Stalin's Political and Economic Policies

^{12015 35} Which goal did Joseph Stalin establish for the Soviet Union?

• becoming an industrial power

• creating a golden age of culture

• instituting a parliamentary monarchy

• easing tensions with the USA

62014 34 Which statement about the Soviet economy

under Joseph Stalin is accurate?

• The Soviet Union increased its power by

  developing heavy industry.

• The government reduced its role in planning

  industrial production.

• Farmers were encouraged to compete in a

  free market economy.

• A large selection of consumer goods became

  available in the Soviet Union.

^{12013 31} An economic change introduced in the Soviet

Union under Joseph Stalin would include

• establishing free-market reforms

• boycotting Baltic Sea trade routes

• focusing on the production of consumer

  goods

• collectivizing agriculture

Forced famine in Ukraine (1932–1933) was a direct result of...

• Czar Nicholas’s involvement in World War I

• Vladmir Lenin’s New Economic Policy

• Joseph Stalin’s collectivization

• Nikita Khrushchev’s removal from power

Which aspect of the economy was emphasized in Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans?

• heavy industry

• consumer goods

• famine relief

• private landownership

What was Stalin’s political contribution to Marxist theory?

• Capitalism in Russia

• Socialism in One Country

• Socialism across the whole world

• Capitalism Now!

Stalin carried out economic development through...

• a series of plans around Globalisation

• a series of plans called the New Deal

• a series of plans called the New Economic Policy

• a series of Five Year Plans for industry & agriculture

As war loomed focus in industry turned to...

• preparing for a national festival

• preparation for an increase in the population

• industrial preparation for war

• canning foods

Till what year did the Third Five Year Plan run?

• 1945

• 1928

• 1939

• 1941

The Five Year Plans were characterized by

• housing shortages

• unemployment

• low literacy rates

• capitalist tenancies