English
Home BANNER ARCHIVE
Bible Prophecy, Bible Studies, Videos, Articles, & Much Much More!
Select your language
Afrikaans العربية Bahasa Indonesia 简体中文 繁體中文 Amubone Zyoonse Čeština Nederlands English Français Deutsch 한국어 Português Română Español Svenska Tagalog
Join Now

JOIN TODAY!

Meet new people from all over the world, make friends, change your status, upload photos, earn points, & so much more! Chat, post comments or questions on our forum, or send private emails to your friends! There is so much to do and Learn here at World's Last Chance! Join our growing Christian Community Today and receive your Free Gift!

or sign in with your account below:
Facebook Google Yahoo Hotmail

eCourses Completion Status

20th Century Soviet Calendar Reform

Please login to save you quiz You can move back and forth between the quiz and the lesson to perfect your selection of answers.
Click here to go back to lesson.

QUIZ

    • Very different from
    • Much the same as
    • Identical to
    • Set aside the Gregorian calendar year.
    • Completely restructured the weeks.
    • Realigned the months with the seasons.
    • Reverted back to the Julian calendar.
    • To provide an uninterrupted week for greater production.
    • To provide a transitional calendar to bring the Soviet Union from using the old Julian calendar to the Gregorian which the rest of Europe was using.
    • To bring the Gregorian calendar which they had recently adopted back into alignment with the solar year.
    • To make it impossible to find the traditional Judeo-Christian worship days.
    • To destroy the family unit.
    • Divide workers into two shifts: 6 am to 6 pm; and 6 pm to 6 am. This would provide a continuous work cycle for greater productivity.
    • Divide all workers into five different shifts.
    • Have all workers work four 10-hour days and take off four 4-day
    • 10 days and 12 days long.
    • 8 days and 10 days long.
    • 5 days and 6 days long.
    • None
    • Just Friday. The Soviets wanted to force the Muslim countries under their control to give up Islam.
    • Saturday and Sunday, the traditional Judeo-Christian days of worship.
    • Disastrous.
    • Positive.
    • Uneffected.
    • True.
    • False.
    • True.
    • Yes, but they did not rest together as one society since 80% of the population was still working on their days off.
    • No, with a longer work week, they actually rested less often, having only one day off in ten.
    • True.
    • False.
    • Drew society together into one productive, patriotic whole.
    • Fragmented society into five separate societies, living by five separate calendars.
    • Increased productivity and strengthened patriotism, although the religious had a hard time taking work off for worship.
    • Decreased productivity, increased lack of accountability, increased dissatisfaction, and led to the breakdown of the family unit.
    • The greed of the Soviet hierarchy for more production from the common worker.
    • B. The Communist desire for “group think” – a harmonious, united mind-set which stamped out individuality.
    • A desire to destroy religion.
    • One people, One world!
    • Freedom for All!
    • Religion is the opiate of the people.
    • All for One and One for All.
    • True.
    • False.
    • Unite the worker class.
    • Combat the religious spirit.
    • Promote Soviet patriotism.
    • The overworked Soviet laborer.
    • Individual families whose days-off never coincided.
    • The devout among the peasants.
    • Factory managers who got in trouble for lessened productivity due to lack of time for routine maintenance.
    • To restore productivity.
    • Easing international trade with countries on another calendar.
    • Reunite the family.
    • The need to work cooperatively with Allies during World War II.
    • The refusal of the peasant class to comply.
    • The outbreak of World War II.
    • The need to coordinate with Hitler in the take-over of Poland.

End of Quiz