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.

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.

Which economic indicator will inform you if a country has a good healthcare system?

• GDP

• Literacy Rate

• Life Expectancy

• GDP Per Capita

This is the Soviet Union’s form of economy before 1991.

• Socialism

• Communism

• Free Enterprise

• none of the above

What country engaged in the Cold War with the US?

• North Korea

• Soviet Union

• Britain

• China

Which of the following is a result of the Soviet’s attempt to develop agriculture in Central Asia? 

•  the shrinking of the Aral Sea 
• the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 
• the bursting of an oil pipeline in Siberia
• the high amount of pollution in Moscow

permanently frozen ground

• revenue
• steppe
• permafrost
• tundra

flat treeless land found in arctic and subarctic regions

• nomad
• revenue
• steppe
• tundra