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Communism 101

Total questions: 101

Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Communist are...

a)

Better then slavics

b)

Better then capitalist

c)

Worse then slavics

d)

Worse then capitalist

2.

Capitalist are ...

a)

Bad

b)

Trash

c)

Very bad

d)

Very trash

3.
In a "pure" communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?
a)
Intellectuals
b)
Business leaders
c)
Military leaders
d)
No One--every member of society is supposed to be equal
4.
What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer.
a)
The exploitation of the poor by the rich
b)
The low quality of good produced at large factories.
c)
The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote.
d)
Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison
5.
According to Marx, workers would take control of governments through:
a)
Non-violent protest
b)
Democratic reforms
c)
Violent revolution
d)
Trickery
6.
What is the best synonym for "centralized economy?"
a)
Free-Market Economy
b)
Planned Economy
c)
Poor Economy
d)
Fair Economy
7.
How is Russia different from Cuba?
a)
Cuba is a Socialist nation, Russia is a communist nation
b)
Cuba has maintained a communist government and Russia has not
c)
Cuba receives a lot of foreign aid and Russia does not
d)
Cuba has incorporated elements of capitalism and Russia has not.
8.
In a Communist country, workers have no ________ to work harder.
a)
Time
b)
Help
c)
Ability
d)
Incentive
9.
Which term best describes the unity of a country's people in order to fight for what they believe in based on history, culture, and/or religion?
a)
colonialism
b)
nationalism
c)
imperialism
d)
communism
10.
The dividing line between the communist countries and the free countries was called the _____.
a)
Berlin Wall
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Front Line
d)
Mason-Dixon
11.
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communists?
a)
Kim Jung-Un
b)
Chiang Zhou
c)
Jiang Jieshi
d)
Mao Zedong
12.
China's "Great Leap Forward" involved...
a)
Agricultural reforms
b)
Religious reforms
c)
Reform of the military
d)
Modernization, especially of industry
13.
The Korean peninsula is divided into two nations at...
a)
Seoul 
b)
Inchon
c)
the DMZ
d)
the 38th parallel 
14.
Which nation on the Korean peninsula has a Communist government? 
a)
Japan
b)
Laos
c)
China
d)
North Korea
15.

Which one of these is not a basic ideal of communism?

a)

Government controls all means of production.

b)

Abolishment of private property

c)

Income tax only on the upper class

d)

Classless utopian society

16.

Who helped Karl Marx write the "Communist Manifesto"

a)

Niels Meyer

b)

Prince Hans

c)

Wilhelm Klein

d)

Fredrich Engels

17.

What group did Lenin lead?

a)

Bolsheviks

b)

The Dvar Party

c)

Blestyashchiye

d)

The Archontes

18.

Which of these adjectives best describes Joseph Stalin

a)

Ruthless

b)

Calm

c)

Weak

d)

Capitalist

19.

Which of these countries was not in the Soviet Union

a)

Ukraine

b)

Russia

c)

Vietnam

d)

Italy

20.

Which of these titles did Fidel Castro not hold at one point.

a)

Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba

b)

President of the Republic of Cuba

c)

Cuban Representative to the Soviet Union

d)

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

21.

Which of these events happens first

a)

Soviet economy crashes

b)

Gorbachev becomes head of the Soviet Union

c)

Russia adopts a pro-democracy view

d)

Ukraine leaves the Soviet Union

22.

Which of these countries leave the Soviet Union first?

a)

Baltic States

b)

Kazakhstan

c)

Ukraine

d)

The Kremlin

23.

Which of these do not impact

post-commmunist regions today

a)

Poverty

b)

No fair elections

c)

No participation in politics

d)

Economic Booms

24.

What other book did Karl Marx write?

a)

Labor for All (труд для всех)

b)

Capitalism is Bad

(Капитализм это плохо)

c)

Das Capital

d)

Davas Shindler

25.

Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?

a)

Mikhail Gorbechev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Boris Yeltsin

d)

Vladimir Putin

26.

How did the Space Race and arms race contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

a)

Both were expensive programs that put a strain on the country's economy.

b)

There were not enough military bases to support the programs.

c)

The US used espionage to steal the technology from both programs.

d)

The USSR did not have the resources to develop the technology needed for the programs.

27.

