Question 1

In what country did Soviet troops crush a 1968 rebellion in 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  Czechoslovakia 
B)  Belarus 
C)  Lithuania 
D)  Poland 
E)  Ukraine 
A)  Czechoslovakia 
B)  Belarus 
C)  Lithuania 
D)  Poland 
E)  Ukraine A

Question 2

An unanticipated by-product of glasnost was

Accepted Answer

A)  the establishment of a black market. 
B)  an increase in violent crimes. 
C)  a resurgence of ethnic tensions. 
D)  the return to a Stalinist regime. 
E)  a booming pornography industry. 
A)  the establishment of a black market. 
B)  an increase in violent crimes. 
C)  a resurgence of ethnic tensions. 
D)  the return to a Stalinist regime. 
E)  a booming pornography industry. C

Question 3

The ____ occurred while Khrushchev was in power.

Accepted Answer

A)  fall of the Berlin Wall 
B)  Afghanistan occupation 
C)  enunciation of the Carter-Khrushchev Accord 
D)  Twentieth National Congress speech 
E)  Korean War 
A)  fall of the Berlin Wall 
B)  Afghanistan occupation 
C)  enunciation of the Carter-Khrushchev Accord 
D)  Twentieth National Congress speech 
E)  Korean War D

Question 4

Which group or movement created huge rural communes, which proved to be an economic failure?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Red Guard 
B)  The Great Leap Forward 
C)  The Uninterrupted Revolution 
D)  The Fifth Modernization 
E)  The Great Proletarian Revolution 
A)  The Red Guard 
B)  The Great Leap Forward 
C)  The Uninterrupted Revolution 
D)  The Fifth Modernization 
E)  The Great Proletarian Revolution

Question 5

China has been seeking to limit its rate of population growth since a misguided period in the mid-1940s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Approximately ____ Soviet citizens were held in Siberian concentration camps on Stalin's order.

Accepted Answer

A)  5 million 
B)  9 million 
C)  11 million 
D)  12 million 
E)  15 million 
A)  5 million 
B)  9 million 
C)  11 million 
D)  12 million 
E)  15 million

Question 7

Khrushchev's fall from power in 1964 was due not only to his failed policies but also his personality, which had alienated other high Soviet officials.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Soviet economy

Accepted Answer

A)  grew rapidly in the heavy industry sector during the late 1940s and the early 1950s. 
B)  was, unlike the capitalist economies, devoted to raising the living standards of the poorest workers, the "toiling masses." 
C)  obtained capital for expansion from overseas governments and investors. 
D)  was overseen from Gosplan headquarters in the Lyubyanka building in Kharkov. 
E)  became consumer driven, thus eliminating black-market activity. 
A)  grew rapidly in the heavy industry sector during the late 1940s and the early 1950s. 
B)  was, unlike the capitalist economies, devoted to raising the living standards of the poorest workers, the "toiling masses." 
C)  obtained capital for expansion from overseas governments and investors. 
D)  was overseen from Gosplan headquarters in the Lyubyanka building in Kharkov. 
E)  became consumer driven, thus eliminating black-market activity.

Question 9

Under Brezhnev, economic incentives in the Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

A)  were increased in an attempt to bolster a stagnant agriculture. 
B)  made it possible for globally acclaimed Russian writers like Alexander Solzhenitsyn to travel outside the country to promote their work. 
C)  loosened up the "one child" policy that went into effect immediately after World War II. 
D)  were rarely taken advantage of, as every Soviet citizen was guaranteed an opportunity to work by the constitution. 
E)  were non-existent. 
A)  were increased in an attempt to bolster a stagnant agriculture. 
B)  made it possible for globally acclaimed Russian writers like Alexander Solzhenitsyn to travel outside the country to promote their work. 
C)  loosened up the "one child" policy that went into effect immediately after World War II. 
D)  were rarely taken advantage of, as every Soviet citizen was guaranteed an opportunity to work by the constitution. 
E)  were non-existent.

Question 10

The initial program of land collectivization in Communist China was

Accepted Answer

A)  modeled after that created in India after 1947. 
B)  instituted before the first Five-Year industrial plan was begun. 
C)  done in a much less confrontational manner than Stalin had used in the Soviet Union. 
D)  able to achieve the increases in agricultural output that Mao had expected. 
E)  a highly successful attempt to increase China's agricultural production. 
A)  modeled after that created in India after 1947. 
B)  instituted before the first Five-Year industrial plan was begun. 
C)  done in a much less confrontational manner than Stalin had used in the Soviet Union. 
D)  able to achieve the increases in agricultural output that Mao had expected. 
E)  a highly successful attempt to increase China's agricultural production.

Question 11

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

Accepted Answer

A)  Tibet and Xinjiang. 
B)  Shanghai and Nanjing. 
C)  Shandung and Beijing. 
D)  Peking and Hunan. 
E)  Mongolia and Manchuria. 
A)  Tibet and Xinjiang. 
B)  Shanghai and Nanjing. 
C)  Shandung and Beijing. 
D)  Peking and Hunan. 
E)  Mongolia and Manchuria.

