M1 Geography Term 3 Finals (Famine)

Question 1

When did the famine take place?

Answer 1

1932~1933

Question 2

What does Holodomor mean?

Answer 2

Death by starvation

Question 3

What was Ukraine’s name in 1917 when it had independence?

Answer 3

Ukrainian National Republic

Question 4

What was Ukraine called in the USSR? (Hint: USSR)

Answer 4

Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (1922)

Question 5

What is self-reliance?

Answer 5

Making food, etc. that you need on your own

Question 6

What was Ukraine known for

Answer 6

Farmland (fertilized soil)

Question 7

What was Stalin’s goal in the Five year plan?

Answer 7

Industrialize all of the Soviet Union at a rapid pace

Question 8

What is “collectivization” of agriculture?

Answer 8

Consolidating farms into one or a few big farms.

Question 9

What is a kulak?

Answer 9

A wealthy peasant (people who resisted)

Question 10

How did Stalin treat kulaks?

Answer 10

stole their belongings and sometimes even executed them

Question 11

What is a quota?

Answer 11

A specific goal to achieve by a certain time (1931)

Question 12

How much grain was taken from Ukraine in 1932?

Answer 12

abt 4 million tons (4.27 mil)

Question 13

How did Stalin keep people from taking more grain?

Answer 13

Threaten them with punishments ranging from 10 years in prison up to the death penalty

Question 14

What happened if your farm was blacklisted?

Answer 14

All food found was taken and they were prohibited from receiving help

Question 15

Why did people start leaving Ukraine?

Answer 15

There was no food

Question 16

How did Stalin react to the people trying to leave Ukraine?

Answer 16

Closed Ukrainian borders and policed migration even inside of Ukraine

Question 17

Why did the Soviets ease up on grain confiscation?

Answer 17

The labor force was weakening due to people just dying of starvation

Question 18

If you work at a collectivized farm, who are you working for?

Answer 18

The state

Question 19

How many people died during the Holodomor?

Answer 19

4 million deaths in Ukraine (recorded, not 100%)

Question 20

How was the population recovered in the areas where the famine hit the hardest?

Answer 20

The state sent people to resettle these areas

Question 21

What did Stalin do to cover up the Holodomor?

Answer 21

He launched a massive disinformation campaign.

Question 22

How does the current world view the Holodomor?

Answer 22

Mostly recognized by many as a genocide

Question 23

How has Russia’s response differed in current years?

Answer 23

They claim that the famine hit the rest of the country just as hard

Question 24

Why would it be helpful to understand the famine and Russia’s relations with Ukraine?

Answer 24

(My personal opinion)
We can see how the same tactics of cover ups and the same excuses are used to spread disinformation about the current war

It makes it easier to understand why Ukraine is fighting back so hard. (because they don’t want history to repeat itself)