Founders and Ideology
In what writing was the communist ideology developed? And by whom?
What is Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
Which communist revolution was led by Lenin within Russia?
What is the October Revolution / Bolshevik Revolution?
What were the two main superpowers during the Cold War?
Who are The Soviet Union and The United States?
Who led China’s Communist Revolution and ruled from 1949 until his death in 1976?
Who is Mao Zedong?
Which Eastern European country had a peaceful protest movement called “Solidarity” that helped bring down Communism?
What is Poland?
Who are the haves, and who are the have-nots?
Who are the Haves = Bourgeoisie, Factory Owners? Have-nots = Proletariat, Factory Workers?
Who led the Cuban Revolution?
Who is Fidel Castro?
What military alliance was created between the United States and its allies during the Cold War?
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Which leader introduced “Perestroika” and “Glasnost” in the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
What was the name of the peaceful revolutions that overthrew Communist governments in Eastern Europe in 1989?
What are The Velvet Revolutions?
What is the transitional period that a nation has to go through before it becomes "communist"? And why?
(Hint: North Korea is still in this period)
What is a Dictatorship? and because the people need to be forced into giving up capitalism.
What was the name of the Communist Campaign in China that promoted collectivization, but only led to Famine?
What is the Great Leap Forward?
Which Cold War events brought the United States of America and the Soviet Union closest to Nuclear War?
What is The Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and responsible for the Genocide?
Who is Pol Pot?
What event in 1991 led to the final collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of independent republics?
What is the August Coup?
Karl Marx stated that a person's life is defined by their relationship with this
What is "Means of production"?
What differentiated the Romanian Communist Revolution of 1989 from the Velvet Revolutions within Eastern Europe?
What is The Romanian Revolution was considered to be extremely violent as it led to the execution of the leader?
How did the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan lead to the eventual fall of the Soviet Union?
What is it drained the Soviet Union of its resources, turned public opinion against them, and contributed to Internal weakening?
Who was the Ethiopian Communist leader and head of the Derg regime?
Who is Mengistu Haile Mariam?
What role did Pope Paul III play in the fall of Communism within Eastern Europe?
What is He promoted resistance in Poland, and he supported human rights and freedom movements?
What concept, introduced by Marx, describes the process by which workers become disconnected from the products of their labor, the labor process, their humanity, and each other under capitalist systems?
What is Alienation? (or “alienated labor” / “estranged labor”)
What were the ideological justifications for violence in Communist revolutions?
What is People believe that violence was needed to remove class struggle and to remove existing power structures?
How were the efforts of the USA and the Soviet Union different in Latin America?
What is America used CIA coups, military aid, and anti-Communist regimes, while the Soviet Union used support of liberation movements and socialist government?
What were the internal contradictions of Fidel Castro's rule in Cuba?
What is restricted freedom of the press, and led to Cuba's economic reliance on the USSR?
In what ways did Western television help in the decline of communism?
What is It exposed citizens to life in the West and helped organize protests?