October 18

Welcome back from your Fall break. I hope that you had a restful, stress-free break. In case you missed what we did in class today, here's a quick summary: I returned several assignments and projects to you, I gave you time to work on your Totalitarianism web, I reminded you to study for your Chapter 4 Quiz (which is tomorrow), and I gave you a study guide for your upcoming Chapter 5 Quiz. The assignments that were returned were: the Biography assignment, the Letter to the Tsar assignment, the Soviet Dictionary Project, and the Wanted Poster/Obituary.
Here's a quick summary of upcoming important dates:

• Chapter 4 Quiz is tomorrow October 19th
• Chapter 5 Quiz is Monday, October 25th
• Totalitarianism web is due Friday, October 22nd

Here's a quick recap of the Chapter 5 quiz study guide:

Format:

1. Matching Section (there are two matching sections)
2. Multiple Choice Section (15 questions)
3. Short Answer Section

Topics:

• Key Terms, Key Events, Key People (see list later in this blog)
• War Communism and NEP (successes/failures; Why was the NEP introduced? Why was the NEP unique/unusual?)
• Lenin
• Stalin
• Totalitarianism (7 characteristics)
• Five Year Plans/Industrialization
• Goals, Objectives, Achievements and Results of the Five Year Plans
• WWII and its effects on the USSR
• Khruschev
• Brezhnev
• Soviet Leaders (Lenin to Brezhnev, key accomplishments, key events during their time in power)

Here's a list of key terms, key events and key people that you should know for the quiz (some may appear in the matching section, and some may appear throughout the quiz):

• collectivization
• Cold War
• Lenin
• Stalin
• Khrushchev
• Brezhnev
• "Brezhnev Doctrine"
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Trotsky
• de-Stalinization
• re-Stalinization
• War Communism
• NEP
• satellite countries
• propaganda
• detente
• The Great Purge
• private ownership
• means of production
• Five Year Plans
• totalitarianism
• industrialization