HIST 112- World Civilization II Chapter_27 Quiz Answered

1. Did relationships between the government of the Soviet Union and their Eastern European “satellites” change significantly after the death of Joseph Stalin? If so, in what ways, and why? If not, why not?

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Cultural Expression in the Soviet Union Eastern Europe: From Satellites to Sovereign Nations

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2. Has the anti-communist critique lobbed by Václav Havel in his 1990 speech retained any relevancy with regard to current industrial nations? If so, how, and if not, why?

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Václav Havel: A Call for a New Politics

3. Though Nikita Khrushchev was a protégé of Stalin, he later became disenchanted with his mentor’s leadership policies and sought to eradicate them once he himself rose to power. What specific Stalinist practices did Khrushchev seek to change and why? How successful was he?

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The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev Khrushchev Denounces Stalin

4. What were the chief characteristics of the rule of Leonid Brezhnev and his immediate successors from 1964 to 1985?

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The Brezhnev Years A Controlled Society A Stagnant Economy An Aging Leadership

5. Gorbachev’s ambitious reform program revolved around the concepts of perestroika and glasnost. Define the two and explain, in detail, why they ultimately failed.

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The Gorbachev Era

6. Compare and contrast the Russian era of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev and the Chinese era under Deng Xiaoping. Can the two rulers be considered equivalent in terms of their impact on their respective countries? Why or why not?

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The Gorbachev Era End of Empire From Mao to Deng Incident at Tiananmen Square

7. What changes came about for Chinese women and in Chinese family life as a result of a) the establishment of communism and b) the demise of China’s Maoist era?

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The Transition to Socialism The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution From Mao to Deng Riding the Tiger

8. Evaluate the changes Communism brought to the lives of women in Russia and China. In which country would you rather have lived during these revolutions as a woman and why?

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Stalinism in Action A Controlled Society Social Changes The Transition to Socialism Agricultural Reform Women and Family Lifestyle Changes

9. In your opinion, what were the major causes or events that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union? Be specific.

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The Gorbachev Era End of Empire Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

10. Describe Mao Zedong’s vision for an egalitarian China. What steps did he take to realize that vision?

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New Democracy The Transition to Socialism The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

11. In what ways were Stalin’s and Mao’s impact on their societies similar, and how were they different? Did the goals and policies of their successors differ from theirs? Explain.

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From Stalin to Khrushchev Cultural Expression in the Soviet Union The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev New Democracy The Transition to Socialism The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution From Mao to Deng

12. 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 Revolution

13. To date, the Chinese Communist Party has been able to retain power, while that of the Soviet Union lost control of its state apparatus. Why do you think that is? Explain.

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Confucius and Marx: The Tenacity of Tradition

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).

14. “When I die, the imperialists will strangle all of you like a litter of kittens.”

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Stalinism in Action

15. Committee on Government Security

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The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev

16. Georgy Malenkov

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The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev

17. Kazakhstan

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The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev

18. Cornman

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The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev

19. Khrushchev and de-Stalinization

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The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev

20. Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin and de-Khrushchevization

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The Brezhnev Years (1964-1982)

21. Andrei Sakharov

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A Controlled Society

22. Articles 39 and 62

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The Rights and Duties of Soviet Citizens

23. Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko

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An Aging Leadership

24. Congress of People’s Deputies

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The Gorbachev Era

25. Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago

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Cultural Expression in the Soviet Union

26. Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago

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Cultural Expression in the Soviet Union

27. “double shift”

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Social Changes

28. Mikhail Gorbachev

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The Disintegration of the Soviet Empire The Gorbachev Era End of Empire

29. perestroika and glasnost

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The Gorbachev Era

30. Boris Yeltsin

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End of Empire

31. commonwealth of independent states

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End of Empire

32. Lech Walesa and Solidarity

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Eastern Europe: From Satellites to Sovereign Nations

33. János Kádár

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Eastern Europe: From Satellites to Sovereign Nations

34. Charter 77 and Václav Havel

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Eastern Europe: From Satellites to Sovereign Nations

35. Kosygin reforms

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The Brezhnev Years (1964-1982)

36. New Democracy

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New Democracy

37. agricultural collectivization

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The Transition to Socialism

38. Great Leap Forward

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The Transition to Socialism

39. people's communes

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The Transition to Socialism

40. “Hard work for a few years, happiness for a thousand.”

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The Transition to Socialism

41. “taking the capitalist road”

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

42. Red Guard

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Make Revolution!

43. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

44. "uninterrupted revolution"

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

45. Little Red Book

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution The Red Sun in Our Hearts Economics in Command

46. “If we do not destroy, we cannot establish.”

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Make Revolution!

47. the four olds

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

48. Four Modernizations

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From Mao to Deng

49. “A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”

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The East is Red: China Under Communism

50. fifth modernization

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From Mao to Deng

51. From “Serve the people” to “Create wealth for the people”

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From Mao to Deng

52. Rice Christians

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Lifestyle Changes

53. “Science and Democracy”

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Incident at Tiananmen Square

54. Confucianism and the CCP

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Back to Confucius?

55. Liu Shaoqi

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

56. Jiang Zemin

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Riding the Tiger

57. Tibet and Xinjiang province

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Back to Confucius?

58. Falun Gong

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Back to Confucius?

59. rural responsibility system

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Agricultural Reform

60. Ding Ling and The Sun Shines over the Sangan River

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Culture in a Revolutionary Era

61. "mass line policy”

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“Serve the People”: Chinese Society Under Communism

62. Zhao Ziyang

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Incident at Tiananmen Square Students Appeal for Democracy

63. ten-thousand-dollar households

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Agricultural Reform

64. Little Emperors

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Family and Society in an Era of Change

65. literature of the wounded

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Literature

66. Three Gorges Dam

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The Three Gorges Dam

67. At the close of World War II, the Soviet Union

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had increased food production by tapping new, rich lands in Siberia and Turkmenistan.

b.

decided to provide a “socialist bonus” of more consumer goods for the masses by slowing the expansion of heavy industry.

c.

was in short supply of housing, and continued to be in short supply.

d.

sharply reduced military spending, but only after the surrender of Japan.

e.

moved toward greater liberalization.

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c

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Stalinism in Action

68. Joseph Stalin’s post-World War II domestic policies

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sought to end collectivization.

b.

placed an emphasis on the growth of heavy industry.

c.

focused on consumer goods.

d.

led to the imprisonment of 2 million returning soldiers accused of “capitalist subversion.”

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called for the exile of thousands of former czarist officials.

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b

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Stalinism in Action

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

a.

5 million

b.

9 million

c.

11 million

d.

12 million

e.

15 million