chapter 17 russia

Which two of the seven continents meet in Russia's Ural mountains?

• Europe and Asia

• Asia and Australia

• Russia and Siberia

• Africa and Asia

The last of the Russian czars; overthrown in 1917.

• Joseph Stalin

• Nicholas II

• Nicholas I

• Ivan IV

Beautiful cathedral with onion-shaped domes found near Red Square; built by Ivan IV.

• Notre Dame Cathedral

• St. Basil Cathedral

• St. Anthony Cathedral

• Red Square Basilica

Siberia is best described as -

• small region with a tropical climate

• a small island off the eastern cost of Russia

• mountainous and warm with a lot of vegetation

• vast area with a harsh climate

Communist group let by Vladimir Lenin; took over Russia during the revolution in 1917.

• Vikings

• Slavs

• Tatars

• Bolsheviks

The leader of the Soviet Union when it fell in 1991 -

• Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

• Ivan III

• Mikhail Gorbachev

Who was the first leader of the new Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution?

• Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Mikhail Baryshnikov

The legislative branch of the Russian Federation is called -

• Federal Assembly

• Congress

• Senate

• Bolsheviks

What huge forest covers much of Russia?

• Taiga

• Sherwood

• Piney Wood

• Uplands

The second leader of the USSR; known as a violent dictator.

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khruschev

• Ivan IV