WorksheetsDuplicate of 17. Life in Soviet Russia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify 1 feature of communism.
a)
State control of all wealth
b)
Many political parties
c)
Abolition of private ownership
d)
Support of fascism
2.
Who fought in the Russian Civil War?
a)
Communists (Reds) VS the Whites
b)
Whites VS the Fascists
c)
Communists VS the Reds
d)
Fascists VS the Reds
3.
Who succeeded Lenin as leader of the Communist Party?
a)
Trotsky
b)
Stalin
c)
Kirov
d)
Mussolini
4.
What was a gulag?
a)
Repossession of all land by the state
b)
Forced labour camp
c)
New industrialised city
5.
What were the purges?
a)
Forced labour camps
b)
Famine that killed millions
c)
Public immorality trials
d)
Clean out of real and imagined opponents in the Party
6.
What were the Show Trials?
a)
Forced labour camps
b)
Purge of the Communist Party
c)
Public trial of high ranking communists
d)
Another name for collectivisation
7.
Identify 3 names for the secret police.
a)
NKVD
b)
KGB
c)
BGK
d)
Cheka
8.
What were the Five Year Plans?
a)
Public trial of high ranking communists
b)
State planning group that set targets for all industries
c)
These set targets for industry to achieve modernisation
d)
Labour camps, mainly in Siberia
9.
What was GOSPLAN?
a)
Middle-class peasants
b)
State planning group that set targets for all industries
c)
An honour awarded to mothers of large families
d)
A limited portion or allowance of food or goods
10.
Identify 3 results of the Five Year Plans.
a)
Decline in urban population
b)
No unemployment
c)
Urban population grew by 29 million
d)
Soviet Union was the 2nd largest industrial country
11.
What was Alexei Stakhanov's achievement?
a)
Allegedly mined 102 tons of coal in one shift
b)
Kulak that rebelled
c)
Prominent leader executed during the Show Trials
12.
What was collectivisation?
a)
Middle-class peasants that rebelled
b)
Smaller farms were merged into larger ones
c)
Secret police
d)
State planning group that set targets for all industries
13.
What were the Kulaks?
a)
Labour camp in Siberia
b)
Another name for the secret police
c)
Middle-class peasants
14.
By 1937, what % of workers were female?
a)
45%
b)
50%
c)
60%
d)
70%
15.
Identify 1 strategy introduced to help parents work.
a)
New schools were opened
b)
More creches and kindergartens were opened
c)
Free nannies were provided
16.
What were Mother-Heroines?
a)
An honour awarded to mothers of large families
b)
Prize given to hard workers
c)
Another name for the secret police
17.
By 1970, what % of doctors were women?
a)
70%
b)
60%
c)
50%
d)
75%
18.
Identify 3 communist youth groups.
a)
Little Octobrists
b)
Stalin Youth
c)
Young Pioneers
d)
Komsomol
19.
What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
a)
Soviet attack on Germany during WWII
b)
Successful German attack on Stalingrad during WWII
c)
Polish attack on Stalingrad during WWII
d)
Unsuccessful German attack on Stalingrad during WWII
20.
How many people starved or froze to death in Leningrad during WWII?
a)
1-2 million
b)
600,000
c)
700,000
d)
800,000
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