Who are considered to be the founders of communism?
Joseph Stalin
Friedrich Engels
Lenin
Karl Marx
What did Marx & Engels write?
The communist national anthem
The communist manifesto
The communist 25 point plan
Around which key principle is communism based?
Everyone deserves to be filthy rich
Everyone should be poor
Everyone should own the means of production
In a communist society everyone contributes how they can but receives what they need to exist
A communist society is based on a strict hierarchy
Which of the following was the first communist Revolution?
Russian
Industrial
Chinese
When was the Russian Revolution?
1915
1916
1917
1918
Who led the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
What was established by 1922 in Russia?
Democracy
Anarchy
Soviet Councils
A huge army
What does the USSR stand for?
United Soviet Socialist Regions
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Union of Similar Social Republics
What were the main criticisms of communism?
Too centralised
Too fair
Too unrealistic
Too many restrictions on personal freedom
What was the significance of communism post WW2?
It clashed with democracy and led to a 40 year ‘cold war’
It transformed the way ordinary people lived
It was the basis of 40 years of peace between the superpowers
When did the Cold War end?
When the US won it
When the USSR collapsed
How many communist countries remain?
2
3
4
