8LC4 Knowledge Quiz

P1. What were the 2 main geopolitical aims of the Russian Empire?

• Expand land and influence

• Spread communism

• Stop capitalism

• Become more Eurasian

P2. What were the 2 main geopolitical aims of the Soviet Union?

• Expand land and influence

• Spread communism

• Stop capitalism

• Become more Eurasian

P3. Select all the Middle Income Countries from the list below

• UK

• Brazil

• Russia

• France

• China

P4. Where is the UK has the wettest weather? [select 2]

• North West

• North East

• South East

• South West

P5. ________________ is the study of the effects of Earth's geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations.

• Geopolitics

• A Transitional Economy

• Economic Geography

• Political Geography

P6. What is the main cause of convectional rainfall?

• Heat

• Topography

• Cold and Warm air meeting

• Altitude

P7. What is Russia’s largest export?

• Precious Metals

• Chemical Products

• Mineral Products

• Transportation

P8. What year did the Soviet Union break up?

P9. What two policies did Soviet Union leader Gorbachev introduce?

• Perestroika

• Chelyabinsk

• Glasnost

• Kamchatka

P10. ________ is a political and economic system that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society.

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Transitional Economy

• The Russian Federation