Which of the following was a feature of the rule of Joseph Stalin?
a. a total commitment to and adoption of the principles of Karl Marx
b. an expansion of Lenin's idea of promoting global revolution
c. the use of terror, the elimination of human rights, and a cult of personality
d. complete loyalty to all revolutionaries such as Leon Trotsky and Lev Kamenev
Q. 2After Lenin died, _______ won the succession struggle and served as leader of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953.
a. Trotsky
b. Stalin
c. Khrushchev
d. Zinoviev
Q. 3The _______ were led by Lenin and subscribed to his idea of a vanguard party that would be at the heart of the revolutionary movement.
a. Chechnyans
b. Mensheviks
c. Bolsheviks
d. Tsarists
Q. 4What three interconnected factors led to the 1917 revolutions in Russia?
a. the interventionist policies of the United States, the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II, and the theories of Machiavelli
b. the rivalry with China, the prospect of war with Japan, and the theories of Lenin
c. the huge losses suffered by Russia in WWI, the theories of Karl Marx, and the leadership skills of Lenin and Trotsky
d. the rivalry with England, the theories of Lenin, and the leadership of Karl Marx
Q. 5Which of the following regarding the current political environment in Japan is true?
a. Status and rank in Japanese society has become unimportant.
b. The current prime minister of Japan is a woman.
c. Japan continues to be governed in an environment of factionalism.
d. Japan's political system has been modernized to equal its economic progress.
Q. 6The fallout from Japan's contributions to the 1991 Gulf War and the economic downturn of the late 1990s has produced a situation in which there are signs that
a. Japan is about to play a more assertive role in international affairs.
b. Japan is highly unlikely to change its current role in international affairs.
c. Japan is about to play a much less active role in international affairs.
d. Japan will enter into a mutual security agreement with China.
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