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9th -
10thgrade
Authoritarian States: Stalin of the Soviet Union
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- 1. Multiple Choice
A system of government that exerts complete control over its citizens; individuals have no rights and all opposition to the government is suppressed.
Monarchy
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Communism
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does "Stalin" mean in Russian?Man of IceMan of SteelMan of FireMan of Plastic
- 4. Multiple Choice
Stalin was manipulative. He pretended to be close to Lenin to show everyone he was a good leader so everyone would like him.
True
False
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?GulagsConcentration CampsInternment CampsVeritags
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe use of print or images to convey a particular message, idea, or value.PropagandaCensorshipGulagDuma
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of Police Terror and Fear?
When Dictators kills anyone who opposes them or tries to challenge their authority.
When people are afraid of the police and they cannot act out against their government.
Dictators create a police force that helps them maintain power.
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did Stalin stay in power in the Soviet Union?
He used public speaking to win over the people of the Soviet Union.
Stalin executed political opponents.
Stalin maintained power through free elections.
He inherited leadership of the country through his family.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the ethnic group that Stalin accused of sabotage and tried to eliminate?The KulaksThe TurksThe DutchThe Magyars
- 10. Multiple Choice
In what year did Stalin die?
1923
1933
1943
1953
- 11. Multiple Choice
Starting in 1932, which area saw a horrendous famine that may have killed as many as 7 million people?
Ukraine
Mongolia
Estonia
Latvia
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Collectivisation?Stalin’s measure of allowing peasants to own their own farmsStalin’s measure of merging small individual farms into larger collective farms (kolkhoz)Stalin’s measure of focusing on building heavy industriesStalin’s measure of allowing Kulaks to take over the farms of poorer peasants
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one positive social impact of Stalin’s rule on the Soviet Union?Equal rights to womenState control of societyIncrease in consumer goodsDecreased literacy rates
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich year did Lenin die?1922192319241925
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat idea did Stalin believe in that the other communist party members supported also?Stalin believed in organising Lenin's funeralStalin believed in equal voting rights for male and femaleStalin belived in investing more money in agriculture than technologyStalin believed in strengthening USSR first before spreading revolution to the other countries
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the name of Stalin's secret police?
Cheka- NKVD
Cheka- NPCC
Chevka-NTSS
Chevka-NTRC
- 17. Multiple Choice
The famine in Ukraine during the 1930s resulted from the Soviet government’s attempt to _______________________.
End a civil war
implement free-market practices
collectivize agriculture
introduce crop rotation
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the proletariat?the upper class of societythe middle class of societythe workersthe professional class of workers
- 19. Multiple Choice
How will you describe the idea of Revolution supported by Stalin?
Socialism in one country
International socialism
Revolution in Europe
Exportation of Revolution
- 20. Multiple Choice
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
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