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.