Unit 8 - Russia Review

The Cold War included these 3 major "competitions" between the United States and The Soviet Union

• Space Race

• Proxy Wars

• Arms Race

• nuclear wars

Benefits of a free enterprise system include:

• ownership of private property

• less choice of products

• Entrepreneurs are able to produce and sell goods/services.

• Producers produce at their own profit.

Which of the following natural resources helps the Russian economy?

• Wheat

• Gold

• Wind

• Oil

Russia became more limited by

• allowing multiple political parties

• stricter voting requirements

• limiting immigration

• restricting free enterprise

Before the Soviet Union, Russian leaders were called

• President

• King

• Tsar

• Shrek

Which type of government gives their citizens NO rights or freedoms?

• unlimited

• limited

was once a part of The Soviet Union

• Mongolia

• Brazil

• Ukraine

• China

Which location in Europe is known as the “cradle of democracy”?

• Rome, Italy

• Paris, France

• Athens, Greece

• Berlin, Germany

What is hydroelectricity?

• electricity created by burning oil

• electricity created by water movement

• electricity created by burning coal

• electricity created by solar rays/sunlight

Who was the leader that led the Bolshevik Revolution also known as the Russian Revolution of 1917 and was responsible for the creation of the Soviet Union?

• Nicholas II

• Vladimir Putin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Josef Stalin