first 5 Year Plan introduced?
a)
1928
b)
1998
c)
1812
d)
1700
8.
Every factory had large display boards erected that showed the output of workers. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Those that failed to reach the required targets were publicity criticized and humiliated. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Was everyone happy with the rate at which the Soviet Union was being industrialized due to the 5 Year Plans?
a)
Yes
b)
No
11.
Stalin and _________ helped Lenin and the Bolsheviks bring an end to the Czar's rule?
a)
Trotsky
b)
Putin
c)
Lavrov
d)
Primakov
12.
What was Stalin's name before he changed it?
a)
Dzhugashivili
b)
Yeltsin
c)
Fradkov
d)
Medvedev
13.
By the time Stalin attained power over Russia the people were facing poverty and starvation. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Stalin came into power before or after the Russian Civil War?
a)
After
b)
Before
15.
To realize his vision, Stalin would transform the Soviet Union into a democratic state. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
16.
"Totalitarianism" describes:
a)
government that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of a
person’s of public and private life.
person’s of public and private life.
b)
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
17.
Totalitarianism is the same as what western democracies like the United States value the most. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Stalin had very different plans for the economy than Lenin’s plan. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
19.
In _____, the government started
taking over 25 million privately owned farms in the USSR.
taking over 25 million privately owned farms in the USSR.
a)
1928
b)
1821
c)
1999
d)
1700
20.
Large, government owned farms were called:
a)
Communist Farms
b)
Collective Farms
c)
Independent Farms
21.
Peasants killed livestock and destroyed crops in an effort to protest Stalin's actions. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
22.
By 1938, more than ___ percent of all peasants lived on collective farms.
a)
90
b)
10
c)
20
d)
60
23.
Propaganda is:
a)
information given to the people that only shows one point
of view or leaves out important facts.
of view or leaves out important facts.
b)
the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint
24.
Given new educational opportunities, women prepared for careers in engineering and science. Medicine, in particular
attracted many women. By 1950, they made-up ___ percent of the Soviet doctors.
attracted many women. By 1950, they made-up ___ percent of the Soviet doctors.
a)
75
b)
25
c)
50
25.
Under Stalin, the government controlled all education-from nursery schools
through the universities. True or False?
through the universities. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
26.
People became better educated and mastered new technical skills under Joseph Stalin. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The suppression of speech, public communication, or other information that may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments - is known as:
a)
Censorship
b)
Endorsement
28.
Stalin would tolerate individual creativity. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Many religious
leaders of all faiths were killed or sent to labor camps as a result of life under Joseph Stalin. True or False?
leaders of all faiths were killed or sent to labor camps as a result of life under Joseph Stalin. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Women's roles expanded during Stalin's time in power. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
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