8th Grade Social Studies Study Guide: Animal Farm and USSR under Stalin

Which 19th-century philosopher and author highlighted the ruling class v class struggle?

Who was the founder of the Russian Communist Party?

Which Russian revolutionary was a central figure in the 1905 Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union?

Who wrote the famous books Das Kapital and Communist Manifesto?

Which author wrote a critique of the USSR under Stalin, using the allegory Animal Farm?

What was the main goal of the Five Year Plans in the Soviet Union?

What is the term for the working class in Marxist theory?

Which event resulted in the starvation of millions of Ukrainians between 1923-1933?

What is the term for the idea that a nation's strength and superiority are dependent on its expansion and colonization of other territories?

What is the primary economic system associated with capitalist societies?

What is the term for the idea that the strong will survive and thrive, while the weak will perish, in the context of international relations?

Which policy was implemented by the United States to promote equal trade opportunities with China?

What is the term for the practice of a powerful country claiming influence or control over a weaker country or region?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union who implemented the Five Year Plans and established the Iron Curtain?

What was the main reason for the Age of Imperialism, according to the theory of mercantilism?