Which new Soviet policy granted the people of the USSR more decision making power and greater access to private ownership of businesses?

a)

perestroika

b)

glasnost

c)

democratization

d)

shock therapy

28.

As the economies of Eastern European countries declined, citizens demanded a change to which type of government?

a)

theocracy

b)

communism

c)

democracy

d)

socialism

29.

Which program, implemented by Gorbechev, stated the process of creating a government elected by the people?

a)

glasnot

b)

democratization

c)

perestroika

d)

shock therapy

30.

What agreement did Reagan and Gorbachev make at the end of the Cold War?

a)

to reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons

b)

to create an international space station

c)

to withdraw troops from Asia

d)

to halt all satellite development programs

31.

Which of Gorbachev's programs created more openness, more public participation in government, and greater individual rights were given to Soviet citizens?

a)

glasnost

b)

perestroika

c)

democratizatsiya

d)

shock therapy

32.

What did NOT lead to the collapse of the USSR?

a)

the growth of resistance movements

b)

the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

the failures of communist economic systems

d)

the creation of the United Nations

33.

Who was the leader of Solidarity in Poland?

a)

Lech Walesa

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Boris Yeltsin

d)

Vladimir Putin

34.

Who proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

George Bush

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Vladimir Putin

35.

These people ruled Russia during the days of the Russian Empire and were usually called by this title:

a)

Tsar

b)

Premier

c)

President

d)

Kaiser

36.

The type of economy where all businesses are privately owned is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

37.

The type of economy where all businesses are run by the government is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

38.

The type of economy where the government makes some rules but many businesses are owned privately is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

39.

The type of economy where nearly everyone is doing SUBSISTENCE level farming is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

40.

The main advantage of having a market economy is:

a)

Competition lowers prices and improves products

b)

The government sets fair prices

c)

Monopolies never happen

d)

Everyone gets to live on a farm

41.

These "Little Green Men" appeared in (and took over) what area of the Ukraine?

a)

Crimea

b)

Moldova

c)

Vilnius

d)

Kiev

42.

The Cold War was called "cold" because

a)

The two sides never fought directly

b)

It was fought mostly in frozen Siberia

c)

Every one of the famous battles occurred in wintertime

d)

COLD stood for "Crimean Orange Larger Demand"

43.

The "Breadbasket" refers to:

a)

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

b)

Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus

c)

Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan

d)

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

44.

The term used to describe the divide between the Capitalist and Communist parts of Europe is:

a)

the Iron Curtain

b)

the Great Divide

c)

the Gulag

d)

the DMZ

45.

Which region of the former Soviet Union is mostly Muslim?

a)

Baltic States

b)

Breadbasket

c)

South Caucasus

d)

Central Asia

46.

What economic principle was the Soviet Union founded on?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Feudalism

d)

Anarchism

47.

The large, empty, and beautiful eastern portion of Russia is called:

a)

Siberia

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Croatia

d)

Crimea

48.

This type of message designed to appeal to the emotions is called:

a)

Propaganda

b)

Montage

c)

Chiaroscuro

d)

Expressionism

49.

This smiling guy is Russia's current and longest serving President.

a)

Putin

b)

Gorbachev

c)

Yeltsin

d)

Stalin

50.

What was one important factor that made it difficult for the Soviet Union to forge a single national identity

a)

The countries had much diversity, which was suppressed

b)

Losing WW II was a blow to national pride

c)

Invasions from China were destabilizing

d)

So many other countries wanted to join

51.

Late in the Soviet Union's life it experienced a long period of poor economic performance called:

a)

the Era of Stagnation

b)

the Great Collapse

c)

the Gilded Age

d)

the Han Dynasty

52.

What type of economy is most common in the world today?

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

53.

Which of the following shows Communism in action in the Soviet Union:

a)

Companies compete with one another

b)

The government tried to pay everyone fairly

c)

Everyone lived on private farms

d)

People started their own businesses

54.

The guy on the left led the Bolshevik Revolution, the guy on the right was the USSR's first dictator. Who are they?

a)

Lenin and Stalin

b)

Yeltsin and Putin

c)

Brezhnev and Gorbachev

d)

Eisenstein and Prokofiev

55.

