Russia and the Eurasian Republics

Russia has many long coastlines

• but few good harbors
• and many good harbors
• and many beaches for tourism
• and many people live in the northern coastal area

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.

During the Soviet Union, many of the republics

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

What did Stalin do in Russia?  

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

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.

Russia's location between Europe and China makes it important to global affairs.

• True
• False

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