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Module 20-21
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bosheviks | a group of revolutionary Russian Marxits who took control of Russia's govt. in Nov. 1917 |
| coalition government | a government controlled by a temporary alliance of several political parties |
| collective farm | a large govt.-controlled farm framed by combining many small farms |
| command economy | an economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions |
| communism | an economic system in which all means of production-land, mines, factories, railroads, and businesses-are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally |
| Communist Party | a political party practicing the idea of Karl Marx and V.I. Lenin originally the Russian Bolshevik party |
| Kulaks | a class of wealthy peasants |
| pogrom | organized violence against Jews |
| proletariat | a Marxist theory, the group of workers who overthrew capitalism and created a classless society |
| provisional govt. | a temporary govt. |
| soviet | one of the local representative councils formed in Russia after the downfall of Czar Nicholas II |
| totalitarianism | government control over every aspect of public and private life |