20)
· Lack of industrialization
· Low standard of living for most people
· Unsuccessful political and economic reforms
· Poor performance in World War I
All of these events led to the demise of the
A) Tudors.
B) Romanovs.
C) Habsburgs.
D) Bourbons.
21)
What was the MOST significant effect that World War I had on Russia?
A) Russia defended the Eastern Front successfully and was perceived as a super power.
B) Russia formed stronger economic and political ties with the Allied powers throughout the war.
C) Russia focused on building up it's technology and became fully industrialized by the end of the war.
D) The Romanov dynasty was overthrown and executed because the people blamed them for getting Russia involved.
22)
Which economic goal was shared between the New Economic Plan supported by Lenin and the Five Year Plan imposed by Stalin?
A) state control of the production sector
B) implementation of a complete command economy
C) rapid agricultural industrialization to compete with the West
D) increased production of export goods to trade on international markets
23)
Communist states adopted what strategy for implementing command economic policies?
A) barter
B) corporatism
C) Five-Year Plans
D) the Gold Standard
24)
What country left World War I in 1917 and made a separate peace with the Central Powers?
A) France
B) Russia
C) England
D) United States
25)
Which statement best explains why Stalin's Five Year Plans did NOT lead to a higher standard of living in the Soviet Union?
A) Stalin emphasized education at the expense of production.
B) Stalin emphasized the importance of peasants in order to create an equal society.
C) Stalin emphasized selling goods on the private market, which led to falling prices.
D) Stalin emphasized heavy industrial output at the expense of consumer goods and farm production.