November 3

Today we read a little bit more from "Animal Farm" We read as a class, Chapters 2 and 3. We also continued our analysis of the novel, comparing events and characters in the novel to people in Russian history. I also gave you some class time to study for your Chapter 7 Quiz, which is on Tuesday. I also reminded you that your Soviet Timeline project is due tomorrow.

Here are some upcoming important dates:

• Soviet Timeline project due Thursday, November 4th
• Chapter 7 Quiz is on Tuesday, November 9th

Here is the Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide:

Format:

1. Matching Section
2. Multiple Choice Section
3. Short Answer Section

Topics:

• Key Terms
• Social/Political Features of the Soviet System (ie. One Party Rule, Multinational Empire, World Power)
• Organization of the CPSU (diagram p.190, information about each level of CPSU)
• Role of the Secret Police (KGB) in Soviet society
• Economic/Political/Military Alliances after WW II (specifically, the Warsaw Pact and COMECON)
• understand how the Warsaw Pact and COMECON worked/what was their purpose?

Here are the key terms that will appear throughout the Chapter 7 Quiz:

• nationality
• multinational
• Pravda
• nomenklatura
• Politburo
• Secretariat
• cells
• General Secretary
• candidate
• Communist Party (CPSU)
• Warsaw Pact
• COMECON
• Octobrists
• Young Pioneers
• Komsomol
• One Party Rule
• satellite country
• constitution
• KGB
• republic
• capitalist west
• communist east
• Cold War

Please make sure that you study and prepare for this quiz!