Communism in Russia II

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The Cheka is another name for the first Bolshevik:

Secret police

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2

During the Russian Civil War, the Bolshevik Party became:

Less democratic

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3

Soviet bureaucrats were often referred to as:

Apparatchiks

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4

The New Economic Policy (NEP) did all of the following EXCEPT:

Fail to revive the Russian economy

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5

The Kronstadt Rebels of 1921 complained that:

The Party became a closed dictatorship

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6

The term nomenklatura signified:

Important people in Soviet society

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7

The Scissors Crisis of 1923 indicated that:

Peasants still held the necessary power to blackmail the government

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8

What happened during Soviet Industrialization (1928-1937)?

Adult literacy rates increased, industrial production grew at a faster rate in the USSR than in the US, the party resorted to both economic incentives and punitive measures

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9

A barak was

A primitive form of communal housing

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10

Which of the following occurred first? (First Five Year Plan, Kirov decrees, NEP, Russian Civil War)

Russian Civil War

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11

Which of the following occurred last? (First Five Year Plan, Kirov decrees, NEP, Russian Civil War)

Kirov decrees

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12

Which of the following occurred first? (Soviets test atomic bomb, Berlin Airlift, McCarthyism, Korean War begins)

Berlin Airlift

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13

Which of the following occurred last? (Yalta Conference, Berlin Airlift, Soviets test atomic bomb, Korean War Begins)

Korean War Begins

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14

The major victims of the Purges were:

Party and military leaders

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15

The phrase “Iron Curtain” is most closely associated with:

Winston Churchill

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16

The Marshall Plan was designed to fight the expansion of communism primarily by

Offering economic aid to the countries of Europe

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17

Which of the following is NOT a permanent member of the UN Security Council? (China, Great Britain, France, Germany)

Germany

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18

The former advisor to FDR who was accused of being a communist spy was

Alger Hiss

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19

Who was actually executed as a spy?

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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20

The communist leader of China was

Mao Zedong

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21

Joseph McCarthy was accused of

Recklessly accusing government officials of being communists to further his career

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22

The two pain parts of the United Nations are the

General Assembly and Security Council.

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