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Stalin - Part 1

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The following was a retreat from Communism under Lenin

a)

Peace Communism

b)

Bolshevik Communism

c)

War Communism

d)

New Economic Plan

2.

This man was killed by the NKVD

a)

Trotsky

b)

Lenin

c)

Solzhenitsyn

d)

Stalin

3.

This was the highest policy making entity in the Communist Party

a)

Politburo

b)

NEP

c)

Gosplan

d)

GULAG

4.

What political system is when the state holds ultimate authority over the society

a)

Totalitarianism

b)

Democracy

c)

Stalinism

d)

Socialism

5.

Holodomor was the

a)

Industrialization of Moscow

b)

Forced Starvation of the Ukraine

c)

Creation of the War Economy

d)

International Policy of Russia

6.

The economic planning committee under Stalin was called

a)

Politburo

b)

Central Committee

c)

Gosplan

d)

NEP

7.

Holodomor occurred because

a)

Stalin wanted to crush the Ukrainian Independence Movement

b)

Famine ran rampant within the rest of Russia

c)

Failures of meeting quotas

d)

Failures of prisoners in the Gulag

8.

Holodomor occurred because of ______ reasons

a)

Political

b)

Social

c)

Economic

d)

Religious

9.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of 5 Year Plans?

a)

Sacrifice of Personal Freedom

b)

Industrialization of Russia

c)

Lack of quality in consumer goods

d)

Increase in censorship within Russia

10.

The food rationing system in the Gulags was called the

a)

Cauldron

b)

Zeks

c)

Kolyma

d)

Yezhov

11.

This person wrote "The Gulag Archipelago"

a)

Trotsky

b)

Yezhov

c)

Lenin

d)

Solzhenitsyn

12.

Kolyma camps

a)

Contained criminals

b)

Contained debtors

c)

Contained kulaks

d)

Contained Political Prisoners

13.

The head of the NKVD was

a)

Stalin

b)

Yezhov

c)

Khruschev

d)

Yakov

14.

The start of the purge was with

a)

Yezhov's assassination

b)

Kirov's assassination

c)

Trotsky's assassination

d)

Holodomor

15.

Which of the following was FALSE about Lenin's Testament?

a)

It was largely ignored

b)

It supported Trotsky

c)

It was never released to the Russian people

d)

It supported Stalin

16.

Stalin grew up in

a)

A seminary

b)

An orphanage

c)

In Moscow

d)

In St. Petersburg

17.

Stalin's secret police force was called the

a)

Cheka

b)

NKVD

c)

KGB

d)

Third Section

18.

Stalin used his power as General Secretary to

a)

Control party membership

b)

Eliminate women from the party

c)

Assassinate Lenin

d)

Allow Trotsky to come to power

19.

The following typified more Communist control under Lenin

a)

Bolshevik Communism

b)

Communism of the Proletariat

c)

War Communism

d)

New Economic Plan

20.

12015 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

21.

62014 34 Which statement about the Soviet economy

under Joseph Stalin is accurate?

a)

The Soviet Union increased its power by

developing heavy industry.

b)

The government reduced its role in planning

industrial production.

c)

Farmers were encouraged to compete in a

free market economy.

d)

A large selection of consumer goods became

available in the Soviet Union.

22.

12013 31 An economic change introduced in the Soviet

Union under Joseph Stalin would include

a)

establishing free-market reforms

b)

boycotting Baltic Sea trade routes

c)

focusing on the production of consumer

goods

d)

collectivizing agriculture

23.

Forced famine in Ukraine (1932–1933) was a direct result of...

a)

Czar Nicholas’s involvement in World War I

b)

Vladmir Lenin’s New Economic Policy

c)

Joseph Stalin’s collectivization

d)

Nikita Khrushchev’s removal from power

24.

Joseph Stalin’s policies in Ukraine during the 1930s directly resulted in

a)

widespread starvation

b)

agricultural self-sufficiency

c)

the development of cottage industries

d)

the use of subsistence farming techniques

25.

Which aspect of the economy was emphasized in Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans?

a)

heavy industry

b)

consumer goods

c)

famine relief

d)

private landownership

26.

Where was Stalin born?

a)

Georgia

b)

Belarus

c)

Ukraine

d)

Germany

27.

When Stalin was young, Georgia was a part of the _________________.

a)

Russian Empire

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Austria-Hungary Empire

28.

In a communist country, the government owns

a)

nothing; it's all private property.

b)

farms, factories, and mines.

c)

only farms.

d)

only factories.

29.

Series of campaigns to get rid of anyone Stalin saw as a threat

a)

The Cultural Revolution

b)

The October Revolution

c)

The Great Purge

d)

The Reign of Terror

30.