Who was murdered in 1934?

a)

Trotsky

b)

Kirov

c)

Zinoviev

d)

Vyshinsky

56.

Which of these men was not executed as a result of a Show Trial?

a)

Zinoviev

b)

Tomsky

c)

Trotsky

d)

Bukharin

57.

Which of these statistics and victims are broadly correct between 1937-39 as victims of thepurges

a)

Three out of five marshals, 14 out of 16 army commanders and all of the admirals were purged

b)

3,000 secret police as well as both Heads of the NKVD Yagoda and Yezhov

c)

All of the marshals, all of the army commanders and half of the admirals

d)

Everyone he killed EVERYONE

58.

Which of these organisations had power devolved to them in World War Two from Stalin?

a)

The Politburo for the military and the Cheka for food

b)

Sovnarkom and the Cheka for the military

c)

The Soviet and Stavka

d)

Stavka for the military and the State Defence Committee for the country's administration

59.

Who disagreed with Lenin and survived

a)

Zinoviev

b)

Kollontai

c)

Trotsky

d)

Stalin

60.

Why was the 1924 constitution important?

a)

It centralised power onto Moscow

b)

It centralised power into the Soviet

c)

It centralised power onto the politburo

d)

It gave every citizen the right to vote

61.

Which of these are examples of Stalin not having total power

a)

He was not able to execute Ryutin in 1932 when Ryutin denounced him.

b)

Kirov achieved more votes than Stalin in the elections to the Central Committeee in 1934

c)

Stalin had to set lower targets for the Second Five year Plan after cricism from the party

d)

Kollontai criticised him

62.

What measure put forward by Lenin was to stop division with-in the Party

a)

Killing the peasants at Tambov in 1921

b)

"Dizzy With Success" the Ban on Factions

c)

"On Party Unity" the Ban on Factions

d)

Creation of the Constituent Assemble

63.

which of these lists of events are in the correct order

a)

The ban on Factions,The treaty of Brest-Litovsk, closing the Constituent Assembly

b)

The Soviet Constitution, Closing the Constituent Assembly,The treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Ban on Factions,

c)

Closing the Constituent Assembly,The treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Ban on Factions, The Soviet Constitution

d)

The murder of Kirov, The show trials, purge of the Red Army, death of Stalin

64.

How might Stalin defend the use of terror?

a)

It stops the revolution being diluted by uncommitted Soviet citizens and politicians

b)

It preserved the position of the Communist party

c)

It preserves his personal dominance of the country

d)

That Terror was acceptable to use against the enemy because Lenin had already used it in the Civil War

65.

What was the Politburo renamed in 1952?

a)

Gosplan

b)

The Presidium

c)

Mir

d)

Soviet

66.

What was the title General Secretary changed to after the death of Stalin?

a)

Sovnarkom

b)

Head of Rabkrin

c)

Cadre secretary

d)

First secretary

67.

Put the leaders of the USSR in the correct order

a)

Lenin, Stalin, Andropov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin

b)

Lenin, Stalin, Andropov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Chernenko, Gorbachev,

c)

Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin

d)

Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Chernenko,Andropov, Gorbachev,

68.

Which of these words best describe Brezhnev

a)

Oligarchy, stagnation, "trust in cadres",Boris "the gypsy"

b)

hare-brained schemes,socialist legality, presidium,Secret speech

c)

cronies, purges,Show Trial, Chistka, nomenklatura

d)

Constituent Assembly, Sovnarkom, Tambov, Ban on Factions

69.

What did the 1924 Constitution state

a)

That Stalin had developed a cult of personality, acted as a tyrant,, that they should return to Socialist legality

b)

That it was the only truly democratic constitution in the world where every citizen has the vote. Civil Rights such as freedom of the press, religion and organisation are given

c)

It creates the USSR,a federal system in which the Party has the main control not the Republics. Bourgeoisie classes do not have the vote

d)

That now was the time to give more money to the Soviets, to streamline the state and to introduce secret ballots for political candidates.

70.
What Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Cold War?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
Pol Pot
71.

Was the USSR Communist?

a)

Yes

b)

No

72.

Who Created communism?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Adolf Hitler

e)

Stalin

73.

Who was allied with the USSR In WW2

a)

Germany

b)

USA

c)

Japan

d)

Wonderland

74.

