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War Communism

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Communism refers to a

a)

economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

b)

system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

c)

political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

d)

economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

2.

Capitalism refers to a

a)

economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

b)

system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

c)

political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

d)

economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

3.

Totalitarianism refers to a

a)

economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

b)

system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

c)

political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

d)

economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

4.

War Communism refers to a

a)

economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

b)

system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

c)

political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

d)

economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

5.

Nationalization is...

a)

the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

b)

an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

c)

the transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.

6.

Expropriation is...

a)

the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

b)

an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

c)

the transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.

7.

Requisitioning is...

a)

the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

b)

an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

c)

the transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.

8.

War Communism was set up...

a)

to establish new forms of private capitalism

b)

in order to help the red army during the civil war with food and weapons

c)

to feed town workers so they could make weapons for the red army

9.

The main features of War Communism were...

a)

nationalization

b)

expropriation

c)

liberation

10.

The first measures of War Communism was the

a)

nationalization of land.

b)

nationalization of banks and shipping

c)

declaring of foreign trade as a state monopoly

11.

Identify the principles of War Communism

a)

Production should be run by the state.

b)

State control was to be granted over the labour of every citizen.

c)

The state should produce everything in its own undertakings.

d)

Extreme centralization was introduced

e)

The state attempted to become the soul distributor as well as the sole producer

12.

Who was the Prime Minister of the Soviet Russia during the policy of War Communism?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Nikolai Bukharin

d)

Leon Trotsky

13.

Food was requisitioned from the

a)

Bankers

b)

Factory workers

c)

Army

d)

Peasants

14.

Food had to be requisitioned in order to feed the...

a)

cities

b)

White Army

c)

Red Army

15.

Food was requisitioned by the

a)

Bankers

b)

Factory workers

c)

Army

d)

Peasants

16.

... was of the causes of War Communism

a)

peasants wanted to keep the land but didn't want to sell the food they produced

b)

The New Economic Policy

c)

Severe shortages of food

17.

...was of the effects of War Communism

a)

Peasants stopped supporting Bolsheviks

b)

Peasants refused to grow food which resulted in famine - 7 MILLION DEAD

c)

The Kronstadt Mutiny

18.

Identify Vladimir Lenin, Premier of Russia

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

The image of the children is evident of...

a)

wealth

b)

famine

c)

surplus of food

d)

poverty