Which of the following did Joseph Stalin do to stay in power?

a)

He encouraged citizens to spy on each other.

b)

He expanded the powers of the secret police.

c)

He had millions of people killed or sent to the Gulag, labor camps.

d)

He created a Cult of Personality and had history books rewritten.

e)

All answer choices are correct.

31.
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
32.
Where was Leon Trotsky when he was hunted down and assassinated?
a)
USA
b)
Canada
c)
Mexico
d)
Panama
33.
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
34.
Large, government owned farms were called:
a)
Communist Farms
b)
Collective Farms
c)
Independent Farms
d)
Gulags
35.
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 
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
What is Collectivization?
a)
an economy with private ownership of businesses
b)
The merging of small individual farms into larger farms
c)
Stalin’s measure of focusing on building heavy industries
d)
Stalin’s measure of allowing Kulaks to take over the farms of poorer peasants
40.
What is one of the negative impact of collectivization?
a)
Many peasants, especially Kulaks, killed their own animals, burnt and hid their grains
b)
A new class of wealthy peasants (Kulaks) formed
c)
Peasants could own small farms
d)
Number of peasants increased due to collectivization
41.
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 
42.

How did Stalin help the Bolsheviks acquire funds?

a)

Donations

b)

Work

c)

Robbery

d)

None of the Above

43.

What does Stalin mean in Russian?

a)

Man of Steel

b)

Man of Power

c)

Man of People

d)

Man of Soviet

44.

What position did Stalin hold in the Communist Party before Lenin's death?

a)

General Ambassador

b)

General Manager

c)

General Scout

d)

General Secretary

45.

Stalin had roughly how many of his own generals executed?

a)

50

b)

60

c)

70

d)

80

46.

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

a)

10 million

b)

15 million

c)

20 million

d)

25 million

47.
 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
48.
During Josef Stalin’s rule, Russians only had access to select information. This is an example of
a)
A.  suffrage. 
b)
B. democracy. 
c)
C. fascism. 
d)
D. censorship.
49.

Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin's death in 1924?

a)

The nation adopted a constitutional monarchy.

b)

Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party.

c)

Popular elections were held to choose a new General Secretary.

d)

A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders.

50.

Which title best completes this graphic organizer?

a)

Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War

b)

Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty

c)

Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru and the Modern Industrial State of India

51.

• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)

• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"

• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)


4. Which leader is being described by these statements?

a)

Czar Nicholas II

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Vladimir I. Lenin

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

52.

Which Soviet policy is most closely associated with the information in this table?

a)

Lenin's New Economic Policy

b)

Brezhnev's policy of détente

c)

Stalin's Collective Farms

d)

Gorbachev's policy of glasnost

53.

Between which two years did the number of collective farms increase the most?

a)

1929 and 1930

b)

1930 and 1931

c)

1934 and 1935

d)

1939 and 1940

54.

The data in this chart illustrates the

a)

benefits of foreign trade

b)

successful development of heavy industry

c)

availability of consumer goods

d)

effects of inflation on the economy

55.

Which policy is illustrated in this chart?

a)

pogroms

b)

five-year plans

c)

Russification

d)

nuclear arms

56.

Which of the following events was a result of the policy illustrated in the chart?

a)

Russian Revolution

b)

Collapse of the Soviet Union

c)

Holodomor, forced famine in Ukraine

d)

World War II

57.

Joseph Stalin's leadership of the Soviet Union can be best characterized as a period of

a)

religious freedom and tolerance

b)

democratic reform and nationalism

c)

censorship and terror

d)

humanism and democracy

58.

Which of the following was a reason for the Central Executive Committee (CEC)'s decision not to disclose Lenin's Testament?

a)

Lenin wanted to remove Stalin as the Secretary-General

b)

Stalin told the CEC not to make Lenin's Testament public

c)

Lenin had criticised all the potential successors

d)

Stalin was a bigger threat and more powerful than Trotsky

59.

What was Lenin's advice in his Testament?

a)

Stalin should be promoted to be the Secretary-General

b)

Stalin should be removed as the Secretary-General

c)

Trotsky should be promoted to be the head of the Red Army

d)

Trotsky should be removed as the head of the Red Army

60.

Why was the non-disclosure of Lenin's Testament favourable to Stalin's rise?

a)

Stalin was able to retain his position as the Secretary-General

b)

Stalin's reputation was enhanced

c)

Stalin was able to get rid of his main rival, Trotsky

d)

Stalin was able to gain the support of the members of the Communist Party

61.

