Year 9

War, Communism and the New Economic Policy

Year 9

War, Communism and the New Economic Policy

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the different economic policies introduced by the Bolsheviks during the Civil War and into the 1920s.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which treaty ended Russia's involvement in the First World War?
Correct answer: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Riga
Treaty of Versailles
Q2.
Who was the leader of the Red Army during the Civil War?
Lenin
Stalin
Correct answer: Trotsky
Q3.
When did the Bolsheviks seize power in Russia?
June 1918
May 1914
Correct answer: October 1917
Q4.
Which organisation did Lenin set up to remove opposition to the Bolsheviks?
Correct answer: The Cheka
The Provisional Government
The White Army
Q5.
Which word is defined as a system in which people are made to join the army?
Abdication
Correct answer: Conscription
Propaganda

5 Questions

Q1.
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks between 1903 and 1924?
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Correct answer: Vladimir Lenin
Q2.
During which event was War Communism introduced?
Correct answer: The Civil War
The First World War
The Second World War
Q3.
What was the Cheka?
The Russian army
The Russian labour camps
Correct answer: The Russian secret police
Q4.
Which event came last?
The Kronstadt Uprising
Correct answer: The New Economic Policy was introduced
War Communism was introduced
Q5.
What is defined as a system which replaces private ownership of property with public ownership where everyone is treated equally?
Capitalism
Correct answer: Communism
Revolution