THE WEST & THE WORLDChapter 30: “The Soviet Union and Stalin”

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Chapter 30 Secs. 1-2: Charts, Graphs, and Sidebars (CGS)©Use the textbook to answer the following questions based on the charts, graphs, and illustrations in the chapter

Spotlight On: The Trans-Siberian Railway (Pg. 770)

-What did the railway connect? How was it built?

-How did Czar Nicholas II celebrate the opening of the railway?

Historymakers: Rasputin (Pg. 771)

-Where did Rasputin come from?

-Why did a group of aristocrats try to kill Rasputin? How did Rasputin actually die?

Connect to Today: DNA Solves the Mystery of Anastasia (Pg. 772)

-Who was Anna Anderson, and what did she claim?

-How was Anna’s claim finally proved false?

Chart: Causes and Effects of Two Russian Revolutions (Pg. 772)

-How did the Czar help cause the revolutions? What effect did the revolutions have on the Czar and his family?

-What was the relationship between the Civil War and the Russian Revolutions?

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Chapter 30 Secs. 1-2: Charts, Graphs, and Sidebars (CGS)©Use the textbook to answer the following questions based on the charts, graphs, and illustrations in the chapter

Map: Russian Revolution and Civil War, 1905-1922 (Pg. 773)

-What territory was lost in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk but regained in 1922?

-The Trans-Siberian Railroad ran between which two cities?

-What do the cities of Petrograd, Archangel, Moscow, Kazan, and Rostov all have in common?

-Bolshevik territory in October 1919 was mainly in what part of Russia?

Historymakers: V.I. Lenin (Pg. 774)

-Why was Lenin kicked out of law school?

-What event supposedly turned Lenin into a revolutionary?

-What happened to Lenin’s body after his death in 1924?

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Chapter 30 Secs. 1-2: Charts, Graphs, and Sidebars (CGS)©Use the textbook to answer the following questions based on the charts, graphs, and illustrations in the chapter

Historymakers: Joseph Stalin (Pg. 775)

-How did Stalin differ from Lenin?

-What myth did Stalin try to create about himself?

Chart: Patterns of Change-Totalitarianism (Pg. 776)

-What does the dynamic leader do in a totalitarian system?

-What sectors of society does the state take control of in a totalitarian system?

-How does a totalitarian state depend on modern technology?

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Chapter 30 Secs. 1-2: Charts, Graphs, and Sidebars (CGS)©Use the textbook to answer the following questions based on the charts, graphs, and illustrations in the chapter

Graph: The Buildup of the Soviet Economy (Pg. 777)

-Which increased the most under Stalin, coal or steel production? By how much did it increase between 1928 and 1938?

-Based on what you read in the section, why might livestock numbers have plunged so greatly during this time period?

-When did wheat production reach its peak in the Soviet Union under Stalin? How much wheat was produced? What happened after this peak?

Spotlight On: 1984 (Pg. 778)

-Why did George Orwell write the novel 1984?

-What does the novel depict?

-When was the novel published? What did Orwell intend for the novel to do?

History Through Art: Posters (Pg. 779)

-Why were posters an effective form of propaganda?

-What were the “shock brigades”?

-What elements do the posters depicted here have in common?