Deck 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Question 1

In what ways were Stalin's and Mao's impact on their societies similar, and how were they different? Did the goals and policies of their successors differ from theirs? Explain.

Answer 1

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Question 2

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Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin and de-Khrushchevization

Answer 2

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Question 3

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Georgy Malenkov

Answer 3

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Question 4

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Committee on Government Security

Question 5

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Kazakhstan

Question 6

What changes came about for Chinese women and in Chinese family life as a result of a) the establishment of communism and b) the demise of China's Maoist era?

Question 7

Has the anti-communist critique lobbed by Václav Havel in his 1990 speech retained any relevancy with regard to current industrial nations? If so, how, and if not, why?

Question 8

Compare and contrast the Russian era of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev and the Chinese era under Deng Xiaoping. Can the two rulers be considered equivalent in terms of their impact on their respective countries? Why or why not?

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Khrushchev and de-Stalinization

Question 10

Describe Mao Zedong's vision for an egalitarian China. What steps did he take to realize that vision?

Question 11

Gorbachev's ambitious reform program revolved around the concepts of perestroika and glasnost . Define the two and explain, in detail, why they ultimately failed.

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
"When I die, the imperialists will strangle all of you like a litter of kittens."

Question 13

Did relationships between the government of the Soviet Union and their Eastern European "satellites" change significantly after the death of Joseph Stalin? If so, in what ways, and why? If not, why not?

Question 14

To date, the Chinese Communist Party has been able to retain power, while that of the Soviet Union lost control of its state apparatus. Why do you think that is? Explain.

Question 15

Though Nikita Khrushchev was a protégé of Stalin, he later became disenchanted with his mentor's leadership policies and sought to eradicate them once he himself rose to power. What specific Stalinist practices did Khrushchev seek to change and why? How successful was he?

Question 16

What were the chief characteristics of the rule of Leonid Brezhnev and his immediate successors from 1964 to 1985?

Question 17

Evaluate the changes Communism brought to the lives of women in Russia and China. In which country would you rather have lived during these revolutions as a woman and why?

Question 18

What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What did its creator expect it to achieve? Why? Was it successful? If so, in what ways? If not, why not?

Question 19

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Cornman

Question 20

In your opinion, what were the major causes or events that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union? Be specific.

Question 21

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Charter 77 and Václav Havel

Question 22

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Great Leap Forward

Question 23

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agricultural collectivization

Question 24

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"double shift"

Question 25

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago

Question 26

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people's communes

Question 27

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Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago

Question 28

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Lech Walesa and Solidarity

Question 29

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Andrei Sakharov

Question 30

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Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko

Question 31

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Congress of People's Deputies

Question 32

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Articles 39 and 62

Question 33

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Kosygin reforms

Question 34

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"Hard work for a few years, happiness for a thousand."

Question 35

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commonwealth of independent states

Question 36

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perestroika and glasnost

Question 37

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Boris Yeltsin

Question 38

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New Democracy

Question 39

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 40

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János Kádár

Question 41

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"uninterrupted revolution"

Question 42

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From "Serve the people" to "Create wealth for the people"

Question 43

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"If we do not destroy, we cannot establish."

Question 44

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Confucianism and the CCP

Question 45

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Falun Gong

Question 46

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Rice Christians

Question 47

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Tibet and Xinjiang province

Question 48

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Red Guard

Question 49

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Four Modernizations

Question 50

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"taking the capitalist road"

Question 51

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"Science and Democracy"

Question 52

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Ding Ling and The Sun Shines over the Sangan River

Question 53

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Liu Shaoqi

Question 54

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rural responsibility system

Question 55

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the four olds

Question 56

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Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Question 57

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"A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another."

Question 58

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Little Red Book

Question 59

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Jiang Zemin

Question 60

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fifth modernization

Question 61

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Little Emperors

Question 62

Khrushchev

A) was determined to follow in Stalin's path, avoiding even the appearance of innovation.
B) was known as "old stone butt" by Western leaders.
C) was mocked as "Cotton Man" by many Russians.
D) permitted the publication of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich .
E) praised Stalin at the Thirty-First Party Congress.

