Russia

Which of the following explains why the population of Russia is isolated to the west?

• Climate conditions in the region
• Trade organizations
• Voting patterns
• Border disputes

"Let me be a free man-free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and act for myself- and I will obey every law and submit to every penalty"

• Limited Government
• Unlimited Government

" I wanted to rule the world, and in order to do this I needed to have all the power to do as I saw fit.  I wanted to rule the world-who wouldn't have in my place"

• Limited Government
• Unlimited Government

In a real-life communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?

• Intellectuals
• Business leaders
• Military leaders
• Whoever controls the government

What can you infer about the reason why communism became so popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Communist leaders were skillful liars 
• Working people faced extremely difficult conditions back then.
• The concept of democracy had become extremely unpopular
• The world economy kept collapsing 

Lenin was in favor of this type of government that allowed for a classless society.

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Communism/Socialism
• Fascism 

This Soviet leader allowed more social and political freedoms. 

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Catherine the Great
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Josef Stalin

This policy was set up by Gorbachev to encourage citizens of the Soviet Union to be open about their opinions.

• Glasnost
• Open Court
• Open Door
• Russification

What does the word "perestroika" mean?

• Revisit
• Rebirth
• Resurrection
• Reform

During the Soviet Union, many of the republics

• tried to keep their own identity/ethnicity.
• willing adopted a Russian culture.
• did well economically.
• kept their own cultures.