Communism in Russia: Stalin is one of 8 topics in the Grade 11 History CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. From which year did Stalin introduce a series of Five-Year Plans to rapidly increase Soviet industrial output?
1928
1917
1924
1936
Answer: 1928 — Stalin began the Five-Year Plans from 1928, setting ambitious state targets for industrial output such as coal, steel and electricity.
Easy
2. What term describes the large state-controlled collective farms created by merging individual peasant farms under Stalin?
Kolkhozes
Kibbutzim
Communes
Cooperatives
Answer: Kolkhozes — Kolkhozes were the large, state-controlled collective farms into which Stalin forced the merger of individual peasant farms from 1928-29.
Medium
3. What name is given to the class of more prosperous peasant farmers targeted as "class enemies" during collectivisation?
Answer: Kulaks — Kulaks, more prosperous peasant farmers, were targeted as class enemies during collectivisation, with hundreds of thousands deported or sent to labour camps.
