3N - How well do I know Stalin's Soviet Union?

What were the aims of Stalin's economic policies?

• To rebuild the labour camps in Soviet Union

• To ensure that everyone has a better standard of living

• To make Soviet Union a superpower

• To increase his power over the country

In collectivisation, Stalin merged small, private farms into large government owned farms. What were they called?

• Communist Farms

• Stalin's Farms

• Gulags

• Collective Farms

Stalin blamed a group of wealthy peasants for failing to cooperate with the government. What were they called?

• Kulaks

• Gulags

• NKVD

• Stakhanovites

Which of the following is an impact of collectivisation?

• Wealthy peasants burnt their own crops and killed their own animals.

• Peasants now owned small farms.

• There were more peasants in Soviet Union.

• A new class of wealthy peasants were formed.

What did Stalin call his programmes to help Soviet Union's industries catch up with the rest of the world?

• 5 Day Plans

• 5 Month Plans

• 5 Year Plans

• 5 Decade Plans

How did Stalin carry out industrialisation?

• Through purges and show trials

• Through a series of Five-Year Plans

• Through the Komsomol

• Through the labour camps

Which of the following is NOT an impact of industrialisation?

• Soviet Union became an industrial base for powerful arms industry

• Expansion of the industrial workforce

• Wastage and overproduction in the haste to meet industrial targets

• Growth of consumer industries

Industrialisation focused on ________________

• proper education for the youths

• getting rid of Stalin's political opponent

• development of heavy industries like coal, iron, steel

• getting farm produce from the collective farms

How did Stalin maintain power in the Soviet Union?

• He was charismatic and won people over with his public speaking skills.

• He had free elections and people trusted his government.

• He inherited leadership of the country through his family.

• He executed his rivals and anyone who did not obey him.

Which of the following is a positive impact of Stalin's rule?

• Equal rights for women

• Decreased literacy rates

• Increase in consumer goods

• State control of society