Which of the following statements concerning the Soviet military following Stalin's death is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the Soviet military following Stalin's death is most accurate?

A) Overall the Soviet Union played a cautious diplomatic game, almost never engaging in warfare but maintaining a high level of preparedness.
B) The continued growth of the Soviet military led to an increasing willingness on the part of Russian rulers to engage in direct military intervention around the globe.
C) Following Stalin's death, subsequent Soviet rulers enacted a policy of progressive demilitarization.
D) Following World War II, the Soviet military played no significant role in subsequent Russian history.
E) The Soviet military attempted to create a containment system when it came to countering American military moves.

Answer: A

Which of the following was a Soviet success during the years of Khrushchev's dominance?

Which of the following was a Soviet success during the years of Khrushchev's dominance?

A) The Cuban missile crisis
B) The development of agriculture in Siberia
C) The launching of Sputnik
D) Increases in overall agricultural productivity
E) Development of new nuclear weaponry

Answer: C

What leader emerged to take primary power in 1956?

What leader emerged to take primary power in 1956?

A) Joseph Stalin
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) Yuri Andropov
D) Nikita Khrushchev
E) Alexander Solzhenitsyn






Answer: D

Immediately after Stalin's death in 1953, what form of government was established?

Immediately after Stalin's death in 1953, what form of government was established?

A) A liberal democracy
B) A ruling committee rather than single-man rule
C) Autocracy under Leonid Brezhnev
D) Rule by the Supreme Soviet
E) A dictatorship under the rule of Gorbachev

Answer: B

Women in Russian industrialized society

Women in Russian industrialized society

A) rapidly reached the same status as males.
B) were less likely to be in the work force than women in the West.
C) dominated some professions, such as medicine.
D) were afforded the same type of domestic idealization typical of women in the West.
E) played a major role as political leaders.

Answer: C

By the 1970s, the Russian rate of population growth was

By the 1970s, the Russian rate of population growth was

A) much less than that of the West.
B) about the same as that of China.
C) about the same as that of the West.
D) much greater than the West.
E) much greater than found in former colonial regions.







Answer: A