9.2.2 the Soviet Union under Stalin - Q -

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9. The Time of World Wars

9.2: the INTERBELLUM

9.2.2: the Soviet Union under Stalin

Practise Questions

1. What did Stalin do to rise up in the party?

1. Organized peaceful protests
2. Negotiated peace treaties
3. Wrote poetry and painted
4. Spread propaganda and carried out illegal activities

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

5. How had Stalin become so powerful when
Lenin was still alive?

1. he was trusted by Lenin
2. he gave friends important jobs in the party
3. he had helped the Bolsheviks win the Civil War
4. he had ended WW1

6. Lenin appointed Stalin as his successor in his testament

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

7. Stalin felt that the Soviet Union needed to become an industrial superpower in order to compete with the capitalist countries

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

8. In a totalitarian state privacy is an important value

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

9a. In a Five Year Plan factories were told to make as much profit as possible within 5 years.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

9b. Five Year plans fit well in a totalitarian state

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

9c. What do you think a Soviet factory manager’s
priority would be?

1. Making a high quality product
2. The safety of the workers
3. Getting the job done in time
4. Making profit

10a. Collectivisation comes from the word "collective".
Which word does NOT belong to "collective"?

1. together
2. cooperation
3. acting as a group
4. individual

10b. Explain what was collective about the "Collectivisation" of the Soviet agriculture.

11. Why were kulaks seen as enemies of communism?

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

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...."

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.

14. Why are trials in which opponents of Stalin were tried called "show trials"?

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?

16. What was the purpose of the Great Purge?

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