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- 1. Multiple Choice
At “show” trials during the Great Purge, suspects often
confessed to crimes they could not have possibly committed.
admitted to crimes the secret police saw them commit.
received no punishment because the trials were not real.
faced torture if they lied while a judge questioned them.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was Joseph Stalin’s goal in creating a command economy?
to gradually move to a market economy
to conserve limited resources
to shift resources toward necessities
to outproduce capitalist nations
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a collective farm?
a community farm
a communist farm
a subsistence farm
an independent farm
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the main reason Joseph Stalin created collective farms?
Soviet farms were old-fashioned and inefficient.
Collective farms would create many new jobs.
Farmland could be turned into industrial land.
Wasteful crop surpluses would be eliminated.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did the Soviet government's transition to collectivization result in widespread starvation?
Peasants were not allowed to keep food until they met government quotas.
Collectivization’s new methods resulted in a slowdown in crop production.
Many people were forced out of jobs when farms turned to collectivization.
The government punished former farm workers who refused industrial jobs.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Joseph Stalin believed he needed absolute authority in the USSR in order to
maintain peace with the rest of Europe.
implement change without using violence.
unite the country and make it strong.
bring the Communist Party into power.
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did the Great Purge demonstrate Joseph Stalin’s paranoia?
The purge targeted those who might challenge Stalin’s power.
Stalin used the purge to strengthen the Communist Party.
The purge was done in secret so the public would never know.
Stalin’s fear of religious practice largely motivated the purge.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of a gulag?
a political uprising
a terror campaign
a labor camp
a police raid
- 9. Multiple Choice
What motivated Joseph Stalin to persecute writers, scholars, and scientists?
People in these professions made up the bulk of the Communist Party.
Stalin was convinced one of them would try to overthrow him and seize power.
Many were non-Russians who Stalin wanted to drive out of the country.
Stalin feared they might spread ideas that went against the Soviet government.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Joseph Stalin placed a high value on motherhood because he
wanted women to produce more workers.
recognized the hard work involved in parenting.
valued women’s overall contributions to society.
had great respect for his own mother.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Under Joseph Stalin, the main purpose of Soviet education was to
produce loyal citizens who contributed to the economy.
enable the USSR to surpass other countries intellectually.
develop future government leaders to extend Stalin’s legacy.
help individuals better themselves and enrich their lives.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The “Young Pioneers” was the name of
a school to teach industrial skills.
all Soviet children under Stalin’s rule
a growing group of anti-Stalin activists.
a communist youth organization.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Under Joseph Stalin, schools were reformed primarily to emphasize
the pursuit of higher education.
Soviet ideology.
Russian history and culture.
intellectual rigor.
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