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Module 12, Lesson 2 (Totalitarianism)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Totalitarianism is....

a)

a government which has one absolute leader

b)

a government which is based on the power of the citizens

c)

a government which has three strong leaders

d)

a government which holds free and fair elections

2.

What was the purpose of the Great Purge under Stalin?

a)

To eliminate enemies of Communism

b)

To eliminate political rivals

c)

To intimidate the people to bow to Stalin

d)

All of the Above

3.

What is a Command Economy?

a)

CAPITALISTIC economy in which there is free competition and prices are determined by interaction of supply and demand

b)

An economic system COMBINING private and public enterprise.

c)

When production, investment, price, and income are determined centrally by a GOVERNMENT.

d)

A system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.

4.

By _______ Joseph Stalin was the undisputed leader of Russia.

a)

1929

b)

1900

c)

1829

d)

1919

5.

Stalin's first 5-year plan focused on the development of what?

a)

Heavy Industry & Farming

b)

Red Square

c)

Oil & Gas

d)

Nuclear Weapons

6.

A temporary Government

a)

Provisional Government

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

Communism

7.

A large government-controlled farm formed by combining many small farms

a)

Collective Farm

b)

Kuomintang

c)

May Fourth Movement

8.

Collective farms cause the deaths of...

a)

5-12 million people.

b)

1 million people.

c)

6 million people.

d)

The Czar and his family.

9.

Atheists beliefs...

a)

Free market capitalism.

b)

Investment in education.

c)

Theoretical science.

d)

There is no god.

10.

Who were the Kulaks?

a)

Japanese soldiers who defeated Russia.

b)

Ukrainian farmers who resisted collectivization.

c)

Minority group in eastern Turkey.

d)

Pro-communist revolutionaries.

11.

What is the goal of indoctrination & propaganda?

a)

to restrict private ownership of land and property.

b)

to mold peoples minds into a certain way of thinking.

c)

to promote equal opportunity.

d)

to increase the number of products available.

12.

What did Stalin want to accomplish with the Great Purge?

a)

He wanted too eliminate any opposition.

b)

He wanted to lose weight.

c)

He wanted to stop religion.

d)

He wanted to abolish private property ownership.

13.

What caused young people in Stalin's Russia to want to attend university and technical training?

a)

They didn't want to work in factories.

b)

They didn't want to be sent to Siberia.

c)

They didn't want their property confiscated.

d)

They didn't want to work on collective farms.

14.

How did many kulaks react to collectivisation?

a)

destroyed crops

b)

they joined up by choice

c)

glad they were getting a pay rise

d)

went to the pub

15.
What is a command economy?
a)
an ecomony with private ownership of businesses
b)
an economy with state ownership of businesses
c)
an economy where the consumer makes all economic  decisions
d)
an economy where the government makes all economic decisions
16.
Why do totalitarian governments want to control all levels of education?
a)
to indoctrinate children with their ideology
b)
to teach peasant farmers how to work collectively
c)
to educate artists about how to create effective propaganda
d)
to make sure that women were being taught equally with men
17.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
a)
followers of Rasputin
b)
soldiers in the White Army
c)
radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
d)
members of the Duma
18.
Who won the civil war?
a)
the Whites
b)
the Greens
c)
the Reds
d)
the Blues
19.
What does the USSR stand for?
a)
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
b)
United Soviet Socialists Republic
c)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
d)
Union of Soviets Socialists Republics
20.
What did Stalin call his programs that were meant to catch Russia's industry up with the rest of the world?
a)
5 Day Plans
b)
5 Month Plans
c)
5 Year Plans
d)
5 Decade Plans