SOURCE ANALYSIS - COMMUNIST SYMBOLS

Question 1

COMMUNIST SYMBOL: HAMMER

• Industrial…
• First used…
• Represents various…

Answer 1

HAMMER

• Represents the Industrial working class
• The symbol was first used during the Russian Revolution of 1917
• The symbol represents various communist parties and socialist states

Question 2

COMMUNIST SYMBOL: SICKLE

• Agricultural…
• First used…
• Represents various…

Answer 2

SICKLE
- Represents the agricultural workers
The symbol was first used during the Russian Revolution of 1917
- The symbol (like the hammer) represents various communist parties and socialist states

Question 3

COMMUNIST SYMBOL HAMMER AND SICKE

• Used together…
• Groups…

Answer 3

HAMMER AND SICKLE

When the hammer and sickle appear/used together = they represent the unity of the two groups

Question 4

COMMUNIST SYMBOL: RED STAR

• Five pointed…
• Communism…
• It was a revolutionary….
• Used by…
• Symbol of the ….. and ….. Red Army….

Answer 4

RED STAR

• The five pointed red star
• A symbol of communism (Representing the Communist Party)
• It was a revolutionary symbol after the October Revolution and following civil war in Russia
• Used by anti-fascist resistance parties and underground organizations in Europe
• Used as a symbol of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army

Question 5

COMMUNIST SYMBOL: RED FLAG

• Seen in combination…
• ….. rallies
• Symbol of….
• First used…

Answer 5

RED FLAG

• Often seen in combination with other communist symbols and party names
• Used at various communist and socialist rallies
• A symbol of socialism
• First used as a flag of defiance

Question 6

COMMUNIST SYMBOL: RAISED FIST

• SS: Symbol of …. and ….
• Express… …. …. …. (4)
• Combined with the hammer and sickle…

Answer 6

RAISED FIST

• Known as the clenched fist
• Symbol of solidarity and support
• Express unity, strength, defiance or resistance…
• Hammer and sickle combined with a raised fist = communist symbolism

Question 7

COMMUNIST SYMBOL: THE INTERNATIONALE

• An anthem…
• often sung with…
• Sung in defiance…

Answer 7

THE INTERNATIONALE

• An anthem of the socialist movement
• Often sung with a RAISED FIST salute
• Sung in DEFIANCE to self-proclaimed socialist governments