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World Civilizations 10H‐‐Honors Summer Reading Assignment ANIMAL FARM WEBQUEST: An Online Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Please use the suggested links to find answers to each of the questions below. Be sure to paraphrase your answers based on the information you find on the internet. You will submit these answers along with your Animal Farm paper on the first day of school—August 30th. Happy hunting! *For questions #1‐4, please refer to the following site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
1. What was George Orwell’s real name? 2. Where was Orwell born, and where did he live most of his life? 3. Name two other books George Orwell has written. 4. What were Orwell’s political views? *For question #5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_farm
5. In what year was Animal Farm first published, and what war had just ended? *For questions #6‐8, refer to the following site: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/difference‐between‐
socialism‐and‐communism.html
6. What is socialism? 7. What is communism? 8. What are the common goals/failures of socialism and communism? (Hint: utopia means an ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects)
For questions #9‐15, please use the following webpage and links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/redflag/description.html
9. Who was the Czar (or Tsar) of Russia before the Russian Revolution (and during WWI)? 10. What became of this Czar and his family? 11. What happened during the February Revolution of 1917 (first phase of the Russian Revolution)? 12. What happened during the October Revolution of 1917 (second phase of the Russian Revolution)? 13. Who led the October Revolution? 14. Who were the Bolsheviks? 15. Who was Vladimir Lenin, and what were the major ideas of “Leninism”? (Hint: follow the web site’s “Bolshevik” link to the “Lenin” link to the “Leninism”link) For question # 16, focus on the beginning paragraphs‐‐‐read up to and including the section on “Government” of the following site: http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture15a.html
16. Who was Napoleon Bonaparte, and what was his basic personality? For questions #17‐22 use the following site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin
17. Who was Josef Stalin, and what kind of ruler was he? 18. What was Stalin’s relationship to Leon Trotsky? 19. Who was Leon Trotsky?
20. Why did he leave Russia?
21. What was the “Great Purge” characterized by? Who was punished and how? Skim through the “personality cult” link‐‐how might Stalin and Napoleon have been similar? 22. List three other totalitarian dictators in past and recent history. For question #23, go to: http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/dec/03.htm (Focus on Paragraphs #2 and #3)
23. Why does Lenin (a communist) view religion as a negative influence in the lives of common people? Please use the following website to answer question #24: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/‐/0807827363/104‐9310356‐9509566?v=glance
24. According to the “product description” for this book, why did Stalin reintroduce religious institutions that had previously been banned in Russia? Please refer to the following site to answer this last question: http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/sovintro.php
25. What were some reasons Lenin and Stalin used propaganda? Skim over the posters what are the
posters encouraging people to do?