Stalin's Russia
Imperial China
Communist China
Southwest Asia
Totalitarian Terms
100

Joseph Stalin would change his name to reflect a tougher image as a revolutionary.

What does "Stalin" mean in Russian?

Man of Steel.

100

On May 4th, 1919, over 3,000 angry students gathered in the center of Beijing. The demonstrations spread to other cities and exploded into a national movement.

It was called, what?

May Fourth Movement.

100

The armed forces of the Communist Party were called the what?

Red Army.

100

In 1932, Abd-al-Aziz Ibn Saud renamed his new kingdom to what?

Saudi Arabia (after his family).

100

Dictators of totalitarian states use terror and violence to force obedience and to crush opposition. This is called what?

Police Terror. 

200

Stalin would not tolerate ________  _________. 

He saw it as a threat to conformity and obedience.

Individual creativity (or freedom).

200

Nationalists overthrew the Qing Dynasty: Among the groups pushing for modernization and nationalization was the ___________, or the Nationalist Party.

Kuomintang

200

The leader of the newly formed Soviet Union decided to help China’s Nationalist government. 

In 1923, he sent military advisors and equipment to the Nationalists.

What was his name?

Vladimir Lenin.

200

He was given the title of "Father of the Turks."

What was his name?

Mustafa Kemel.

200

Totalitarian states spread propaganda, biased or incomplete information, used to sway people to accept certain beliefs or actions

Propaganda/Censorship.

300

In 1937, Stalin launched a campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened his power. 

What was the name of this campaign?

The Great Purge

300

Who was the first great leader of the Nationalist Party?

 Sun Yixian

300

After Sun Yixian died in 1925, who took control of the Nationalist Party? 


Hint: he was the son of a middle-class merchant.

Jiang Jieshi

300

The rising demand for ___________ products in industrialized countries brought new business explorations to Southwest Asia.

Oil (or Petroleum).

300

This term is used to describe a political system in which the government tries to control every part of people's lives, as seen in the novel 1984 by George Orwell.

What term is this?

Orwellian.

400

In 1928, the government began to seize over 25 million privately owned farms in the USSR. 

It combined them into large, government-owned farms called __________ farms.

Collective (or cooperative).

400

In 1921, a group met in Shanghai to organize the Chinese Communist Party. He was an assistant librarian at Beijing University and was one of its founders.

What was his name?

Mao Zedong

400

Outnumbered, the Communist Party leaders realized that they faced defeat. In a daring move, 100,000 Communist forces fled. They began a hazardous, 6,000-mile-long journey called the _____  _____.

Long March.

400

The Ottoman Empire was ruled by a what?

Sultan (or absolute monarchy).

400

Totalitarian states rely on ___________–instruction in the government’s beliefs to mold people’s minds.

Indoctrination.

500

This policy set impossibly high quotas (or several goals) to increase the output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity.

What was the name of this policy?

Hint: it only lasted a few years and fell short of its targets.

The Five-Year Plans.

500

There were “Three Principles of the People.”


  1. People’s Rights–democracy.

  2. People’s Livelihood–economic security for all Chinese.  

What was the first principle?

Nationalism–an end to foreign control.

500

What term is used to describe a violent conflict between groups within the same country?

Civil War.

500

Differences arose within the groups; however, they were unified behind the common goal of restoring what?

The Constitution of 1876.

500

Totalitarian leaders often create “enemies of the state” to blame for things that go wrong. This is called what?

Religious (or Ethnic Persecution).

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