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DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union Test Prep - Question List

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6. After the Russian Revolution, the government decided to deal with the problem of ethnic nationalism through which of the following means?
  1. Generating unprecedented propaganda campaigns focused on Russia
  2. Ceasing all printing and eliminating schools to slow the spread of nationalism
  3. Using violent means to eliminate any signs of dissent
  4. Creating autonomous republics within the federated Soviet Republic
  5. Promoting the development of independent nations
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In general, what was Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of perestroika, instituted in the 1980s?

  1. A general loosening of Soviet political and economic structures
  2. A general tightening of Soviet political and economic structures
  3. A series of pogroms against Jews living in Russia
  4. Attempting to communize previously democratic areas of Europe
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8. Czar Nicholas II abdicated the throne on March 17, 1917, after which of the following?
  1. He was put on trial for crimes against Russia.
  2. He fled the country after the palace was stormed.
  3. The Provisional Government demanded it.
  4. A popular election voted to remove him from office.
  5. Germany, his wife's native land, offered him safe passage.
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9. Which of the following could be considered a feature of perestroika?
  1. A crackdown on any liberal elements in mass media
  2. Continuation of the war in Afghanistan by the Soviet Union
  3. Greater authority delegated to the KGB
  4. The regime allowing greater levels of free-market economic activity
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10. Which of the following explains why Hitler wanted to conquer Russia?
  1. As a defensive move against Russian invasion
  2. To claim all of continental Europe and acquire Lebensraum
  3. To restore the German territory lost in World War I
  4. He did not, but Stalin forced his hand
  5. Once Russia fell, Japan would be accessible
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