Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-from "Serve the people" to "Create wealth for the people"

Accepted Answer

The terms "Serve the people" and "Create

Question 2

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1973 indictment of the Soviet system was in his critical book ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Notes from Underground. 
B) ​Dr.Zhivago. 
C) ​One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 
D) ​​Gulag Archipelago 
E) ​​Crime and Punishment 
A) ​Notes from Underground. 
B) ​Dr.Zhivago. 
C) ​One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 
D) ​​Gulag Archipelago 
E) ​​Crime and Punishment

Question 3

All of the following are true about events in Poland from 1980 to 1991 except

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A) mass public demonstrations caused significant changes in government policy. 
B) huge rises in food prices helped to give rise to Solidarity. 
C) by the end of 1990, the nation had freely elected a new president. 
D) Soviet troops occupied the country in December 1990. 
E) Solidarity's support burgeoned and, by late 1981, it was backed by almost one-third of the population. 
A) mass public demonstrations caused significant changes in government policy. 
B) huge rises in food prices helped to give rise to Solidarity. 
C) by the end of 1990, the nation had freely elected a new president. 
D) Soviet troops occupied the country in December 1990. 
E) Solidarity's support burgeoned and, by late 1981, it was backed by almost one-third of the population.

Question 4

Did relationships between the government of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European "satellites" change significantly after the death of Stalin? If so, in what ways, and why? If not, why not?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the relationships between the gover

Question 5

What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What did its creator expect it to achieve? Why? Was it successful? If so, in what ways? If not, why not?

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolutio

Question 6

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

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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 7

Identify the following terms.
-"Little Red Book

Accepted Answer

The "Little Red Book" refers to a pocket

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-"Mao Zedong thought"

Accepted Answer

"Mao Zedong Thought," also known as Maoi

Question 9

During the late 1960s and the 1970s,

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A) annual economic growth in the Soviet Union was between eight and eleven percent. 
B) freedom of statement became much more common in the Soviet Union, shown by the awarding of literary prizes and pensions to Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 
C) even Soviet airplane crashes and governmental scandals received tasteless and extensive press coverage under Brezhnev's "open society" policies. 
D) the problems of economic stagnation and political and administrative gerontocracy were effectively ignored under Brezhnev. 
E) the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution improved education and economic growth in China. 
A) annual economic growth in the Soviet Union was between eight and eleven percent. 
B) freedom of statement became much more common in the Soviet Union, shown by the awarding of literary prizes and pensions to Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 
C) even Soviet airplane crashes and governmental scandals received tasteless and extensive press coverage under Brezhnev's "open society" policies. 
D) the problems of economic stagnation and political and administrative gerontocracy were effectively ignored under Brezhnev. 
E) the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution improved education and economic growth in China.

Question 10

"On the left" in the Soviet Union referred to

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A) overtime pay received by unionized communist workers. 
B) extra labor required of inhabitants of the gulag. 
C) the ideology of hard-line communists who were opposed Gorbachev's reforms. 
D) buying scarce goods in the black market. 
E) Soviet secret police's extra assignment as reserve infantry soldiers. 
A) overtime pay received by unionized communist workers. 
B) extra labor required of inhabitants of the gulag. 
C) the ideology of hard-line communists who were opposed Gorbachev's reforms. 
D) buying scarce goods in the black market. 
E) Soviet secret police's extra assignment as reserve infantry soldiers.

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Hu Jintao

Accepted Answer

Hu Jintao is a Chinese politician who se

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Pravda

Accepted Answer

Pravda, which means "truth" in Russian,

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de-Khrushchevization"

Accepted Answer

Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de

Question 14

Chernobyl was the Russian word for "openness."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In what ways did the cultural environment in Soviet Russia begin to reflect the changes of both the thaw under Khruschev and the restrictions of the Brezhnev era? How did the ideas of glasnost affect the expression of cultural ideas? ​

Accepted Answer

The cultural environment in Soviet Russi

Question 16

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

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A) was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B) moved slowly at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C) gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D) was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E) was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror." 
A) was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B) moved slowly at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C) gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D) was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E) was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror."

Question 17

What was Gosplan? ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​A system of assigning privileges to elites within the government. 
B) ​A state-run newspaper. 
C) ​A policy for governmental transparency. 
D) ​The architecture for centralization of the state economy within the government hierarchy. 
E) ​The system of law and order that carried over from Tsarist times. 
A) ​A system of assigning privileges to elites within the government. 
B) ​A state-run newspaper. 
C) ​A policy for governmental transparency. 
D) ​The architecture for centralization of the state economy within the government hierarchy. 
E) ​The system of law and order that carried over from Tsarist times.

Question 18

In the early 1970s,

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A) Ho Chi Minh was elected mayor of Saigon and, two years later, of Hong Kong. 
B) Yuri Andropov made major changes in Soviet industrial management by giving top positions in the oil and transport industries to executives from Japan and the West. 
C) Richard Nixon praised Mao Zedong's "mass line" system as not only effective but "as American as apple pie." 
D) Stalin's reputation rose somewhat under Brezhnev's rule. 
E) Lyndon Johnson ended the Vietnam War. 
A) Ho Chi Minh was elected mayor of Saigon and, two years later, of Hong Kong. 
B) Yuri Andropov made major changes in Soviet industrial management by giving top positions in the oil and transport industries to executives from Japan and the West. 
C) Richard Nixon praised Mao Zedong's "mass line" system as not only effective but "as American as apple pie." 
D) Stalin's reputation rose somewhat under Brezhnev's rule. 
E) Lyndon Johnson ended the Vietnam War.

Question 19

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 20

In 2010, more of these were sold in China than in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) Computers 
B) Color televisions 
C) Single-family homes 
D) Washing machines 
E) Automobiles 
A) Computers 
B) Color televisions 
C) Single-family homes 
D) Washing machines 
E) Automobiles

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Identify the following terms. -from "Serve the people" to "Create wealth for the people"

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1973 indictment of the Soviet system was in his critical book ​

All of the following are true about events in Poland from 1980 to 1991 except

Did relationships between the government of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European "satellites" change significantly after the death of Stalin? If so, in what ways, and why? If not, why not?

What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What did its creator expect it to achieve? Why? Was it successful? If so, in what ways? If not, why not?

Areas in China where national minorities have exhibited unrest are

Identify the following terms. -"Little Red Book

Identify the following terms. -"Mao Zedong thought"

During the late 1960s and the 1970s,

"On the left" in the Soviet Union referred to

Identify the following terms. -Hu Jintao

Identify the following terms. -Pravda

Identify the following terms. -Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and "de-Khrushchevization"

Chernobyl was the Russian word for "openness."

In what ways did the cultural environment in Soviet Russia begin to reflect the changes of both the thaw under Khruschev and the restrictions of the Brezhnev era? How did the ideas of glasnost affect the expression of cultural ideas? ​

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

What was Gosplan? ​

In the early 1970s,

The Soviet economy

In 2010, more of these were sold in China than in the United States.

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

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 2

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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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1973 indictment of the Soviet system was in his critical book

In what ways did the cultural environment in Soviet Russia begin to reflect the changes of both the thaw under Khruschev and the restrictions of the Brezhnev era? How did the ideas of glasnost affect the expression of cultural ideas?

What was Gosplan?