This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 120 min
Items in this lesson
9. The Time of World Wars
9.2: the INTERBELLUM
9.2.2: the Soviet Union under Stalin
Practise Questions
Slide 1 - Slide
1. What did Stalin do to rise up in the party?
A
Organized peaceful protests
B
Negotiated peace treaties
C
Wrote poetry and painted
D
Spread propaganda and carried out illegal activities
Slide 2 - Quiz
capitalism
communism
2. make the correct combinations
businesses are owned by the state
big difference between poor and rich
you work to make a profit for yourself
peasant must sell their crops to the state
the state controls the economy
Slide 3 - Drag question
5. How had Stalin become so powerful when Lenin was still alive?
A
he was trusted by Lenin
B
he gave friends important jobs in the party
C
he had helped the Bolsheviks win the Civil War
D
he had ended WW1
Slide 4 - Quiz
6. Lenin appointed Stalin as his successor in his testament
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 5 - Quiz
7. Stalin felt that the Soviet Union needed to become an industrial superpower in order to compete with the capitalist countries
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 6 - Quiz
8. In a totalitarian state privacy is an important value
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 7 - Quiz
9a. In a Five Year Plan factories were told to make as much profit as possible within 5 years.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 8 - Quiz
9b. Five Year plans fit well in a totalitarian state
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 9 - Quiz
9c. What do you think a Soviet factory manager’s priority would be?
A
Making a high quality product
B
The safety of the workers
C
Getting the job done in time
D
Making profit
Slide 10 - Quiz
10a. Collectivisation comes from the word "collective". Which word does NOT belong to "collective"?
A
together
B
cooperation
C
acting as a group
D
individual
Slide 11 - Quiz
10b. Explain what was collective about the "Collectivisation" of the Soviet agriculture.
Slide 12 - Open question
11. Why were kulaks seen as enemies of communism?
Slide 13 - Open question
12. Here you see the logo of the communist party of the Soviet Union. It contains of two tools. Choose the number and write down the name of the tool and write down whether this was used in industry or agriculture
Slide 14 - Open question
In this exercise, you will practise skill 11: Sources: Usability, and skill 14: Supporting statements. Use the data to support the statement that the Five-Year Plan was a success and a failure as well.
Write your answer as follows: "It was a success because...... It was a failure because...."
Slide 15 - Open question
13. click on the link "video" in the text slide "collectivisation" and watch the video.
Explain the causal relationship between collectivisation and Mrs. Karpenko’s story.
Slide 16 - Open question
14. Why are trials in which opponents of Stalin were tried called "show trials"?
Slide 17 - Open question
15. A person is not guilty until tried and proven guilty. This statement is one of the cornerstones of our current rule of law. How does this differ from the judicial situation in the Soviet Union?