Russia and the Eurasian Republics Review

What leader tried to reform the Soviet economy and government?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Lenin

• Ronald Reagan

• Josef Stalin

The ruler in Russia

• czar

• emperor

• king

• president

Which sea has shrunk greatly because of water loss from irrigation?

• Aral

• Baltic

• Black

• Caspian

When did the Soviet Union collapse?

• 1922

• 1953

• 1991

• 2001

a change or restructuring of the economy

• coup

• autonomy

• perestroika

• glasnost

What did Stalin do in Russia?  

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

Peter the Great worked to

• modernize Russia and import western technologies
• introduce democracy
• bring in Communism
• establish the Soviet Union

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.