Russia and Central Asia Quiz

Who ruled the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924?

• Vladimir Lenin

• Josef Stalin

• Leon Trotsky

• Czar Nicholas II

Who ruled the Soviet Union from 1924-1953?

• Leon Trotsky

• Czar Nicholas II

• Vladimir Lenin

• Josef Stalin

How many people were killed in Stalin's gulags from ~1925-1960?

• 100,000

• More than 12 million

• 6 million

• 1.2 million

Under Nikita Kruschev, Soviets enjoyed low rent and plentiful jobs - problem was, ______.

• There was no heath care

• They waited in ridiculously long lines to buy stuff they needed

• There was a horrible food shortage

• Gulags held non-cooperative peasants and former capitalists.

How many Soviet citizens are estimated to have died from exposure to Chernobyl radiation?

• 32

• 5,000

• 48

• 2,000

What is happening to the Aral Sea?

• It is shrinking and becoming polluted

• It is growing and destroying homes and wildlife

• It is cooling the local deserts

• It is absorbing salt from the surrounding farmland

What cash crop has the Aral sea been used to irrigate?

• Corn

• Rye

• Potatoes

• Cotton

What country is shown in red?

• Kazakhstan

• Kyrgyzstan

• Turkmeninstan

• Uzbekistan

What country is shown here in red?

• Georgia

• Tajikistan

• Belarus

• Azerbaijan

What does this mural on the Berlin Wall symbolize?

• The reunification of East and West Germany

• The welcoming of East Germany into the Soviet Union

• The reunification of Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito

• The destruction, finally, of the Berlin Wall