Question 1

The _ ___________________ were wealthier peasants whose estates were broken up by Soviet collectivization.

Accepted Answer

kulaks

Question 2

What was considered a by-product of the forced industrialization and modernization of the Five-Year Plans?

Accepted Answer

A) improved and expanded housing 
B) mass educational facilities 
C) a decisive voice in public affairs 
D) security of life and property against the state 
E) improvements in their working conditions 
A) improved and expanded housing 
B) mass educational facilities 
C) a decisive voice in public affairs 
D) security of life and property against the state 
E) improvements in their working conditions B

Question 3

Throughout the Soviet Union's history, what was considered the major weakness of the economy?

Accepted Answer

A) military spending 
B) industrial production 
C) agricultural production 
D) capital goods production 
E) infrastructure construction 
A) military spending 
B) industrial production 
C) agricultural production 
D) capital goods production 
E) infrastructure construction C

Question 4

____________________ was the term used by the Bolsheviks to describe rule at the point of a gun.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the term used by the...

Question 5

Term for identification: Cheka

Accepted Answer

The term "Cheka" refers to the first of

Question 6

____________________ chaired the St. Petersburg Soviet and became Lenin's second-in-command.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ chaired the St. Petersburg Soviet and...

Question 7

Evaluate St alin's agrarian and industrial economic policies. To what degree did he succeed in achieving his anticipated goals? Defend your answer with examples.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discus

Question 8

Term for identification: Leon Trotsky

Accepted Answer

Leon Trotsky was a key figure in the Bol

Question 9

Term for identification: Josef Stalin

Accepted Answer

Josef Stalin was a Soviet political lead

Question 10

A serious obstacle to labor efficiency and a drain on resources in Russia before, during, and after the revolution was the chronic problem of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A serious obstacle to labor efficiency and...

Question 11

Why was there no real opposition to the M arch Revolution in Russia?

Accepted Answer

A) Alexander Kerensky spoke in Moscow and called for the people to rebel. 
B) Tsar Nicholas II abdicated his throne. 
C) Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia. 
D) Leon Trotsky took control of the military. 
E) Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. 
A) Alexander Kerensky spoke in Moscow and called for the people to rebel. 
B) Tsar Nicholas II abdicated his throne. 
C) Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia. 
D) Leon Trotsky took control of the military. 
E) Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

Question 12

When other countries tried to influence the Russian Revolution, Soviet propaganda used the issue of ____________________ intervention to great advantage during the Russian Civil War.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When other countries tried to influence the...

Question 13

All of the following were reasons the Reds were victorious in the Russian Civil War EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) far better organized and coordinated leadership 
B) effective Red Army commander in Trotsky 
C) control of St. Petersburg and Moscow 
D) propaganda to rally the Russian people 
E) military assistance from foreign powers 
A) far better organized and coordinated leadership 
B) effective Red Army commander in Trotsky 
C) control of St. Petersburg and Moscow 
D) propaganda to rally the Russian people 
E) military assistance from foreign powers

Question 14

What is blamed for the death of 10 million peasants during Stalin's collectivization drive?

Accepted Answer

A) homelessness and starvation 
B) hunger strikes in opposition of his plan 
C) artificially induced famine 
D) brutal banishment to Siberia 
E) state-sponsored seizure of crops 
A) homelessness and starvation 
B) hunger strikes in opposition of his plan 
C) artificially induced famine 
D) brutal banishment to Siberia 
E) state-sponsored seizure of crops

Question 15

Term for identification: Vladimir Lenin

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Lenin, whose full name was Vlad

Question 16

Lenin changed Marxism to fit the realities of Russia using all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) A full-time professional leadership supervising a conspiratorial, clandestine party. 
B) A movement of peasants', not workers', discontent with the government could lead to revolutionary action. 
C) A dictatorship of the Bolsheviks was necessary. 
D) The small industrial class of Russia would rise in discontent, followed by the peasants. 
E) The small group of the Central Committee and Lenin would rule Russia. 
A) A full-time professional leadership supervising a conspiratorial, clandestine party. 
B) A movement of peasants', not workers', discontent with the government could lead to revolutionary action. 
C) A dictatorship of the Bolsheviks was necessary. 
D) The small industrial class of Russia would rise in discontent, followed by the peasants. 
E) The small group of the Central Committee and Lenin would rule Russia.

Question 17

What was a key factor in Lenin's establishment of a Bolshevik dictatorship?

Accepted Answer

A) The use of Marx's theory of agricultural collectivization. 
B) The use of the Cheka and Soviet-sympathizing parts of the imperial army. 
C) The use of rapid industrialization to increase consumer goods production. 
D) The use of the New Economic Policy to take over the Russian economy. 
E) The use of the Five-Year Plans to purge the Bolshevik Politburo. 
A) The use of Marx's theory of agricultural collectivization. 
B) The use of the Cheka and Soviet-sympathizing parts of the imperial army. 
C) The use of rapid industrialization to increase consumer goods production. 
D) The use of the New Economic Policy to take over the Russian economy. 
E) The use of the Five-Year Plans to purge the Bolshevik Politburo.

Question 18

What form of government was Russia evolving toward in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) true republic 
B) strong democracy 
C) economic oligarchy 
D) totalitarian government 
E) constitutional monarchy 
A) true republic 
B) strong democracy 
C) economic oligarchy 
D) totalitarian government 
E) constitutional monarchy

Question 19

What group constructed much of the Soviet infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A) Orthodox priests 
B) peasants and landowners 
C) slave laborers 
D) former aristocrats 
E) church officials 
A) Orthodox priests 
B) peasants and landowners 
C) slave laborers 
D) former aristocrats 
E) church officials

Question 20

The ____________________ Revolution witnessed the mostly bloodless overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ Revolution witnessed the mostly bloodless...

Exam 42: The Soviet Experiment to World War II

The _ ___________________ were wealthier peasants whose estates were broken up by Soviet collectivization.

What was considered a by-product of the forced industrialization and modernization of the Five-Year Plans?

Throughout the Soviet Union's history, what was considered the major weakness of the economy?

____________________ was the term used by the Bolsheviks to describe rule at the point of a gun.

Term for identification: Cheka

____________________ chaired the St. Petersburg Soviet and became Lenin's second-in-command.

Evaluate St alin's agrarian and industrial economic policies. To what degree did he succeed in achieving his anticipated goals? Defend your answer with examples.

Term for identification: Leon Trotsky

Term for identification: Josef Stalin

A serious obstacle to labor efficiency and a drain on resources in Russia before, during, and after the revolution was the chronic problem of ____________________.

Why was there no real opposition to the M arch Revolution in Russia?

When other countries tried to influence the Russian Revolution, Soviet propaganda used the issue of ____________________ intervention to great advantage during the Russian Civil War.

All of the following were reasons the Reds were victorious in the Russian Civil War EXCEPT

What is blamed for the death of 10 million peasants during Stalin's collectivization drive?

Term for identification: Vladimir Lenin

Lenin changed Marxism to fit the realities of Russia using all of the following EXCEPT

What was a key factor in Lenin's establishment of a Bolshevik dictatorship?

What form of government was Russia evolving toward in the 1920s?

What group constructed much of the Soviet infrastructure?

The ____________________ Revolution witnessed the mostly bloodless overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II.

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