Russia and the Eurasian Republics

Who was the Soviet leader who took over after Stalin's death?

• Leonid Breshnev
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Boris Yeltsin

Where is St. Petersburg located?

• On the Caspian Sea
• On the Mediterranean Sea
• On the Baltic Sea
• By the Sea of Galilee

How is oil transported from the Caspian Sea to other countries?

• pipelines
• railroads
• ships
• trucks

What is restructuring of the government?

• coup
• diplomacy
• glasnost
• perestroika

How is the Trans-Siberian railroad beneficial to the world's economy?

• gives jobs to railroad workers from Europe
• links East Asia to Europe for trade
• makes Russia the world's tourism leader
• replaces slow ships as transportation

Which one of the following is a non-fossil fuel?

• nuclear power
• coal
• oil
• natural gas

What is a system that has a single political party that controls the government AND the economy?

• Communism
• democracy
• republic
• socialism

Who was the Soviet leader who wanted to reform the economy of the Soviet Union?

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Nikita Khrushev
• Vladimir Putin
• Josef Stalin

What type of government are absolute monarchies, dictatorships, and oligarchies?

• limited
• unlimited

What is the name of the mountain range that separates European and Asian Russia?

• Caucasus Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
• Himalayas
• Ural Mountains