Russia and the Eurasian Republics

Why did Czar Alexander II free the serfs?

• to attend university

• to vote in elections

• to move overseas

• to work in industry

What military tactic did the Russians use when Napoleon invaded?

• aggressive negotiations

• blockade of Great Britain

• scorched earth policy

• two-front war

What leader tried to reform the Soviet economy and government?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Lenin

• Ronald Reagan

• Josef Stalin

Why did Peter the Great build St. Petersberg in its location?

• has great climate for vacations

• stays light during summer nights

• is near the Baltic Sea and Europe

• contains historic sites and museums

What lesson did France learn from Chernobyl?

• to use more advanced nuclear technology

• to avoid using nuclear energy

• to build domes to prevent nuclear fallout

• to keep its nuclear plants a secret

worldly, not connected to a religion

• secular

• Christian

• convert

• government

A defined territory with its own government

• territory

• state

• island

• continent

The policy of openness; especially regarding speech

• first amendment rights

• peristroika

• glasnost

• scorched earth policy

The ruler in Russia

• czar

• emperor

• king

• president

The time required for half of the atoms of a radioactive substance to decay

• half-life

• nuclear explosion

• contaminated

• fallout