What was the main gun that the USSR used in WW2?

a)

laser guns

b)

PPSH41

c)

AK47

d)

M16

75.

Who was the first leader of Russia

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Nicholas II of Russia

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Jospeh Stalin

76.

When did Nikita Khrushchev Die?

a)

April, 30th 1943

b)

September 20, 1983

c)

July, 21, 2019

d)

September 11, 1971

77.

How many died in USSR in WW2

a)

20 million

b)

13 Million

c)

40 Million

d)

1.4 Million

78.

What is the animal of the USSR.

a)

Shark

b)

Dog

c)

Bear

d)

Hawk

79.

What does the USSR flag mean?

a)

Democracy

b)

Capitalism is the best

c)

unify and enlighten the workers.

d)

Communism can unite all the leaders

80.

Who was the creator of the Bolsheviks

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Vladimir Putin

81.

How did the Kulaks and peasants protest collectivization?

a)

held demonstrations in Petrograd

b)

raised a new White Army to fight Stalin

c)

refused to work and had hunger strikes

d)

killed cattle and horses so the government wouldn't get them

82.

In 1928 98% of farms were privately owned. What percent of farms were privately owned in 1938?

a)

50%

b)

30%

c)

10%

d)

1 %

83.

The Proletariat refers to

a)

novels who fled Russia

b)

the working class

c)

Russian clergy

d)

people who favor Trotsky

84.

Under NEP Lenin used

a)

a free market system

b)

marxist principles

c)

mercantilistic ideas

d)

a barter system

85.

The 5 year plans were carried out by the government agency known as the ....

a)

Kulaks

b)

Cheka

c)

Gosplan

d)

Gulag

86.

Under the 5 Year plans

a)

Industrial production fell due to lack of cooperation

b)

Industrial production increased by almost 400%

c)

agriculture was consolidated

d)

the Gulag was created

87.

The Pravda was

a)

prisons where people who did not agree with Stalin were sent

b)

Stalin's slogan "Work is Truth"

c)

the new working farmers after collectivization

d)

the communist paper translates to (the truth)

88.

Stalin's power and influence lay in his

a)

oratorical abilities

b)

brilliant writings and theories

c)

mastery of the crucial details and structures

d)

military abilities

89.

The character in Animal Farm that represents Stalin is ..

a)

Squealer

b)

Napoleon

c)

Old Major

d)

Snowball

90.

When did the first and second five year plan end

a)

1934, 1938

b)

1921, 1926

c)

1933, 1937

d)

1932,1936

91.

what was the goal for oil, coal and steel in 1937? (in order )

a)

46.8, 152.5, 17 million tons

b)

50, 150, 20 million tons

c)

45, 160, 25 million tons

d)

65, 155, 20 million tons

92.

what product achieved its target in 1937

a)

coal

b)

steel

c)

oil

d)

electricity

93.

what was the biggest success of the first five year plan?

a)

it jump started Russia's industry

b)

Russia became the biggest exporter of steel

c)

Russia became a super power

d)

the succes made communism spread westwards

94.

Which Bolshevik led the February revolution and hated the NEP?

a)

Tomsky

b)

Zinoviev

c)

Lenin

d)

Trotsky

95.

In what year was Stalin made general secretary?

a)

1920

b)

1921

c)

1922

d)

1923

96.

The Triumvirate was made up of which 3 Bolsheviks?

a)

Zinoviev, Kamanev, Stalin

b)

Zinoviev, Kamanev, Trotsky

c)

Kamanev, Stalin, Tomsky

d)

Zinoviev, Trotsky, Bukharin

97.

When did Trotsky lose his position as Commissar for military affairs?

a)

January 1925

b)

June 1924

c)

January 1926

d)

August 1925

98.

At what even this picture was taken?

a)

Yalta conference

b)

Moscow conference

c)

Tehran conference

d)

Berlin conference

99.

During what year Stalin and Hitler signed the Nonaggression pact?

a)

1938

b)

1940

c)

1939

d)

1941

100.

Who is this?

a)

Georgy Zhukov

b)

Laventi Beria

c)

Genrikh Yagoda

d)

Nikolai Yezhov

101.

In 1985, who became the new leader of the USSR?

a)

Brezhnev

b)

Gorbachev

c)

Stalin

d)

Putin

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