Russia & Eurasian Republics

The policy of openness; especially regarding speech

• first amendment rights

• peristroika

• glasnost

• scorched earth policy

The ruler in Russia

• czar

• emperor

• king

• president

When did the Soviet Union collapse?

• 1922

• 1953

• 1991

• 2001

a change or restructuring of the economy

• coup

• autonomy

• perestroika

• glasnost

Siberia

• has much oil, but it is hard to get to.
• has many resources, including farmland.
• has a large population.
• has a low population and few resources.

What did Stalin do in Russia?  

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

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.

Russia's location between Europe and China makes it important to global affairs.

• True
• False

What is true about many of the Republics of Central Asia?

• they are landlocked
• they have great ports
• they have no resources
• they have great farmland