Quiz 9

Question 1

Who can Communism be traced back to? (2)

Answer 1

Marx and Plato

Question 2

Define communism

Answer 2

Set of political ideas about class and politics

Question 3

Communism is both (2)

Answer 3

1. empirical

2. normative

Question 4

how is communism empirical?

Answer 4

it attempts to explain how societies operate

Question 5

How is communism normative?

Answer 5

an ideology about how society should function

Question 6

What is the Proletariat?

Answer 6

The working class

Question 7

What does the Proletariat do?

Answer 7

produce value through labor

Question 8

What is the Bourgeoisie?

Answer 8

property-owning (business) class

Question 9

Who does the Bourgeoisie benefit from?

Answer 9

The working class

Question 10

What is the base?

What is it made up of?

Answer 10

An economic system

made up of technology and class relations.

Question 11

What is the Superstructure?

Answer 11

All noneconomic institutions; used to legitimize the current system of exploitation

Question 12

What is another name for the Superstructure?

Answer 12

false consciousness

Question 13

What are examples of the Superstructure?

Answer 13

Religion, gender, culture.

Question 14

What are Marx phases of history? (5)

Answer 14

1. Primitive Communism
2. Slave Society
3. Feudalism
4. Capitalism
5. Communism

Question 15

What happens in each stage of Marx phases of history?

Answer 15

changes in technology increase tensions between the rulers and the ruled.

Question 16

Regime types of former countries under communism (3)

Answer 16

1. Personal or monarchical rule
2. Military rule
3. One-party rule

Question 17

Which country was under Personal or monarchical rule?

Answer 17

North Korea

Question 18

What country was under Military rule?

Answer 18

Bruma

Question 19

What country was under One-party rule? (2)

Answer 19

USSR and China

Question 20

What are the key features of one-party communist states? (3)

Answer 20

1. Centralized authority under Communist Party
2. Cooptation
3. Banning of “hostile” organizations

Question 21

What happens in Collectivization and nationalization? (2)

Answer 21

1. Private property eliminated

2. State-controlled industry

Question 22

What happens when Central planning replaces markets?

Answer 22

State allocates resources by planning

Question 23

State allocates resources by planning what? (3)

Answer 23

1. What should be produced and in what amounts
2. The final price of goods
3. Where they should be sold

Question 24

What are The problems of a communist political economy? (3)

Answer 24

1. Too many things to plan
2. Lack of worker and business incentives
3. shoddy products and supply shortages.

Question 25

what are the ideal Societal transformations? (3)

Answer 25

1. Religion: eliminate
2. Gender: no exploitation
3. Nationalism and ethnic: no “divide and conquer”

Question 26

What are the REALITY of Societal transformations? (3)

Answer 26

1. Religion: underground
2. Gender and sexuality: mixed
3. Nationalism and ethnic identity: strengthened

Question 27

What are the factors that triggered the end of the USSR? (3)

Answer 27

1. Economic decline
2. Chernobyl
3. Loss of empire

Question 28

More successful communist countries tend to have (4)

Answer 28

1. Precommunist experience
2. Stronger ties to Europe
3. Elite decisions
4. Strong Civil Society

Question 29

What are the two things you need to build capitalism? (2)

Answer 29

1. Privatization

2. Marketization

Question 30

What is Privatization?

Answer 30

Transfer of state-held property into private hands

Question 31

What is Marketization

Answer 31

Re-creating the forces of supply and demand