Question 63

Under Brezhnev, economic incentives in the Soviet Union

A) were increased in an attempt to bolster a stagnant agriculture.
B) made it possible for globally acclaimed Russian writers like Alexander Solzhenitsyn to travel outside the country to promote their work.
C) loosened up the "one child" policy that went into effect immediately after World War II.
D) were rarely taken advantage of, as every Soviet citizen was guaranteed an opportunity to work by the constitution.
E) were non-existent.

Question 64

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
ten-thousand-dollar households

Question 65

Boris Pasternak first published his Nobel Prize-winning novel in

A) Russia.
B) England.
C) the United States.
D) France.
E) Italy.

Question 66

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
literature of the wounded

Question 67

At the close of World War II, the Soviet Union

A) had increased food production by tapping new, rich lands in Siberia and Turkmenistan.
B) decided to provide a "socialist bonus" of more consumer goods for the masses by slowing the expansion of heavy industry.
C) was in short supply of housing, and continued to be in short supply.
D) sharply reduced military spending, but only after the surrender of Japan.
E) moved toward greater liberalization.

Question 68

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Three Gorges Dam

Question 69

Article 6 of Brezhnev's 1977 constitution

A) granted women the same access to education, employment and promotion as men.
B) stated that the guiding force of Soviet society is the Communist Party.
C) provided special economic provisions for Olympic athletes.
D) stressed that the common good must always outweigh individual rights and liberties.
E) officially renounced Khrushchev's leadership.

Question 70

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Zhao Ziyang

Question 71

Brezhnev

A) valued stability above all, and blocked any significant attempts to deal with economic or social problems.
B) greatly increased the funding for new agricultural areas in Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
C) sharply reduced the powers of the KGB and Interior Ministry.
D) was the first to finally break with Stalinism and to conciliate the Czech regime.
E) was a sincere admirer of the policies of Khrushchev.

Question 72

The ____ occurred while Khrushchev was in power.

A) fall of the Berlin Wall
B) Afghanistan occupation
C) enunciation of the Carter-Khrushchev Accord
D) Twentieth National Congress speech
E) Korean War

Question 73

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

A) became much more conservative than they had been before he replaced Georgy Malenkov.
B) decreased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners.
C) were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance.
D) diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by abolishing dozens of government ministries in an effort to wipe out corruption.
E) opened up previously unfarmed land in the Balkans to further agricultural growth.

Question 74

Joseph Stalin's post-World War II domestic policies

A) sought to end collectivization.
B) placed an emphasis on the growth of heavy industry.
C) focused on consumer goods.
D) led to the imprisonment of 2 million returning soldiers accused of "capitalist subversion."
E) called for the exile of thousands of former czarist officials.

Question 75

The Soviet Union's list of leaders of advanced age included all of the following EXCEPT

A) Khrushchev.
B) Brezhnev.
C) Chernenko.
D) Andropov.
E) Gorbachev.

Question 76

Women helped rebuild the Soviet economy by

A) forming small agricultural collectives.
B) joining the country's public works force.
C) establishing various cottage industries.
D) practicing population control.
E) becoming factory workers.

Question 77

Soviet society during the Leonid Brezhnev years was marked by all of these characteristics EXCEPT :

A) a more restrictive attitude towards dissidents.
B) an educational system focusing on rote memorization and political indoctrination.
C) the idea that being exposed to foreign ideas, including rock music, was harmful to the Soviet people.
D) a willingness to allow the media to occasionally release uncensored news reports .
E) a ban on raising children to be left-handed.

Question 78

Approximately ____ Soviet citizens were held in Siberian concentration camps on Stalin's order.

A) 5 million
B) 9 million
C) 11 million
D) 12 million
E) 15 million

Question 79

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
"mass line policy"

Question 80

Mikhail Gorbachev

A) was the well-placed son of the head of the state oil-refining corporation.
B) was picked for political leadership because of his record as a KGB data interpreter.
C) had moved up rapidly since his appointment to the Party Central Committee in 1978.
D) had spent many years as a farmer.
E) had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev.