Multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer.
- In 1924, the Russian city of Petrograd was renamed
a) Leningrad.
b) St. Petersburg.
c) Stalingrad.
d) Volgagrad.
- A Russian complaint regarding the seaport of Odessa is that
a) the harbour is ice-bound most of the year.
b) the harbour is too shallow.
c) ocean-access is too close to Finland.
d) ocean-access is through the Turkish-controlled Dardanelles.
- During the Spanish Civil War, Stalin ordered the Comintern to
a) join with Franco against the Republicans.
b) promote communist revolutions in Europe.
c) cooperate with the Popular Front against the Nationalists.
d) undermine the peace-keeping role of the League of Nations.
- Which nation was a member of the League of Nations during its entire existence?
a) Russia
b) France
c) Japan
d) Germany
- Which of the following represents a change in Soviet foreign policy after 1917?
a) Communism would be confined to eastern Europe
b) Communism would adopt capitalist policies
c) Communism would be centred in Russia
d) Communism would be international
- Marxist theories of a "classless society" have been most corrupted in
a) Japan.
b) Russia.
c) China.
d) India.
- The first Russian Five Year Plan was least concerned with
a) raising the standard of living.
b) increasing industrial production.
c) increasing the acreage of collective farms.
d) building railways and canals.
- Stalin attempted to eliminate the kulaks in
a) the Great Purges.
b) War Communism.
c) the First Five Year Plan.
d) the New Economic Policy.
- The international spread of communism was the objective of
a) the Cheka.
b) the Comintern.
c) the Comencon.
d) the Gosplan.
- The objective of the "comintern" is best described as
a) socialism in one country.
b) the spread of world revolution.
c) the development of industry in Russia.
d) the elimination of political dissidents.
- Stalin's forced labour camps for enemies of the state were called
a) gulags.
b) kulaks.
c) dumas.
d) pogroms.
- Stalin eliminated the kulaks in the 1930's because they
a) organized trade unions and held strikes.
b) resisted collectivization.
c) were the least productive farmers.
d) supported a czarist Russia and the orthodox church.
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