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Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Joseph Stalin was the leader of what country?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

e)

Soviet Union (Russia)

2.

Which of the following best describes Joseph Stalin's childhood and family?

a)

His father was a famous general in the Russian army


b)

He was an orphan who grew up on the streets of Moscow

c)

His family was poor and he battled the disease smallpox

d)

His uncle was the Tsar of Russia and Stalin grew up in the royal family


e)

His parents were wealthy aristocrats and he grew up rich

3.

Joseph Stalin attended school to train for what occupation?

a)

Engineer

b)

Priest

c)

Politician

d)

Lawyer

e)

Doctor

4.

Stalin became a leader in what group of revolutionaries?

a)

Bolsheviks

b)

Jacobins

c)

Mensheviks

d)

Girondins

e)

Kadets

5.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union prior to Joseph Stalin?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Leonid Brezhnev

c)

Yuri Andropov

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

e)

Vladimir Lenin

6.

What major change did Joseph Stalin make in the Soviet economy?

a)

Moved from technology to tourism

b)

Moved from agriculture to industry

c)

Moved from tourism to industry

d)

Moved from industry to agriculture

e)

Moved from agriculture to technology

7.

Who did Stalin ally with at the start of World War II?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

United Kingdom

d)

United States

8.

Why did Stalin change sides during World War II?

a)

Because he saw that the Axis Powers were going to lose

b)

Because he wanted to remain neutral in the war

c)

Because he was attacked by Adolf Hitler and the Germans

d)

Because he wanted to help free France

e)

Because he wanted to be on the winning side

9.

What war began after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union ?

a)

Cold War

b)

Korean War

c)

Afghanistan War

d)

Vietnam War

e)

World War III

10.

Stalin was not his birth name, but came from a combination of the Russian word for 'steel' and 'Lenin.'

a)

True

b)

False