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Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the communists take control of Russia?

a)

1917

b)

1924

c)

1905

d)

1957

2.

What word means the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services?

a)

economy

b)

infrastructure

c)

sustainable

d)

statistic

3.

What social class of people were the poorest in Russian society?

a)

Peasants and farmers

b)

Military officers

c)

Czars and aristocrats

4.

Who developed the first ideas of communism?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Lenin

5.

What historical event in the early 1900's caused the economy to fail in the Russian Empire?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

6.

When Communists took over Russia, who became their first leader?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Tsar Nicholas II

7.

Under communism, women were given equal rights and the government provided free housing and healthcare.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What does USSR stand for?

a)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

b)

Union of Soviet States and Republics

c)

United Soviet States of Russia

d)

United States of Soviet Republics

9.

Who took over control of the USSR after Lenin died?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Czar Nicholas II

10.

What type of economy existed under Joseph Stalin?

a)

Command

b)

Traditional

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

11.

What is the term for the farms that are controlled by the communist government and farmers are not paid wages?

a)

Collective Farms

b)

Cooperative Farms

c)

Communist Farms

d)

Corrupt Farms

12.

In which republic was a famine created called the "Holodomor" which starved and killed 7 million people?

a)

Ukraine

b)

Russia

c)

Estonia

d)

Belarus