Under Stalin, prior to World War II, the socialist movement focused on
a. worldwide expansion.
b. socialism in one country.
c. forceful expansion into neighboring countries.
d. creating free and open societies.
e. opening new markets for Soviet goods.
Q. 2The organization that Lenin set up to control worldwide socialist revolutions was known as the __________.
a. Comintern
b. Politburo
c. Secretariat
d. Warsaw Pact
e. NATO
Q. 3Authorities in Stalinist states
a. commanded the demand side but not the supply side of their economies.
b. tolerated political opponents and co-opted those who won elections.
c. endeavored to control even the social lives and recreational activities of citizens.
d. allowed freedom of the press, but controlled news sources carefully.
e. promoted individualism.
Q. 4The person most responsible for the repressive policies that earned the Soviet Union the term totalitarian was ___________.
a. Marx
b. Engels
c. Lenin
d. Stalin
e. Trotsky
Q. 5According to Marx, immediately after the anticipated workers' revolution, there would be a transition phase as capitalism was destroyed and resources were redistributed equally. What was Marx's name for this transition period?
a. Anarchy
b. Opiate of the masses
c. Dictatorship of the proletariat
d. Empire of the bourgeoisie
e. Communism
Q. 6The general philosophy and organizational framework used by communist countries was known as ___________.
a. Menshevism
b. social democracy
c. totalitarianism
d. Marxism-Leninism
e. plutocracy
Q. 7The person who developed a strategy for winning a revolution (which was then used as the basis for organizing the Soviet Union and most other communist countries) was ___________.
a. Marx
b. Engels
c. Lenin
d. Stalin
e. Trotsky
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