Question 12

As an instrument of perestroika, glasnost allowed

Accepted Answer

A)  the banning of many books. 
B)  criticism of the government and Soviet society. 
C)  the exclusion of Western culture from the Soviet Union. 
D)  the abandonment of political reforms. 
E)  the development of factories in Siberia. 
A)  the banning of many books. 
B)  criticism of the government and Soviet society. 
C)  the exclusion of Western culture from the Soviet Union. 
D)  the abandonment of political reforms. 
E)  the development of factories in Siberia.

Question 13

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

Accepted Answer

A)  became much more conservative than they had been before he replaced Georgy Malenkov. 
B)  decreased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners. 
C)  were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance. 
D)  diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by abolishing dozens of government ministries in an effort to wipe out corruption. 
E)  opened up previously unfarmed land in the Balkans to further agricultural growth. 
A)  became much more conservative than they had been before he replaced Georgy Malenkov. 
B)  decreased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners. 
C)  were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance. 
D)  diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by abolishing dozens of government ministries in an effort to wipe out corruption. 
E)  opened up previously unfarmed land in the Balkans to further agricultural growth.

Question 14

Gorbachev's sweeping reform policies included

Accepted Answer

A)  establishing an entirely free-market capitalist economy. 
B)  slowly moving toward a more centralized system of bureaucracy. 
C)  bolstering technology development on Soviet-owned land in Japan.. 
D)  improving living standards by creating more jobs. 
E)  introducing two-candidate elections. 
A)  establishing an entirely free-market capitalist economy. 
B)  slowly moving toward a more centralized system of bureaucracy. 
C)  bolstering technology development on Soviet-owned land in Japan.. 
D)  improving living standards by creating more jobs. 
E)  introducing two-candidate elections.

Question 15

Which of the following is not true about the events that occurred in the Soviet Union in December 1991?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boris Yeltsin was president of the Russian Republic. 
B)  The Soviet Union was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States. 
C)  Gorbachev resigned and turned over his power as commander-in-chief to Yeltsin. 
D)  The Congress of People's Deputies denied Yeltsin the temporary power to rule by decree. 
E)  One of the largest empires in history came to an end. 
A)  Boris Yeltsin was president of the Russian Republic. 
B)  The Soviet Union was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States. 
C)  Gorbachev resigned and turned over his power as commander-in-chief to Yeltsin. 
D)  The Congress of People's Deputies denied Yeltsin the temporary power to rule by decree. 
E)  One of the largest empires in history came to an end.

Question 16

Early in 1990, Gorbachev struck out Article 6 of the Soviet constitution, thereby

Accepted Answer

A)  allowing women to divorce their husbands. 
B)  abolishing communism as an economic system. 
C)  installing Boris Yeltsin as his vice president. 
D)  legalizing the formation of political parties other than just the Communist Party. 
E)  organizing an armed coup d'état against the Soviet parliament. 
A)  allowing women to divorce their husbands. 
B)  abolishing communism as an economic system. 
C)  installing Boris Yeltsin as his vice president. 
D)  legalizing the formation of political parties other than just the Communist Party. 
E)  organizing an armed coup d'état against the Soviet parliament.

Question 17

The Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of perhaps 11 million people because of starvation

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Because of the ideology of the class struggle of the proletariat, the new elite in the Soviet world was made up exclusively of peasants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union on

Accepted Answer

A)  January 11, 1990. 
B)  March 11, 1990. 
C)  May 11, 1990. 
D)  December 1, 1991. 
E)  December 25, 1991. 
A)  January 11, 1990. 
B)  March 11, 1990. 
C)  May 11, 1990. 
D)  December 1, 1991. 
E)  December 25, 1991.

Question 20

The Chinese Communist Party has adopted the philosophy of ____ as an antidote to recent social and political challenges.

Accepted Answer

A)  Deng Xiaoping 
B)  Lenin 
C)  Mao Zedong 
D)  Confucius 
E)  Sun Yat-sen 
A)  Deng Xiaoping 
B)  Lenin 
C)  Mao Zedong 
D)  Confucius 
E)  Sun Yat-sen

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

In what country did Soviet troops crush a 1968 rebellion in 1968?

An unanticipated by-product of glasnost was

The ____ occurred while Khrushchev was in power.

Which group or movement created huge rural communes, which proved to be an economic failure?

China has been seeking to limit its rate of population growth since a misguided period in the mid-1940s.

Approximately ____ Soviet citizens were held in Siberian concentration camps on Stalin's order.

Khrushchev's fall from power in 1964 was due not only to his failed policies but also his personality, which had alienated other high Soviet officials.

The Soviet economy

Under Brezhnev, economic incentives in the Soviet Union

The initial program of land collectivization in Communist China was

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

As an instrument of perestroika, glasnost allowed

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

Gorbachev's sweeping reform policies included

Which of the following is not true about the events that occurred in the Soviet Union in December 1991?

Early in 1990, Gorbachev struck out Article 6 of the Soviet constitution, thereby

The Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of perhaps 11 million people because of starvation

Because of the ideology of the class struggle of the proletariat, the new elite in the Soviet world was made up exclusively of peasants.

Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union on

The Chinese Communist Party has adopted the philosophy of ____ as an antidote to recent social and political challenges.

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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