Question 1
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What did Marx say was needed for successful communism?
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Industrialised nation
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Collectivisation
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Strict five year plans
Question 2
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Russia was economically backward before the five year plans
Question 3
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Who did the NEP favour?
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Trotskyites
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Peasants
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Communists
Question 4
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Which of the following are ideological causes for Stalin launching the First Five Year Plan? (Select two)
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To end Russia being economically backward to become a Communist state
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Increase the rate of production for steel, iron and copper
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Communist revolution was supposed to advance the cause of peasant workers such as giving them an education
Question 5
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What does state control over the economy allow Stalin to do?
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Control the Party
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Control peasants
Question 6
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Industrialisation means that...
Question 7
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Which of the following are political reasons for Stalin to launch the First Five Year Plan?
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He has state control of the economy which allows him to control the party
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Marx says that communism is successful in an industrialised nation
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Overtake economies in the West
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Industrialisation meant they would be more protected against enemies
Question 8
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What are the economic reasons for Stalin launching the First Five Year Plan?
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Iron, steel and copper was the same under the Tsar which was too slow for Stalin
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To overtake economies in the West
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Improve living standards for peasants
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Industrialisation meant that Russia was more protected from enemies
Question 9
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Which side of the party favoured rapid industrialisation?
Question 10
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Bukharin was always on the left of the party
Question 11
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What policy was the right of the party in favour of?
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Industrialisation
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NEP
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Collectivisation
Question 12
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What year did Stalin move from Right (NEP) to Left (rapid industrialisation)?
Question 13
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How much did the production of steel increase during the Second Five Year Plan?
Question 14
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Which of the following were similarities between all three FYPs? (Select three)
Question 15
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Which of the following statistics supports that the FYPs did not focus on consumer goods?
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In 1934, 6,000 people queued for shoes for more than a day
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In 1940, 1/3 of the investment was put to armed forces
Question 16
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Which of the following are examples of changed priorities in the 2nd FYP? (Select three)
Question 17
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What was a changed priority in the 3rd FYP?
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Emphasis on rearmament
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Incentives for workers
Question 18
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Which of the following were weaknesses of the FYPs?
Question 19
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Which of the following were successes of the FYPs? (Select three)
Question 20
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Under the 1st FYP, what percentage did the economy grow by?
Question 21
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What is the most important factor for the success of the FYPs?
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Growth of economy
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Stalin political success