|
|
|
|
|
2. The crushing defeat in which war proved that Russia lagged behind the West in industrialization and technology and persuaded Alexander II to modernize Russia?
Russo-Japanese War
|
|
|
3. What is the name of the gigantic railroad built from Moscow to Vladivostok, which encouraged trade from even the most remote parts of Russia?
Stockton-Darlington
|
|
|
4. Who was the leader, inspired by the economic ideologies of Marx, took over the Soviet Union after tsar was overthrown?
Stalin
|
|
|
5. Which economic plan did Lenin establish to raise the Soviet economy?
Five Year Plans
|
|
|
6. What was Stalin's plan to modernize Soviet economy very quickly?
Five Year Plans
|
|
|
7. Which Soviet leader vowed for restructuring the Soviet economy, the so called "Perestroika"? The Soviet Union collapsed after his rule.
Gorbachev
|
|
|
8. In the 1930s, which area took 1/3 of government expenditure?
Investment
|
|
|
9. Which famous book, co-written by Marx, inspired Lenin to go for communism after his government was overthrown?
Communist Manifesto
|
|
|
10. Which economic system is Russia operating under today?
Mixed Economy
|