Trotsky was unpopular among the members in the Politburo. Which of the following 2 statements are TRUE of his unpopularity?

a)

Trotsky was never present for Politburo meetings

b)

Trotsky was outspoken and often criticised the organisation and policies of the Communist Party.

c)

Trotsky's "Permanent Revolution" proposed that the Soviet Union continued to promote and support communist revolutions in other countries

d)

Trotsky had insulted Stalin consistently

e)

Trotsky had criticised Lenin's Testament

62.

Trotsky was seen as powerful and regarded as a threat by the other potential successors because he held the position as the head of the (a)   .

63.

Why was Trotsky's unpopularity advantageous to Stalin in the power struggle?

a)

Trotsky would have a lot more support than Stalin

b)

Stalin would be able to retain his position as Secretary-General

c)

The potential successors would focus on getting rid of Trotsky rather than Stalin

d)

Stalin would be able to ally with Trotsky and get Trotsky to support him

64.

Which of the following is NOT an example of Stalin's manipulations?

a)

Pretended to be close to Lenin

b)

Making use of his power as the Secretary-General

c)

Promoting "Permanent Revolution" in Soviet Union

d)

Exploited the ideological division within the party

65.

Which of the following actions helped Stalin to create the impression that he was close to Lenin? (Choose 3 actions)

a)

Stalin appointed himself as the chief mourner

b)

Stalin renamed Stalingrad as Leningrad

c)

Stalin embalmed Lenin's body and displayed it in a mausoleum in the Red Square

d)

Stalin scolded Trotsky for criticising Lenin's policies

e)

Stalin gave Trotsky the wrong date of the funeral so that he would miss the funeral

66.

How did Stalin's pretense to be close to Lenin help him in the power struggle to be the next leader of the Party?

a)

He was seen as a natural successor to Lenin

b)

He was able to amass a huge following to vote for him during the country's elections

c)

He was able to eliminate all his rivals

d)

He was regarded as the face of Communism

67.

What was the power that Stalin had as the Secretary-General?

a)

He was able to come up with policies of the Party

b)

He published all Party newspapers

c)

He had the authority to appoint and reassign Party members

d)

He controlled the Party

68.

How did Stalin make use of the power as Secretary-General against Trotsky?

a)

He sacked Trotsky as the head of Cheka

b)

He replaced the allies of Trotsky with his own within the Party

c)

He gave Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin's funeral

d)

He demoted Trotsky to become a normal member within the Party

69.

Why was Stalin's use of his power as Secretary-General significant in the race to be the leader of the Communist Party?

a)

He was able to amass a huge following to vote for him during the country's elections

b)

He was able to increase his support base and influence within the Party

c)

He was able to control the army

d)

He would be seen as the natural successor to Lenin

70.

Which of the following correctly show the process that Stalin took to exploit the division within the Party to gain power? (Hint in TB p.43)

a)

Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Radicals to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev; Allied with Moderates to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov

b)

Allied with Radicals to eliminate Moderates, Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky

c)

Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Allied with Radicals to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov

d)

Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Radicals to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov

71.

How did Stalin's exploitation of the ideological division within the Party help him to rise to power?

a)

He was able to gain supporters within the Party

b)

He was able to show his was Lenin's choice to be successor

c)

He was able to get rid of Trotsky

d)

He was able to eliminate all his rivals

72.
The White Army...
a)
... opposed the Bolsheviks.
b)
... supported the Bolsheviks.
c)
... supported the U.S.
d)
... opposed the Green Army.
73.
Under which leader did Russia have a Totalitarian government?
a)
Boris Yeltsin
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Karl Marx
74.
Which group of people did Stalin target because they owned property, which threatened Stalin's total control of the state?
a)
Kulaks
b)
Red Army
c)
Crimeans
d)
Solidarity
75.
How did Stalin try to consolidate his power and enforce party discipline?
a)
Collectivisation
b)
Purges and show trials
c)
Secret police
d)
Rapid industrialisation
76.
In 1934, the leader of the Leningrad Communist Party, was murdered, probably on Stalin's orders. He became the first victim of ‘The Great Terror’. Who is he?
a)
Trotsky
b)
Lenin
c)
Kirov
d)
Gorbachev
77.
Who is Alexei Stakhanov?
a)
Stalin’s political rival
b)
The leader of the secret police  
c)
A man who was praised by Stalin as a ‘hero of the revolution’ 
d)
One of the commanders from the Red Army
78.
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
79.

What is the definition of a sabotage?

a)

Disrupting production through destruction of property

b)

Resisting dekulakisation

c)

Giving secret information to foreign governments

d)

Committing political treason

80.
Which of the following is true about Stalin?
a)
He would erase people he did not like from photographs
b)
He would send political enemies into space, never to return
c)
He would allow people to say bad things about him due to freedom of speech
d)
He was a good and loving husband and father
81.
What idea did Stalin believe in that the other communist party members supported also?
a)
Stalin believed in organising Lenin's funeral
b)
Stalin believed in equal voting rights for male and female
c)
Stalin belived in investing more money in agriculture than technology
d)
Stalin believed in strengthening USSR first before spreading revolution to the other countries
82.

