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Chapter 16
The Red Menace in Russia (KCCS)
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History
7th Grade
05/08/2010

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After Lenin, who was the leader in the Soviet Union?
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Joseph Stalin.
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What does the name "Joseph Stalin" mean?
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Man of Steal.
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Who was one of the cruelest dictators in history?
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Joseph Stalin.
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What is: Taking the land from owners of all farms and joining it into large farms and ordered them to turn the harvest over to the government?
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Collectivization.
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What was the purpose of purges?
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To eliminate anyone he thought might be disloyal.
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When did Germany attack the Soviet Union?
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June 1941.
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What countries gave supplies to the Soviet Union to flight off Germany?
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United States and Great Britain.
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What battle was the turning point of the war for the Soviet Union?
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Battle of Stalingrad.
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How many (estimated) soldiers and civilians died?
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14 million.
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Between 1928-1952, how many citizens of the Soviet Union dies in Stalin's reign of terror by execution or starvation or in prison?
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42 million.
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Who was responsible for more deaths, Hitler or Stalin?
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Stalin.
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When did Stalin die?
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1953.
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Who replaces Stalin as A Soviet dictator?
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Nikita Khrushchev.
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Why did Khrushchev announce a policy of "de-Stalinization"?
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Because Stalin had gone to far.
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What is a dissident?
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People who criticized the Soviet government.
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Karl Marx taught the root to society's problems was:
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Unequal distribution of wealth
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True or False: In Lenin's Communist state, there was room for individual freedom and private property.
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False.
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True or False: In Lenin's Communist state, the people had power.
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False.
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True or False: In Lenin's Communist state, the people had to accept Communist philosophy or risk punishment.
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True.
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What was the name for the pure form of Communism Lenin first tried to impose?
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War Communism.
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What is the official religious belief of Communism?
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Atheists.
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Define Atheism.
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No god.
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True or False: The Communist Party is no longer in Russia.
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True.
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Name all five Soviet Union leaders that we studied in order of leadership.
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Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev
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