RUSSIA
what are gulags
forced labor camps for percieved "enemies", basically a prison
established by vladmir lenin, and then reached their death peak under stalin
9/10 who went in died
over 25 million were sent under stalin
totalitarianism vs authoritarian
author = leaders just want to stay in power, there is a certain degree of freedom
total = they control every aspect of society
what is the backbone of totalitarianism
the guiding philosophy
their leader benito mussolini by
censoring the media,
eliminating opps,
controlling youth education,
and using secret police to cause violence and induce fear
iran is what religion
shiite
the NEW ECONOMIC PLAN
a plan by vladmir lenin that allowed for minimal capitalism.
allowed some small businesses to make money.
it replaced "war communism", which was pure communism that had reduced russia's production
what was the mein kampf
a book Hitler wrote in prison that said he was going to replace the people who lived in germany with true germans
what was the beer hall putsch
hitler says its time for them to take over the government
they pull guns to government officials' heads
forget to take them hostage, hitler is sentenced to 5 years but gets out in just 9 months
the great leap forward
an economic plan in china by mao zedong (the communist party) that collectivised farms and had people make steel in their backyard
it led to economic disaster and a great famine 20million+ died!
saudi is what religion
sunni
who was the right-hand man of vladmir lenin?
leon trotski
he was in charge of the soviet military
the three basic types of totalitarianism
ideological, like communism
religious, like Islam
ideological racist (fascism)
a totalitarian society has a monopoly on what main two things
a monopoly on weapons, the government has weapons but you don't
a monopoly on communication, telephones, radio, blah blah
cultural revolution
a revolution by mao zedong after the great leap forward failed
he mobilized the youth to kill the old people and old traditions
iran had a ...
democracy with theocratic oversight
what was the 5 year plan
a plan established by joseph stalin
replaced the NEP after lenin died
pure communism again!!
the goal was to quickly industrialize russia and they focused on heavy industry
what was the great purge/great terror?
a purge caused by joseph stalin
killed 8-10 million
set out to eliminate communist party members and people that would get in the way of him being in full power
acronym
cool cats date dogs cause avery bavery avery always boo'd cats
what was the laogai
saudi arabia has....
a monarchy with over 7000 princes! they control everything + are much more strict than iran
what was the holodomor
what was the weimar republic in germany
the government before the great depression hit extremely hard
stalins guiding philosophy was
"Socialism in one country"
who were the black shirts in italy
a paramilitary group
helped mussolini take complete control