Joseph Stalin
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Joseph Stalin.
1. Joseph Stalin was the leader of what country?
a. Germany
b. France
c. Spain
d. Italy
e. Soviet Union
2. Which of the following best describes Joseph Stalin's childhood and family?
a. His parents were wealthy aristocrats and he grew up rich
b. His uncle was the Tsar of Russia and Stalin grew up in the royal family
c. His family was poor and he battled the disease smallpox
d. He was an orphan who grew up on the streets of Moscow
e. His father was a famous general in the Russian army
3. Joseph Stalin attended school to train for what occupation?
a. Engineer
b. Priest
c. Politician
d. Lawyer
e. Doctor
4. Stalin became a leader in what group of revolutionaries?
a. Bolsheviks
b. Jacobins
c. Mensheviks
d. Girondins
e. Kadets
5. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union prior to Joseph Stalin?
a. Karl Marx
b. Leonid Brezhnev
c. Yuri Andropov
d. Nikita Khrushchev
e. Vladimir Lenin
6. What major change did Joseph Stalin make in the Soviet economy?
a. Moved from agriculture to technology
b. Moved from industry to agriculture
c. Moved from tourism to industry
d. Moved from agriculture to industry
e. Moved from technology to tourism
7. Who did Stalin ally with at the start of World War II?
a. France
b. Germany
c. United Kingdom
d. United States
e. All of the above
8. Why did Stalin change sides during World War II?
a. Because he saw that the Axis Powers were going to lose
b. Because he wanted to remain neutral in the war
c. Because he was attacked by Adolf Hitler and the Germans
d. Because he wanted to help free France
e. Because he wanted to be on the winning side
9. What war began between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?
a. Cold War
b. Korean War
c. Afghanistan War
d. Vietnam War
e. World War III
10. True or False: Stalin was not his birth name, but came from a combination of the Russian word for 'steel' and 'Lenin.'
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
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