Russia and the Republics

Siberia

• has much oil, but it is hard to get to.
• has many resources, including farmland.
• has a large population.
• has a low population and few resources.

What did Stalin do in Russia?  

• industrialized Russia, but caused suffering.
• brought in democracy.
• improved farming. 
• made himself tsar.

Peter the Great worked to

• modernize Russia and import western technologies
• introduce democracy
• bring in Communism
• establish the Soviet Union

How did the Soviet Union come to add countries after WWII?

• it kept troops in surrounding republics.
• many countries asked to join.
• the republics voted to join.
• there was a war and the Soviet Union won.

The period of difficult relations between the US and the Soviet Union was called...

• the Cold War
• Peroystroka
• the Great War
• the Vietnam War

Which statement about free enterprise and communism is true? In communism..

• the government owns businesses,in free enterprise people do.
• people own businesses, in free enterprise government does.
• people own most property, in free enterprise they own some.
• people make own money choices,in free enterprise,gov't does.

After the fall of communism, the Russian people and the people of the former republics have 

• had to create a new culture.
• pretty much remained the same.
• lost the right to vote.
• few economic choices.

The Caucasus have a

• temperate climate
• frigid climate
• arid climate
• tropical climate

What is true about many of the Republics of Central Asia?

• they are landlocked
• they have great ports
• they have no resources
• they have great farmland

During the Soviet Union, 

• Russian was the official language.
• the republics kept their own cultures
• people had many choices.
• were free to travel the world.