Geography Ch. 13 Review

Arguably, Russia's greatest handicap is

• lack of resources

• Soviet past

Russia's foreign policy has been influenced by

• the need for clear natural borders

• the for warm-water seaports

The dominant religion in Russia is

• Russian Orthodox

• atheism

• Catholicism

• Protestant Christianity

This term is used to refer to the rulers of Russia from 1547 - 1917

• czar

• krai

• kremlin

• oblast

Who was the Russian ruler responsible for reforms that eventually led to the fall of Soviet Empire

• Stalin

• Gorbachev

• Yelstin

• Lenin

"Glasnost" means

• restructuring

• openness

• capitalism

The Russian political unit similar to a state in the United States is the

• oblast

• okrug

• krai

• obelisk

The twenty-one self-governing areas where most of the population, power, and status in Russia are

• krais

• oblasts

• okrugs

• autonomous republics

Russia's executive branch has a ________, instead of a vice president.

• prime minister

• premier

• provost

• chancellor

The legislative branch of Russia's national government is the

• Federation Assembly

• Congress

• Parliamentary Assembly

• Constituent Assembly