30 Review Questions

Question 1

This type of government held “total claims” on the beliefs and behavior of its citizens.

Answer 1

Totalitarian

Question 2

What type of government glorified war and the military and sought to destroy independent working-class movements`

Answer 2

Fascist

Question 3

What is the name of the pseudoscience that taught that selective breading could improve the characteristics of a nations population?

Answer 3

eugenics

Question 4

This was launched by Stalin and called the “revolution from above.”

Answer 4

five-year plan

Question 5

This was passed by Lenin after the Kronstadt rebellion in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry.

Answer 5

New Economic Plan (NEP)

Question 6

What is the name given to the well-off peasants of Russia?

Answer 6

Kulaks

Question 7

Who led the rebellion against Lenin that was ultimately crushed?

Answer 7

the Kronstadt sailors

Question 8

What party was lead by Joseph Stalin?

Answer 8

the communist party

Question 9

These two groups were polar opposites and sworn political enemies.

Answer 9

Communists and fascists

Question 10

What three European countries all had totalitarian governments before WWII?

Answer 10

Russia, Germany, Italy

Question 11

Who typically dominated a totalitarian state?

Answer 11

a charismatic leader

Question 12

Where else was eugenics popular besides Europe?

Answer 12

the United States

Question 13

Fascist governments would intervene in the economy but didn’t try to do this, unlike communists.

Answer 13

eliminate class differences or nationalize private property

Question 14

Who are two leaders associated with fascism?

Answer 14

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini

Question 15

Who were two leaders associated with communism?

Answer 15

Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin

Question 16

Who were the two men that were trying to rule after Lenin’s death?

Answer 16

Stalin, Trotsky

Question 17

This successor focused more on international issues than issues within his own nation.

Answer 17

Trotsky

Question 18

This successor focused more on the issues of his nation.

Answer 18

Stalin

Question 19

Which successor of Lenin had more experience?

Answer 19

Trotsky

Question 20

What was the name giving to the communist system under Joseph Stalin?

Answer 20

Stalinism

Question 21

What did the NEP allow peasants to do that was a more capitalist than communist idea?

Answer 21

sell surplus goods

Question 22

What did farmers do to their crops and livestock when the government tried to take them from them?

Answer 22

killed livestock and burned crops

Question 23

What did Stalin force 93% of Russian peasants to live on?

Answer 23

collective farms

Question 24

This set the production goals for the five-year plan.

Answer 24

Gosplan

Question 25

Between 1928 and 1937, by how many times did production increase in the Soviet Union?

Answer 25

4

Question 26

What profession was made up of 75% women in the Soviet Union?

Answer 26

doctors

Question 27

Despite constant shortages of other products, what was always available in the Soviet Union?

Answer 27

vodka

Question 28

What was used as motivation to fill high ranking jobs needed by the government?

Answer 28

higher wages

Question 29

Who did Stalin blame for the assassination of Sergei Kirov?

Answer 29

fascist agents

Question 30

Who was executed during the Great Purge for admitting to plotting against Stalin?

Answer 30

Old Bolsheviks