Eastern Europe/USSR Review

1. Which of the following nations is located on both the European and Asian continents?

• Poland

• Estonia

• Russia

• Kazakhstan

2. One negative effect of the Marshall Plan was...

• Eastern European nations recovered from WWII very quickly.

• Eastern European nations behind the Iron Curtain joined NATO.

• Western European nations recovered from WWII very slowly.

• A wealth gap developed between the east and the west, causing many eastern European nations to lag behind the rest of Europe.

3. Which Soviet leader was the most cruel, sending many political dissidents to the gulag, and killing millions?

• Stalin

• Gorbachev

• Putin

• Lenin

4. Which Soviet leader introduced reforms that allowed greater freedoms and began moving the Soviet Union away from communism, eventually leading to its collapse?

• Gorbachev

• Stalin

• Lenin

• Putin

5. Since Russia has invaded Ukraine what do other former nation states like Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia fear?

• Chemical Warfare may spread to their borders.

• Collapse of their economies because of close ties to Russia.

• Russia may invade them next and really try to recreate the Soviet Union.

• Lack of access to waterways.

6. Which of these is a major cause of acid rain?

• Spraying pesticides on crops.

• Burning fossil fuels for energy.

• Dumping sewage in river systems.

• Using Uranium to generate electricity.

7. What measures are being taken in Europe’s “Black Triangle” to reduce pollution?

• Switching to coal as a fuel.

• Building taller smokestacks.

• Stopping work work on windy days.

• Installing smokestack scrubbers.

8. How did the accidental spill of cyanide at a mine in Romania spread to neighboring countries?

• Winds blew cyanide to other countries.

• Rivers carried cyanide to other countries.

• Crops poisoned with cyanide were sold in other countries.

• Storms dropped rain poisoned with cyanide on other countries.

9. What organizations has Russia tried to block former Soviet Republics from joining?

• UN

• EU & NATO

• NAFTA

10. Which of the following is a negative effect of the Chernobyl power plant explosion?

• higher rates of cancer in Belarus

• contamination of soil and water in Belarus

• contamination of fish and reindeer populations in Lapland

• all of the above