How did Stalin take complete control over the USSR?

Which of these strands are relevant to write paragraphs on

a)

The role of Lenin a long term cause as he created the role of General Secretary, nomenklatura and the Lenin enrolment which all gave a huge amount of power to Stalin

b)

The failure of his opposition who underestimated Mr Card-Index for example Kamenev ann Zinoviev helped Stalin becasue they thought the bigger enemy was Trotsky?

c)

The different policies that Lenin had created on the economy such as NEP and WAr Communism created division in the old Bolsheviks and Stalin exploited this by creating alliances

d)

Stalin's role as General Secretary was used to decide who entered the party as part of the Lenin enrolment and he kept out people who might not support him.

e)

After the Civil War Lenin created the Ban on Factions in 1921. This stopped opposition to the ideas of the politburo. Stalin used this to get rid of Trotsky who wanted World Revolution instead of Stalin's Revolution in one country. This was becasue he was in charge of administering this policy

83.

Why was the role of General Secretary so powerful?

a)

He was the Head of the Lenin Enrolment so over time will make sure that the new members of the party support him

b)

he was Party Secretary in Moscow?

c)

He was the head of Sovnarkom?

d)

He was a party Secretary in Leningrad

e)

Stalin was in charge of the nomenklatura system within the party which decides who will be promoted. He only promoted his cronies such as Molotov.

84.

In getting rid of opposition. Who were the Left opposition?What did they disagree over?

a)

Bukharin and Stalin: Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP becasue it is Capitalist

b)

Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev: , Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP because it is Capitalist

c)

Bukharin: Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP becasue it is Capitalist

d)

Tomsky and Rykov: Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP becasue it is Capitalist

85.

How did Stalin undermine Bukharin in 1928(page 22)

a)

He changed from supporting NEP to supporting the idea of Five Year Plans

b)

Stalin criticised him at the 15th Party Conference

c)

He sent a directive to Party members called the "Foundations of Leninism " which presented the case to end NEP which was really easy for them to understand

d)

Stalin pointed out that Bukharin had disagreed with Lenin in the past

e)

Bukharin was accused of Trotskyism becasue he criticised the bureaucracy (Stalin) just as Trotsky had done.

86.

Why did the Great Purge of the 1930s begin. Which of these themes help to explain why it began. Which do you think is the most important?

a)

Lenin had used purges already in 1917 to deal with counter-revolution, sabotage and speculation. 200,000 people died so the idea is not new

b)

There was criticism of Stalin within the party for instance in 1932 Ryutin uissued a document to the CC claiming Stalin was a dicator

c)

Fanya Kaplin tried to kill Stalin

d)

At the 17th Party Congress in 1934 -the Congress of Victors moderats tried to get Kirov to criticise Stalin

e)

Dzerzhinsky was committed to getting rid of enemies of the state

87.

Who was put on trial in the trial of the Twenty- One in 1938?

a)

Zinoviev and Kamenev

b)

Radek and Pyatakov

c)

Bukharin and Rykov

d)

Andrea Vyshinsky

e)

Tomsky

88.

Who oversaw the most excessive part of the purges including 3,000 of his own personal in the first 6 months that he led the Secret police

a)

Yagoda

b)

Yezhov

c)

Dzerzhinsky

d)

Beria

89.

How is Stalins use of Terror different to Lenin's

a)

Stalin attacked the old Bolsheviks -the elite of the party who were in the original Bolshevik movement and Lenin didn't

b)

Both show they accept the concept of Terror as Lenin set it up as soon as he was in power in 1917 and Stalin accepted the expansion of gulags (which had been created by Lenin)

c)

Lenin's use of Terror against the people led to approximately 200, 000 deaths; Stalin's use of Terror in the 1930s killed around 1 million

d)

Lenin attacked the enemies of the revolution during the Civil War , Stalin systematically attacked: The Old Bolsheviks who could oppose him, the the Red Army in 1937, then the Secret Police. So Yagoda was removed in 1936 and Yezhov in 1939

90.

Who did Stalin get rid (kill) of by 1930 so that he could dominate the Communist party

a)

Bukharin, Yezhov, Beria, Rykov, Tomsky, Trotsky

b)

Bukharin, Zinoviev, Kollentai, Rykov, Furtseva, Trotsky

c)

Bukharin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Rykov, Tomsky, Trotsky

d)

Lenin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Rykov, Tomsky, Trotsky