Rise of Totalitarianism

Lesson 19

Please answer the questions below.

1. What is totalitarianism?

2. Why is it necessary for a totalitarian regime to have a permanent revolution?

3. How did Russia’s involvement in World War I help bring on the Russian Revolution?

4. What were some of the other causes of the Russian Revolution?

5. What was the difference between Marxism and Leninism?

6. Why was Stalin referred to as a “grey blur”?