Vocab
The Bolsheviks were...
Russian political group that called for worker control and advocated communism; seized control of Russia in October 1917; grew into the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Who caused Tsar Nicholas II to give up his thrown?
Russia's parliament and military leaders
The Soviet Union worked with whom to defeat the Axis powers during World War II?
Western powers
Unrest and protests spread in Russia during World War I.
True
What languages did the Soviet school's speak?
Russian, which was not the local language
Communism
A political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks
Vladimir Lenin
High prices for what product helped the Russian economy from 1999 to 2014?
oil
gulags were branches of government in the Soviet Union
False; they were actually forced labor camps set up by Stalin where millions died
Why have Putin's policies been criticized
Some say that he has taken away citizens' rights and threatened democracy.
Collectivization
a shift of control from an individual or company to a group called a collective
Who tried to reform the Soviet System by moving to increase freedom of speech and introduce more competition to the economy?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who controlled the Caucasus and Central Asia?
The Soviets
Putin has good relations with his neighbors
What showed how disastrous collectivization could be?
a horrible famine from 1932 to 1933. Collectives in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and elsewhere were forced to send all their grain to the government! This left none for the farmers!!!! More than 6 million died from starvation. Stalin did nothing to help.
Economic oligarchy
small group of people who control a country's economy and influence the government
emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin died
Stalin
Stalin used what kind of tactics to enforce his policies and maintain power?
brutal
Five year plans are government plans that set economic goals for the next four years, and detailed how-to achieve them
False, they set economic goals for 5 years, not 4
1999
sanction
action that attempts to force a country to follow international law
Who pushed for the development of industry and the collectivization of farms
Stalin
How did each of the former Soviet republics become independent?
Mikhail Gorbachev relaxed control over the countries of Eastern Europe. A group of military leaders then tried to take over the government and failed. The Soviet Union broke apart.
Lenin was the leader who wanted to grow industry
False; Stalin wanted to grow industry
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union struggled to pay for imported food and consumer goods. Shortages of what necessity were common?
basic goods