Foundations of Communism
Who co-authored The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Who was the last Tsar of Russia before the revolution
Nicholas II
Who led the Communist Party in China to victory in 1949
What was the term for the ideological conflict between the USA and USSR after WWII
The Cold War
What was the name of the alliance formed by the USSR and its satellite states in response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
What term describes the working class in Marxist theory
Proletariat
Peace, Land, and Bread
What was the name of Mao's campaign to rapidly transform China into a socialist society
The Great Leap Forward
What was the U.S. policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
Containment
What term describes the division between Western capitalist countries and Eastern communist countries in Europe
The Iron Curtain
Who owns of society's wealth and means of production during Marxist theory
Bourgeoisie
What was the name of the Bolshevik secret police
Cheka
What was the name of the cultural movement initiated by Mao to preserve communist ideology
The Cultural Revolution
What was the name of the U.S. plan to provide economic aid to rebuild Western European economies after WWII
The Marshall Plan
What was the name of the Soviet policy of openness and transparency introduced by Gorbachev
Glasnost
What is the term for a society without social classes or state structures, as envisioned by Marx
Classless society/Communism
What policy did Stalin implement to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union
Five-year plans
What was the name of the 6,000-mile retreat by Chinese Communists to evade the Nationalist forces
The Long March
What was the name of the failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
What was the name of the Soviet policy of economic restructuring introduced by Gorbachev
Perestroika
What is the Marxist concept of the progression of history through stages of economic development
Historical Materialism
What was the term for Stalin's campaign of political repression, including purges and show trials
The Great Purge
What was the name of the communist regime in Cambodia responsible for the Cambodian Genocide
Khmer Rouge
What was the name of the 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and the USSR over Soviet missiles in Cuba
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962
What was the name of the 1986 nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union
Chernobyl