World History 28 Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Russia | In 1917 before WW1 ever ended, ____ was in trouble. |
| allies | Russia was part of the ___ with France and Great Britain. |
| World War 1 | Millions of Russians died in ____. |
| short food supply | There was much famine due to ____. |
| Czar Nicholas II | The Russian people blamed _____. |
| Lenin | _____ was an enemy of the Czar. |
| Bolshevik | Lenin's followers were known as |
| Karl Marx | Lenin wanted a classless society based on the teaching of _____. |
| Socialist | Karl Marx was a _____. |
| Germany | He was from _____. |
| Soviet | _____ became known as a term for the council set up by Lenin to govern Russia. |
| Germany | Lenin made peace with _____ |
| unrest | There was continued _____ in Russia under Lenin. |
| Communist | Bolshevik's became known as ______. |
| Democracy | Russian people wanted a ____. |
| Communist | _____ ran the soviets. |
| Civil war | erupted in russia. |
| rebels | ____ fought against Lenin's army. |
| Red army | Lenin's army was best known as the ____. |
| 1921 | by _____, the Communist had defeated the rebels. |
| Russian | By 1922, Lenin and the Communists controlled much of the Old _____ Empire. |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republic | They call it the USSR _____. |
| Soviet Union | The USSR became known as the _____. |
| republics | The Soviet Union was made up of many small states known as ________. |
| economy | Under the Communist party, the _____slowed even further. |
| factories and land | Lenin said that he wanted to put the ______under the control of the people. |
| Communist | However, the _____ was actually in control. |
| Socialist | Lenin had to give up some of his _____ ideals. |
| New Economy Policy | His _____(NEP) did allow some private profit. |
| peasants | It also let _____ own plots of land. |
| business | The NEP actually improved _____ and the peoples standard of living. |
| Joseph Stalin | Lenin died in 1924 and ______ became head of the USSR. |
| cold | Stalin was a ___ leader. |
| destroyed | He _____all the people that were reportedly against him. |
| labor camps | His police arrested millions and had them shot or place in _____. |
| government | brought all farm and factories under _____ control. |
| command economy | in his, ______ government, his officials made all economic decisions. |
| production | workers who met ____ goals were rewarded; those who did not were punished. |
| poor | Russians remained ____, their stand of living and spirits were low. |
| trust | Stalin built up Soviet trade, yet many nations did not fully ____ him. |
| totalitarian | Stalin turned the USSR into a ____ state. |
| dictatorship | In this form of government, one party ____regulates every aspect of the lives of citizens. |
| propaganda | Stalin used _____ to make himself a hero. |
| censored | He _____ - or withheld - news going in and out of the USSR. |
| capitalism | He often spoke of the evils of ____. |
| secret police | The Communist used ____ to silence all critics. |
| churches and sina gods. | They closed all _____ in an effort to replace religion with communism. |
| health care | they offered free schooling and ___-. |
| women | New laws gave _____ training and jobs. |
| low | the standard of living remained _____. |
| 1953 | Stalin died in ____ |
| modern | The USSR had become a _____ military and industrial power. |
| fear | censorship, propaganda, and ____ remain a part of lives of the citizens. |
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