Communism Basics TpT

Match the following

• Book written by Karl Marx outlining his ideas

• Private Businesses

• Ownership of this is prohibited under communist rule

• Communist Manifesto

• Father of Communism

• Allies

• Grouping of countries taken over by the Communist

• Eastern Bloc

• Side the Soviet Union joined later in World War II

• Karl Marx

Match the following

• Karl Marx felt everyone should be this way

• Vladimir Lenin

• Party who overthrew Russia’s government

• Commonly

• Leader of Russian Communism

• Mao Zedong

• Leader of Communist China

• Equal

• Everything in communism should be owned this way

• Bolshevik

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Karl Marx?

• He wrote a book called Communist Manifesto

• He is considered the Father of Communism

• He was a dictator

• He felt everyone should be treated equally

Which idea did Karl Marx feel should be eliminated?

• Taxes

• Private Ownership

• Democracy

• Communism

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Vladimir Lenin?

• He was considered the Father of Communism

• He was the leader of Russia, which later became the Soviet Union

• He took control of Russia under the Bolshevik Party

• He took over many countries after World War II and called it the Eastern Bloc

Which war was a fight between the Soviet Union and the West over Communism?

• World War I

• World War II

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the economic system of communism?

• Most things are owned commonly

• People may own their own private business

• The government owns factories

• The ownership of private businesses is prohibeted

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Communist form of government?

• The country is typically poor

• The citizens have little freedom

• The citizens have hope communism will improve their lives

• They have a president

Which of the following is NOT a negative result of communism?

• The people are treated equally.

• The countries become extremely poor.

• People lack the most vital of resources

• Their economies cannot keep up with free economies.

Which sentence LEAST contributes to the central idea?

• Communism rose from the idea that everyone should have food and shelter and be treated equally

• The Soviet Union fought with the West for many years in what is known as the Cold War.

• Marx’s theory of communism meant that everyone owned everything together

• Communism may also refer to a form of government where the Communist Party controls everything.