WorksheetsHW 5.6 - Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins
Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin's death in 1924?
The nation adopted a constitutional monarchy.
Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party.
Popular elections were held to choose a new General Secretary.
A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders.
A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to
encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers
transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power
expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports
reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere
Which title best completes this graphic organizer?
Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty
Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State
Jawaharlal Nehru and the Modern Industrial State of India
Which Soviet policy is most closely associated with the information in this table?
Lenin's New Economic Policy
Stalin's five-year plans
Brezhnev's policy of détente
Gorbachev's policy of glasnost
Between which two years did the number of collective farms increase the most?
1929 and 1930
1930 and 1931
1934 and 1935
1939 and 1940
Totalitarian countries are characterized by
free and open discussions of ideas
a multiparty system with several candidates for each office
government control of newspapers, radio and television
government protection of people’s civil liberties
Which condition was a result of Joseph Stalin’s command economy?
Peasants were encouraged to sell surplus grain for personal profit.
The production of consumer goods increased.
National revenue increased allowing for greater individual spending.
The government controlled agriculture through collective farms.
The main purpose of the many purges and public trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s was to
force the Jewish people to leave the Soviet Union
eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government
establish a free and independent court system in the Soviet Union
reform the outdated and inadequate agricultural system
Under Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union became a (a) country.
What is NOT a characteristic of totalitarianism?
citizens have individual rights and freedoms
single leader with unlimited control
the government controls the media
elimination of political opponents
Overall... which situation is characteristic of a totalitarian society?
The freedom of speech, press, and religion are denied
Artists and musicians experience artistic freedom
Individualism is encouraged
Judges and courts are independent of government control
What is an economic system where only the government makes the economic decisions?
traditional economy
free enterprise
mixed economy
command economy
Which condition was a result of Joseph Stalin’s command economy?
Peasants were encouraged to sell surplus grain for personal profit.
The production of consumer goods increased.
National revenue increased allowing for greater individual spending.
The government controlled agriculture through collective farms.
a member of the majority faction of the party that seized power in 1917 and formed the Communist party in the Soviet Union
Tsarians
Totalitarians
Bolsheviks
Authoritarians
