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What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve?

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Due to the overlap in knowledge and themes, the following 'Twentieth Century Political History' Unit Quiz assesses knowledge from the following enquiries: 1) What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve? 2) Why did Fascists gain support? 3) How were people controlled in totalitarian regimes? The Unit Quizzes for all of these enquiries are the same quiz on the Twentieth Century Political History.

Q1.Who was the leader of the Red Army during the Civil War?

TrotskyLeninStalin

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Q2.Which word is defined as a system in which people are made to join the army?

AbdicationPropagandaConscription

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Q3.Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks between 1903 and 1924?

Vladimir LeninLeon TrotskyJoseph Stalin

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Q4.What is defined as a system which replaces private ownership of property with public ownership where everyone is treated equally?

CommunismCapitalismRevolution

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Q5.Which of the following Bolshevik leaders thought that families were traditional and should be completely transformed?

Leon TrotskyVladimir LeninAlexandra Kollontai

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Q6.When did the Bolsheviks seize control of Russia?

February 1917April 1917October 1917

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Q7.Who was the first fascist leader of Italy?

Benito MussoliniAdolf HitlerJoseph Stalin

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Q8.Which of the following is a common feature of fascism?

DemocracyNationalismLiberalism

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Q9.Who was the leader of the Nazi Party?

Joseph StalinBenito MussoliniAdolf Hitler

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Q10.What impact did the Great Depression have on the German economy?

It strengthened the economyIt weakened the economyThe economy did not change

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Q11.Which leader came to power following the Spanish Civil War?

Francisco FrancoAdolf HitlerBenito Mussolini

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Q12.Which social group tended to support the communists?

Working classMiddle classUpper class

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Q13.What was the Gestapo?

The secret police in the Soviet UnionThe secret police in Nazi GermanyThe system of labour camps in the Soviet Union

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Q14.What was the Gulag?

The secret police in the Soviet UnionThe secret police in Nazi GermanyThe system of labour camps in the Soviet Union

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Q15.Which of the following is a feature of a police state?

Members of political parties are allowed to criticise the leaderSecret police keep people under control using violence or the threat of violenceEverybody has the right to a fair trial before a judge

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Q16.Which of these is the best definition of 'totalitarianism'?

A system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profitA system which replaces private ownership of property with public shared ownershipA system where those in power have complete control over the public and private lives of citizens

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Q17.What was the process of moving peasants onto large state-owned farms in the Soviet Union called?

DemocratisationCollectivisationGlobalisation

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Q18.What is meant by a cult of personality?

The use of propaganda to persecute individualsThe use of propaganda to present leaders as god-like figuresThe use of the secret police to attack the opposition

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Q19.What is defined as 'information or ideas which are often false, that are used to make people agree with something'?

TerrorPropagandaCensorship

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Q20.Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1930s?

Joseph StalinAdolf HitlerVladimir Lenin

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Q21.What occurred during Kristallnacht?

The peasants were forced onto collective farms in the Soviet UnionIt was declared that Jewish people were not allowed to marry German peopleThe Nazi police attacked synagogues and Jewish property in Germany

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