14.2 Quiz Questions

Question 1

After Lenin died, two early revolutionary supporters _______ and ________, became bitter rivals for control of the communist party.

Answer 1

Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin

Question 2

Under Stalin’s command economy system, all economic decisions were made by _________.

Answer 2

Government officials

Question 3

Stalin encouraged people to think of him as ____________.

Answer 3

“The Greatest Genius of All Times and People”

Question 4

The term ____________ describes a government that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of public an private life.

Answer 4

Totalitarianism

Question 5

The Soviet government decided to eliminate kulaks because of their strong resistance to ____________.

Answer 5

Collective Farming

Question 6

All of the following were goals of the five-year plan except for?
A. a stronger national defense
B. the promotion of communism worldwide
C. the modernization of the Soviet economy
D. rapid industrial growth

Answer 6

B. the promotion of communism worldwide

Question 7

Between 1934 and 1939, the Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate _________________.

Answer 7

Opposition to Stalin’s power

Question 8

A _________________ is a person who does not think there is a god.

Answer 8

A atheist

Question 9

How was the Russian Revolution similar to the French Revolution?

Answer 9

Both the French and Russia revolutions attempted to destroy existing social and political structures. As well, revolutions in France and Russia both used violence and terror as an attempt to control people.

Question 10

In the 1930s, two other European dictators were shaping their visions of a totalitarianism state. There was ___________ in Germany and _________ in Italy. After 1949 in China, ________ used tactics similar to Stalin to establish totalitarian control. In North Korea around this time, _____________ began ruling over a similar totalitarian Communist state.

Answer 10

Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Zedong, Kim ll Sung