Communism In Russia 1900 - 1940

Question 1

when did capitalism emerge

Answer 1

after the industrial revolution 1750 to 1850

Question 2

what did capitalists own

Answer 2

owned mines, land, industry and businesses

Question 3

what are capitalists

Answer 3

private individuals that control the wealth of the state

Question 4

what is proletariat

Answer 4

the working class, industry workers who sell their labour to get money

Question 5

what did the capitalists do to the proletariat

Answer 5

they exploited them by giving them low salary to make big profits

Question 6

define capitalism

Answer 6

an economic system which corporations and private people control production to make profit and workers are exploited

Question 7

which country became the first communist state in which year

Answer 7

russia in 1917

Question 8

define communism

Answer 8

an economic system aimed to change unequal distribution of wealth in capitalist cities

Question 9

what does communism want (3)

Answer 9

wants all farms, mines and industries nationalised
classless society (no divisions between poor and wealthy)
for no one to get private wealth (everyone works for the good of society

Question 10

what does the slogan “from each of according to his ability, to each according to his need” mean

Answer 10

means that everyone works to the best of their ability ad everyone shares in the wealth of the nation

Question 11

who is the german political thinker

Answer 11

karl marx

Question 12

why was karl sad

Answer 12

because the capitalists kept most of the money and the poor were in poverty

Question 13

what was karls marx’s proletariat revolution (4)

Answer 13

1. revolution of proletariat (rise and overthrow in a violent way)
2. dictatorship of proletariat ( political domination of one class but would only be a transitional phase leading to classless)
3. socialism (transitional phase between capitalism and communism during which the state would take control of the resources and provide for the people
4. communist state (everyone, resources equal and classless and no need for government

Question 14

POLITCAL STRUCTURE

which dynasty ruled over the russian territory for 300 hundred years

Answer 14

the romanov tsars (emperors)

Question 15

what kind of leadership style was the romanovs

Answer 15

it was autocratic and it was unrestricted

Question 16

what is the new communist state name

Answer 16

union soviet socialist republics USSR

Question 17

before communism which emperor ruled that was considered weak

Answer 17

tsar nicholas the 2nd because he was kind and depended on his officials to carry out his orders

Question 18

why did his family become unpopular

Answer 18

their government was incompetent, nicholas married a german girl who was arrogant, and became dependant on a peasant called rasputin who was able to stop their child’s bleeding

Question 19

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

why was russia deeply divided

Answer 19

because of unequal sharing of wealth and privilege

Question 20

in reference to the social structure what did it look like to be a wealthy noble

Answer 20

you own most of the land, high positions in the army and administration and enjoyed themselves

Question 21

what did it look like to be bourgeoisie (middle class)

Answer 21

you were a civil servant, doctor, lawyer, teacher, you were educated and were comfortable

Question 22

what does it look like to be a proletariat (peasant)

Answer 22

you live in poverty, self governing villages, worked on nobles land, and cannot read of write

Question 23

RUSSIAN ECONOMY
why was their economy so far behind western europe
what did the peasants do, what were industries like, and how was the infrastructure of the country

Answer 23

peasants used old fashion tools + productivity was slow
industries were not as advanced
lacked infrastructure like roads, railways