Russia Practice Test

The Capital of Russia is

• Beijing

• Stalingrad

• Moscow

• St. Petersburg

In terms of land area, where does Russia rank in the world?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

What mountain range runs from north to south in western Russia and separates Europe and Asia?

• Caucasus Mountains

• Ural Mountains

• Volga Mountains

• Himalayan Mountains

What is the deepest lake in the world, which is estimated to hold one-fifth of the world’s fresh water?

• Caspian Sea

• Lake Volga

• Lake Alkalai

• Lake Baikal

Who was the Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584 that was intelligent, but suffered from mental illnesses?

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Vladimir Lenin

Who established the Russian Empire?

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Tsar Nikolas III

Russia became a world power under this leader's reign, which lasted from 1762 to 1796

• Peter the Great

• Tsar Nikolas III

• Vladimir Lenin

• Catherine the Great

Who led the Soviet Union from its beginning in 1922 to 1924?

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Ivan the Terrible

Who led the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s to 1953 and during WWII?

• Vladimir Lenin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

What is the period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union known as?

• World War I

• Cold War

• World War II

• Bolshevik Revolution