Stalin's IMMEDIATE response to the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 was to

go into seclusion for several days

coordinate a secret counteroffensive through the Caucasus

go into seclusion for several days

appeal to the Allies for assistance

publicly rally the population around the socialist cause

The food crisis that existed when the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 persisted for several years afterward, mostly because

peasants were given no incentive to produce under War Communism's requisition policies

a widespread drought was killing off many Russian crops

surplus stores of grain were hoarded by thuggish overlords in rural areas

most Russian grain was being exported to support the expansion of Bolshevik power

peasants were given no incentive to produce under War Communism's requisition policies

In 1986, the Soviet Union and Japan had no working peace agreement because of

the Soviet occupation of four northern Japanese islands since World War II

lingering tensions from the Soviet destruction of a commercial airliner just north of Japan

the Soviet occupation of four northern Japanese islands since World War II

the Japanese refusal to cede all of Sakhalin Island

the lack of a formal treaty after the Russo-Japanese War

In the late nineteenth-century Russia, the commune system that was established after the emancipation of the peasantry proved to be relatively unproductive. The main reason for this was because the

majority of peasants did not have hereditary tenure and therefore had no interest in developing the land

nobles still controlled the flow of capital resources into the communes

population was increasing at a rate that could not be supported by family farming

political alliances among commune leaders were mostly corrupt and siphoned off much of the profits

For what reason was Soviet secret police chief Lavrenti Beria tried and executed in 1953?

Other Soviet leaders felt threatened by his power.

He was a spy working for the British.

He protested Krushchev's policy of de-Stalinization.

He was one of the Jews implicated in the Doctors' Plot.

The reign of Alexander III (1881-1894) can be most accurately characterized as

a harsh police state designed to re-establish autocracy

a period of cautions reform whose slow pace further angered revolutionaries

economic stagnation caused by the retrenchment of industrial capabilities

a harsh police state designed to re-establish autocracy

a country preoccupied with foreign wars to the neglect of domestic issues

The short-term effect of the 1967 Six-Day War on Soviet foreign relations was

Arab skepticism of Soviet resolve

improved diplomatic relations with Israel

increased Soviet involvement in building the Arab militaries

a strengthening of cooperation with the West

Which of the following was NOT an idea that was characteristic of the changing landmarks movement of the 1920s? The

Bolsheviks were the embodiment of the Russian spirit and would achieve the ultimate stability of the nation

revolution had been halted by the Soviet government, which was proceeding to carry out programs

evolution from radicalism to empire would proceed as it had after the French revolution

Russian revolution was fundamentally a nationalist revolution with Slavic roots

Among the factors that permitted the Bolsheviks' relatively bloodless takeover of the Winter Palace in the fall of 1917, the most significant was

the lack of resistance from from the military

their ability to appease the landed aristocracy

the brilliance of Lenin and Trotsky

The 1961 Vienna meetings between Kennedy and Krushchev were forced primarily on the issue of

nuclear arms reduction in general

The primary focus of Stalin's first Five-Year Plan was

an increase in labor productivity

the qualitative improvement of goods

the integration of peasants into urban population structures

Russia's great 19th-century southern trade had its foundation in

the rail lines breaching out of Irkutsk

Astrakhan, at the delta of the Volga River

Under the 12th Five-Year Plan, launched in 1985, economic growth was to be accomplished chiefly by

greater productivity and higher technology

revenues from steel and arms exports

increased employment in the defense sector

The ___ represented the first -- and last -- collaboration between the Soviet government and members of the intelligentsia?

All-Russia Famine Relief Committee

At the Potsdam conference of 1945, United States President Truman was not as conciliatory toward Stalin as his predecessor, Roosevelt, had been. The main reason for this was that

Truman knew the atomic bomb had been developed

Truman was generally a more forceful personality than Roosevelt

the new British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, was urging Truman to exclude the Soviets from the war effort against Japan

Truman knew the atomic bomb had been developed

Stalin's designs on Eastern Europe had been made clearer

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The Soviet Union was one of the world’s biggest and most powerful Nation in the world. The collapse of this union brought with it cheers and fears. This collapse led to the end of the cold war that had lasted for almost 44 years. Test your knowledge of this rise and fall by taking the quiz below.

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Rise & Fall Of The Soviet Union Test 1

Stalin's IMMEDIATE response to the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 was to

The food crisis that existed when the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 persisted for several years afterward, mostly because

In 1986, the Soviet Union and Japan had no working peace agreement because of

In 1926, a United Opposition was formed within the Communist Party. Against whom was this opposition united?

A large subdivision of a Soviet republic, comparable to a province, was known as a(n)

In the late nineteenth-century Russia, the commune system that was established after the emancipation of the peasantry proved to be relatively unproductive. The main reason for this was because the

Which of the following was the first country to accept Soviet gold in the period following the 1917 revolution?

For what reason was Soviet secret police chief Lavrenti Beria tried and executed in 1953?

The New Economic Policy (NEP) declared by Lenin in 1921 was, first and formost, a(n) ___ policy.

The Rapallo Treaty of 1922 marked the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Republic and

Throughout the Soviet era, the most powerful body within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was the

The reign of Alexander III (1881-1894) can be most accurately characterized as

The short-term effect of the 1967 Six-Day War on Soviet foreign relations was

Which of the following was NOT an idea that was characteristic of the changing landmarks movement of the 1920s? The

The USSR's quota-driven command economy was in operation to some degree from the year ___ to the fall of the Soviet Union.

Among the factors that permitted the Bolsheviks' relatively bloodless takeover of the Winter Palace in the fall of 1917, the most significant was

The 1961 Vienna meetings between Kennedy and Krushchev were forced primarily on the issue of

The primary focus of Stalin's first Five-Year Plan was

Each of the following was an issue that received significant attention at the 1967 Glassboro Summit between Lyndon Johnson and Premier Kosygin EXCEPT

What was the term used for senior members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union who held the most important positions in the government and who received substantial material benefits in return for their loyalty?

Russia's great 19th-century southern trade had its foundation in

Under the 12th Five-Year Plan, launched in 1985, economic growth was to be accomplished chiefly by

The ___ represented the first -- and last -- collaboration between the Soviet government and members of the intelligentsia?

At the Potsdam conference of 1945, United States President Truman was not as conciliatory toward Stalin as his predecessor, Roosevelt, had been. The main reason for this was that

In 1931, the Central Committee passed a resolution calling for the return of Soviet schools to the old methods, courses, lessons, and themes that had been condemned by the revolution. The reason for this was beacuse

Who was the first top Soviet leader to visit the United States?

The main reason for the slow pace of Gorbachev's early reforms was that he

The original Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, established in 1922, included the ___ republic.

Who was elected president of the Russian republic in 1990 and promised to create a market economy in 500 days?

Which of the following countries did NOT declare war on the Ottoman Empire in 1912?

Approximately what percentage of the total population of the Soviet Union was killed during World War II?

Russian history proper can be said to begin

Who was named president of the Soviet Union at a July 2, 1985 session of the Supreme Soviet?

The main difference between the 1924 constitution and the one drafted by Stalin in 1936 was that Stalin's constitution

Though originally an umbrella word applied to Gorbachev's entire reform program came to be applied primarily in reference to

From the turn of the century, which of the following structures evolved most slowly in Russia?

Krushchev's 1954 Virgin Lande program can best be described as a(n)

Which of the following did NOT become a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?