Term 1-1.2 The Russian Revolution - Understanding the Birth of Communism

Question 1

Communism

Answer 1

a social, political and economic theory based on equality in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.

Question 2

Ideology

Answer 2

A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

Question 3

Proletariat

Answer 3

The urban working class

Question 4

Serfs

Answer 4

Peasants who worked as farmers and were tied to the land they worked on. A form of forced labour similar to slavery.

Question 5

Means of Production

Answer 5

The land, labour and capital required to produce economic goods or services.

Question 6

Nationalise

Answer 6

When government takes control and ownership of private property, industry and business.

Question 7

Dictatorship

Answer 7

Total power is limited to an individual or small group with no opposition or resistance allowed.

Question 8

Collectivisation

Answer 8

All agriculture is owned and managed by the government in order to attempt to streamline production.

Question 9

Industrialisation

Answer 9

The process of switching from an agricultural based economy to a manufacturing based economy.

Question 10

Gulags

Answer 10

Slave labour camps run by the USSR

Question 11

Superpower

Answer 11

A term given to a country that has extreme global influence and control.