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Which condition was a result of Joseph Stalin’s command economy?
a) Peasants were encouraged to sell surplus grain for personal profit.
b) The production of consumer goods increased.
c) National revenue increased allowing for greater individual spending.
d) The government controlled agriculture through collective farms.

Which goal did Joseph Stalin establish for the Soviet Union?
a) becoming an industrial power
b) creating a golden age of culture
c) instituting a parliamentary monarchy
d) easing tensions using détente

Forced famine in Ukraine (1932–1933) was a direct result of
a) Czar Nicholas’s involvement in World War I
b) Vladmir Lenin’s New Economic Policy
c) Joseph Stalin’s collectivization
d) Nikita Khrushchev’s removal from power

An economic change introduced in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin would include
a) The Soviet Union increased its power by developing heavy industry.
b) The government reduced its role in planning industrial production.
c) Farmers were encouraged to compete in a free market economy.
d) A large selection of consumer goods became available in the Soviet Union.

Which action is associated with Joseph Stalin?
a) expanding privatization
b) establishing five-year plans
c) encouraging glasnost
d) promoting détente

Which statement about the Soviet economy under Joseph Stalin is accurate?
a) establishing free-market reforms
b) boycotting Baltic Sea trade routes
c) focusing on the production of consumer goods
d) collectivizing agriculture

Five-year plans and collectivization are most closely associated with
a) Joseph Stalin
b) Mikhail Gorbachev
c) Adolf Hitler
d) Deng Xiaoping

Joseph Stalin’s policies in Ukraine during the 1930s directly resulted in
a) widespread starvation
b) agricultural self-sufficiency
c) the development of cottage industries
d) the use of subsistence farming techniques

Which aspect of the economy was emphasized in Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans?
a) heavy industry
b) consumer goods
c) famine relief
d) private landownership

One way in which Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward are similar is that both plans were
a) efforts to reduce human rights violations
b) policies to improve relations with the West
c) methods used to control population growth
d) attempts to increase agricultural and industrial production

A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to
a) encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers
b) expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports
c) transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power
d) reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere

Which economic program was implemented by Joseph Stalin?
a) Four Modernizations
b) five-year plans
c) Great Leap Forward
d) perestroika

Under Joseph Stalin, peasants in the Soviet Union were forced to
a) become members of the ruling party
b) support the Russian Orthodox Church
c) join collective farms
d) move to large cities

One similarity between Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward was that both programs attempted to
a) increase industrial production
b) privatize the ownership of land
c) correct environmental pollution
d) strengthen international trade

What was the major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans in the Soviet Union?
a) encouraging rapid industrialization
b) supporting capitalism
c) improving literacy rates
d) including peasants in the decision-making process

An economic accomplishment of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin was
a) achieving the highest standard of living in Eastern Europe
b) filling retail stores with an abundance of consumer goods
c) exporting large surpluses of wheat and other grains
d) increasing production of heavy industrial machinery

In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin governed by means of secret police, censorship, and purges. This type of government is called
a) democracy
b) totalitarian
c) limited monarchy
d) theocracy

Joseph Stalin’s rule in the Soviet Union was characterized by the
a) introduction of democratic political institutions
b) encouragement of religious beliefs
c) development of a market economy
d) establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship

The primary purpose of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to
a) increase agricultural and industrial output
b) limit the wealth of the upper class
c) increase the production of consumer goods
d) limit immigration of ethnic minorities

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