NTSE SAMPLE QUESTIONS (10.02.12)

                                                            RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

1.         Which is generally a characteristic of a communist economy?

1. investment is encouraged by the promise of large profits
2. the role of government in the economy is restricted by law
3. government agencies are involved in production planning
4. entrepreneurs sell shares in their companies to the government

2.         “A group of planners makes all economic decisions. The group assigns natural, human, and capital resources to the production of those goods and services it wants. The group decides how to produce them and to whom to distribute them”

This description best applies to the

1. manorial economy of feudal Europe
2. mercantile economy of 18th century Europe
3. command economy of the Soviet Union
4. market economy of the United States

3.         Which situation resulted from the Russo-Japanese War of 1905?

1. Japan lost its status as a world power
2. the Japanese Emperor encouraged reforms in Russia
3. dissident groups challenged the power of the Russian Czar
4. Russia gained control of China and Japan

4.         Stalin’s Five-Year Plans and his decision to form collectives are examples of

1. strategies to modernize the economy of the Soviet Union through forced communism
2. a more friendly foreign policy toward China
3. methods of dealing with the United States during the Cold War
4. programs to westernize, educate, and enlighten the population

5.         A major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the

1. defeat of Germany in the Russian campaign
2. marriage of Czar Nicholas II to a German princess
3. existence of sharp economic differences between social classes
4. appeal of Marxism to the Russian nobility

6.   Which is an accurate statement about the Soviet economy under the leadership of Joseph Stalin?

1. a large selection of consumer goods became available
2. the Soviet Union increased its industrial output by developing heavy industry
3. private farmers were encouraged to sell their surplus produce in an open market
4. the government reduced its role in planning industrial production

7.   A major effect of Josef Stalin’s policy of Collectivization on Soviet agriculture was

1. a widespread food shortage throughout the nation
2. an increase in the export of agricultural products
3. a surplus of agricultural goods
4. the immediate creation of many small private farms

8.    One action taken by both V.I. Lenin and Joseph Stalin was

1. attempting to bring democracy to Russia
2. jailing or murdering potential opponents
3. supporting the Russian Orthodox Church
4. providing economic aid to Japan after World War I and World War II

9.   The Russian peasants supported the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolutions mainly because the Bolsheviks promised to

1. establish collective farms
2. maintain the agricultural price-support system
3. bring modern technology to Russian farms
4. redistribute the land owned by the nobility

10. Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin’s death in 1924?

1. the nation adopted a constitutional monarchy
2. Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party
3. popular elections were held to choose a new general secretary
4. a power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders

ANSWERS - Q.1 -3,  Q.2 -3, Q.3 -3, Q.4 -1, Q.5 -3, Q.6 -1, Q.7 -1, Q.8 -2, Q.9 -4, Q.10 -4,