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Stalin: Reign of Terror

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Stalin Reign of Terror game quiz
"The Soviet Union in the 1930s ... Who was safe? Would you have been safe? Let's find out!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Born on December 21, 1879, what was Stalin's birth name?
    Illych Rimsikov
    Gregori Beria
    Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
    Iosif Ernestovich Stalin


2. What was Lenin's last testament?
    A call for Stalin to be removed from his post
    The first five-year plan
    For Stalin to be the leader of the USSR
    That he be replaced by Leon Trotsky


3. How many were estimated to have been killed during the Great Purge of 1936-1938?
    1 million
    The figure widely varies from source to source
    4 million
    25 million


4. What was Stalin studying when he joined the Revolutionary movement?
    Law
    Economics
    Politics
    Theology


5. Before 1927, USSR was ruled by a triumvirate Stalin, Zinoviev, and Kamenev. How did Stalin achieve sole power?
    He let the Bolsheviks handle it
    He allied himself with Trotsky
    He allied himself with the right wing of the Communist Party
    He allied himself with the leftwWing of the Communist Party


6. What reason was given by Stalin for the Great Purge of 1934-1938?
    To rid the country of an infectious disease
    To keep the military under control
    To quell riots
    A plot to overthrow the government


7. The purges also had an affect on the German invasion of World War II.
    True
    False


8. Why did Stalin target the Ukraine for purges from 1932-1933?
    He viewed them as a hotbed of resistance
    The Ukrainians did not want to go with his agricultural plan
    They still supported the Royal Family
    He believed that Trotsky was living there in hiding


9. Did the purges include foreigners?
    Yes
    No


10. What was the "Gulag Archipelago"?
    The prison system under Stalin
    The title of a book
    A group of islands off the coast of Kamchatka
    The secret information network Stalin used on his opponents


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