Question 1

Which of the following is not a source of Marx's thought?

a the Enlightenment

b French socialist thought

c British political economy

d Christian utopian thought

Question 2

Which of the following was not part of the fascist/militarist alliance that fought during World War II?

a Germany

b Italy

c Japan

d the Soviet Union

Question 3

The author of A New View of Society is:

a Josef Stalin

b Mao Zedong

c Eduard Bernstein

d Robert Owen

Question 4

Which of the following was the most serious problem facing Mao Zedong as he implemented communist ideas in China?

a the agricultural nature of China's economy

b China's Christian heritage

c a lack of large cities in China

d opposition from the Soviet Union

Question 5

Who was the dictator of Spain from the late 1930s to the mid­1970s?

a Juan Valdez

b Juan Carlos

c Francisco Franco

d Vicente Fox

Question 6

Which of the following was not a source of democratic socialist thinking, according to the authors of your textbook?

a utopian thought

b Marxism

c Fabianism

d anarchism

Question 7

Which of the following theorists was responsible for the idea of democratic centralism?

a V. I. Lenin

b Mao Zedong

c Friedrich Engels

d Josef Stalin

Question 8

Dictatorship of the proletariat means that:

a the workers rule

b all the people rule

c Marx rules

d the Communist Party rules

Question 9

Which of the following is not a central aspect of democratic socialist thought?

a the need for popular, constitutional rule b socialist economies

c the need for violent revolution

d the desire to help people socially develop their potential

Question 10

Nazi Germany aggressively attacked its neighbors and precipitated ____________.

a World War I

b the Franco­Prussian War

c the War of German Independence d World War II