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Communist Russia Under Lenin & Stalin

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What is a totalitarian state?
a)
an economy with private ownership of businesses
b)
a state in which people have control over businesses
c)
a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private lives
d)
a state in which the working class is glorified
3.
The slogan of the Russian Revolution and the goals of Lenin included all of the following except:
a)
Peace
b)
Land
c)
Bread
d)
Equality
4.
 Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?  
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
•  ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
a)
A.  Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution 
b)
B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico 
c)
C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy 
d)
D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War
5.

What was the major consequence of the February Revolution of 1917?

a)

A. It forced Kerensky to surrender to the Bolsheviks.

b)

B. It secured Stalin as leader of Russia.

c)

C. It allowed Trotsky to negotiate peace with Germany.

d)

D. It forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.

6.
Which statement describes the ideology of V.I. Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution?
a)
A.  He preserved the monarchy as a national symbol. 
b)
B. He called for authoritarian rule to implement communism. 
c)
C. He promoted the use of nonviolent protest for social change. 
d)
D. He held parliamentary elections to legitimize the new government.
7.
Which leader was most influenced by Marxist ideology?
a)
A.  Adolf Hitler 
b)
B. David Lloyd George 
c)
C. V.I. Lenin 
d)
D. Woodrow Wilson
8.
Which opinion on economic production would Karl Marx most likely express?
a)
A.  A free market best supports the needs of workers. 
b)
B. The role of the government is to regulate the means of production. 
c)
C. Ownership of the means of production should be shared equally by all workers. 
d)
D. Businesses should own the means of production to effectively increase economic output.
9.
In his writings, Karl Marx viewed Europe’s social changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution as a
a)
A.  class struggle.
b)
 B. rise in nationalism. 
c)
C. democratic movement. 
d)
D. decline of imperialism.
10.
Karl Marx’s slogan “. . . WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE!” is associated with which economic theory?
a)
A.  capitalism 
b)
B. communism
c)
C. utopianism 
d)
D. mercantilism
11.

Who led the October(Bolshevik) Revolution?

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Keresnky

d)

Rasputin

12.
What was the final outcome of the Russian Revolution?
a)
The Bolshevik civil war
b)
WWI ended and Russia united with Germany
c)
Tsar Nicholas was put back on the throne
d)
Russia became the U.S.S.R
13.

Why did the Russian citizens want to be DONE with World War I?

a)

Bankrupt economy

b)

Scared of retaliation from another country

c)

No more soldiers to draft

d)

Huge losses and economic hardships

14.

Which of the following is the Bolshevik Revolution?

a)

March Revolution

b)

October Revolution

c)

French Revolution

d)

Russo Japanese Revolution

15.

Lenin's economic plan for the USSR

a)

NEP

b)

5 Year Plan

c)

Bolshevik Revolution

d)

Totalitarian State

16.
Communist leader who competed with Stalin for power of the Soviet Union:
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Czar Nicholas II
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Leon Trotsky 
17.

The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves what?

a)

The Communist Party

b)

The Fascist Party

c)

The Socialist Party

d)

The Democratic Party

18.

During the civil war following the Russian Revolution, who did the Red Army represent?

a)

Communists

b)

Non-Communists

19.

During the civil war following the Russian Revolution, who did the White Army represent?

a)

Communists

b)

Non-Communists

20.

This treaty pulled Russia out of WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Greenville

c)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

d)

Treaty of Moscow

21.
Who were the "oppressed poor" as Marx called them?
a)
Proletariat
b)
Bourgeoisie
c)
Soviets
d)
Slaves
22.
The bourgeoisie were
a)
the "oppressed poor"
b)
the thriving middle class
c)
the owners of the means of production
d)
the strong working class
23.
General Secretary of the Communist Party and successor to Lenin in 1924
a)
Leon Trotsky
b)
Tsar Nicholas II
c)
Alexander Kerensky
d)
Josef Stalin
24.
Commander of the Red Army, lost succession of Lenin to Stalin in 1924
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Leon Trotsky
c)
Alexander Kerensky
d)
Tsar Nicholas II
25.

Which of the following statements best describes the White armies?

a)

A loose alliance of anti-Bolshevik forces who lacked an agreed vision of Russia’s future

b)

A loose alliance of pro-Bolshevik forces organised by the Socialist Revolutionaries

c)

A close alliance of anti-Bolshevik forces under the overall command of General Anton Denikin, who planned to install a military dictatorship

d)

A loose alliance of anti-Bolshevik forces who planned to restore the Tsar to the throne

26.
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
27.
What was the name of the wealthy peasants that Stalin accused of sabotage and tried to eliminate/kill?
a)
The Kulaks
b)
The Turks
c)
The Dutch
d)
The Magyars
28.
Starting in 1932, what nation (a Soviet Republic) saw a terrible famine that may have killed as many as 7 million people?
a)
Ukraine
b)
Mongolia
c)
Estonia
d)
Latvia
29.
Where was Leon Trotsky when he was hunted down and assassinated?
a)
USA
b)
Canada
c)
Mexico
d)
Panama
30.
What was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?
a)
Gulags
b)
Concentration Camps
c)
Internment Camps
d)
Veritags
31.
Large, government owned farms were called:
a)
Communist Farms
b)
Collective Farms
c)
Independent Farms
d)
Gulags
32.
Stalin mainly used propaganda to 
a)
promote capitalism
b)
increase support for communism and himself
c)
wage a war against illiteracy
d)
wage a war against smallpox 
33.
The Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate
a)
communism 
b)
opposition to Stalin's power
c)
anyone who promoted industrialization and literacy
d)
shortages of food, housing and consumer goods
34.

Around how many Russians were sent to gulags or killed under Stalin?

a)

10 million

b)

15 million

c)

20 million

d)

25 million

35.

Which goal did Joseph Stalin establish for the Soviet Union?

a)

becoming an industrial power

b)

creating a golden age of culture

c)

instituting a parliamentary monarchy

d)

easing tensions using détente

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