All SAT II World History Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Leaders And Thinkers Of The Ussr
Who represented the Soviet Union at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences?
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Nikita Kruschev
Josef Stalin
The Yalta and Potsdam Conferences took place during and immediately after the Second World War, respectively. The three major Allied powers—Britain, the United States, and the USSR—met to discuss terms and the postwar world order. The Soviet Union was represented by Josef Stalin, who ruled the country at the time.
Example Question #2 : Leaders And Thinkers Of The Ussr
The campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union, known as "the Great Purge," is associated with __________.
Pol Pot
Leon Trotsky
Mikhail Gorbachev
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
The Great Purge took place from the mid-1930s until 1940. It was an enforced program of political repression and was an attempt to consolidate power and control under Josef Stalin. Stalin ordered the Red Army purged of any subversive (or suspected subversive) elements, as well as the bullying and execution of millions of peasants.
Example Question #3 : Leaders And Thinkers Of The Ussr
Which Russian leader is responsible for “The Five Year Plan”?
Stalin
Putin
Khrushchev
Trotsky
Medvedev
Stalin
The notion of a Five Year Plan is part of the Communist approach to controlled economies. During the history of the Soviet Union, the function of most five year plans was to either increase food production or to greatly improve industry and manufacturing. The first Five Year Plan was suggested by Stalin in the 1920s when he was still the General Secretary under Lenin. When Stalin assumed complete control of the party, he envisioned a system of collective farming across the nation and set up a Five Year Plan to engender this. It failed, somewhat spectacularly, and lead to grossly widespread famine and malnutrition.
Example Question #4 : Leaders And Thinkers Of The Ussr
Vladimir Lenin promoted _____________.
a strict adherence to Marx's vision of how nations transitioned from capitalism to socialism to communism
the need to maintain private ownership of farms
None of the answers are correct.
a revolution led from above by trained revolutionaries
All of the answers are correct.
a revolution led from above by trained revolutionaries
In demanding an immediate transition to socialism for Russia, Lenin disagreed with Marx's views. Lenin also promoted the collectivization of farms, although at a more gradual rate than some of his peers.
Lenin advocated revolution from above, by trained revolutionaries.
Example Question #5 : Leaders And Thinkers Of The Ussr
Which Soviet leader implemented the New Economic Policy, which allowed a mixed economy of state-controlled industry and private enterprises?
Nikita Khrushchev
None of these choices
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin implemented the New Economic Policy in 1921, to help stimulate the Soviet economy following the Russian Civil War. Josef Stalin abolished this policy when he took power in 1928, favoring much more rigid state control of the economy. Nikita Khrushchev kept much of this rigid state control in place. Mikhail Gorbachev launched economic reforms to liberalize the Soviet economy in the 1980s, but these reforms were not known as the New Economic Policy.
Example Question #81 : 1900 C.E. To Present
The Berlin Airlift occurred in the aftermath of __________.
the Nazi invasion of Poland
the unification of Germany
the fall of the Soviet empire
the First World War
the Second World War
the Second World War
After the end of World War Two, the city of Berlin was divided into four zones of control: American, British, French, and Russian; however, the city itself was located in East Germany and thus under direct control of the Soviet Union. The American, French, and British sections were combined to form West Berlin. As the Cold War began to dominate global politics, the Soviet Union tried to control the entire city of Berlin and closed off the city to trade with the Western world. The French, British, and particularly American authorities, under the leadership of General Marshall, airlifted supplies into the Western areas of the city to keep the population from starving and also to keep them from turning in desperation to Communism.
Example Question #22 : Russian Revolution And The Cold War
Which of these countries was NOT considered part of the Eastern Bloc of Soviet European countries?
Poland
Finland
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Romania
Finland
The Eastern Bloc was established in the years immediately following World War Two when most of Europe was being divided between Western (American-influenced) Capitalism and Eastern (Soviet-influenced) Communism. Poland, East Germany, Romania, and Czechoslovakia were all incorporated into the Eastern Bloc under the Warsaw Pact. Finland and Switzerland were the only countries to remain neutral—neither Western- nor Eastern-aligned.
Example Question #21 : Russian Revolution And The Cold War
The Warsaw Pact __________.
was signed by Eastern European countries during the Cold War
was signed by Western Europe in the immediate aftermath of World War Two
was signed by almost all European countries in the 1990s
was signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War Two
was signed between Poland and Russia in the years before World War Two
was signed by Eastern European countries during the Cold War
The Warsaw Pact was an agreement signed in 1955 between the various Eastern European and Soviet-bloc countries of the Cold War. It aimed to provide for mutual cooperation and defense and was essentially created as a foil to the American- and British-lead NATO Pact, which West Germany had joined the year before.
Example Question #1 : The Cold War In Europe
Who was the Communist ruler of Yugoslavia during the Cold War in Europe?
Leonid Brezhnev
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nikita Kruschev
Slobodan Milosevic
Marshal Tito
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia is a somewhat unique case in the history of the Cold War in Europe. Although essentially a Communist nation, the government of Yugoslavia, led by Marshal Tito, sought to distance itself from Soviet hegemony. Tito was an ardent Yugoslavian nationalist.
Example Question #601 : Sat Subject Test In World History
Which of the following were the first two European countries to be provided aid by the Truman Doctrine?
Yugoslavia and Greece
Switzerland and Spain
Germany and Poland
France and Poland
Greece and Turkey
Greece and Turkey
The Truman Doctrine was the primary foreign policy of President Harry Truman in the years immediately after World War Two. The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would provide economic and military aid to those countries facing a communist uprising to stop the spread of socialism and Soviet hegemony. The first two countries to be given American aid under the Truman Doctrine were Greece and Turkey, in 1947. Both countries were facing threats of Soviet hegemony and communist uprisings, so they were given financial and military support by the United States.