What was the essence of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP)?
A) The NEP was designed to consolidate all economic activity into state enterprises run by economic bureaucrats.
B) The NEP banned any economic activity not under the direct supervision of Lenin and his Politburo.
C) The NEP encouraged small-scale capitalist business and profit seekers while maintaining firm control by the Bolsheviks.
D) The NEP wanted to build on the economic momentum of the war and push Russia to the commanding heights of economic prosperity.
E) The NEP put the means of industrial production and health care under the control of central government planners.
Question 2
What was the Sui Dynasty's most effective reform?
A) landlord system, which put all land in the hands of the wealthy.
B) well-field system, which redistributed land every few years.
C) enclosure system, which separated formerly commonly held lands into individual plots.
D) socialist system, which saw all land shared equally.
E) ever-normal granary system, which set aside part of each season's crops for community use in time of famine.
