Eastern Europe and Western Russia

The northern Ural Mountains are covered with grassy plains.

• True

• False

Early Slavs migrated from Southern Europe and settled in the area that now includes Ukraine and Poland.

• True

• False

The transfer of industry to private ownership in Russia did not improve the living conditions for most Russians.

• True

• False

The dominant religion in Russia and most Eastern European countries is the Roman Catholic Church.

• True

• False

Russia still has boundary disputes with former Soviet republics like Estonia and Ukraine.

• True

• False

What is the longest river in Europe and Russia's most important waterway?

• Dnieper

• Danube

• Volga

• Dniester

What part of Russia is covered with ice year-round?

• West Siberian plain

• Black Sea coast

• Russian plain

• Novaya Zemlya

Upland

• Vast, level area of grassy land

• Russian farm laborer who could be bought and sold in czarist times

• area of land that slopes gently downward from the surrounding land

• ruler of Russia before 1917

• area of high elevation

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes the effects of the fall of communism on Yugoslavia?

• The country disintegrated into several smaller countries based on ethnic groups.

• Yugoslavia was invaded by Serbia and ceased to exist as an independent country.

• Of all Soviet satellites, Yugoslavia faced the fewest challenges.

• The country became a major power in Eastern Europe due to its many resources.

The most powerful of these princes [of Muscovy], Ivan IV, defeated the Mongols and declared himself the czar of Russia. Czar is Russian for Caesar, or powerful ruler. The Russian nobility, dissatisfied with the czars who ruled after Ivan, looked for a young noble to lead the country. In 1613 they elected 16-year-old Michael Romanov as czar. The Romanovs ruled for the next 300 years. Later, a czar now known as Peter the Great attempted to turn Russia into a major power. After Peter’s death in 1725, Russia endured a string of weak czars. During the late 1700s, Empress Catherine the Great came to power. Catherine encouraged the development of Russian education, journalism, architecture, and theater. During her reign, Russia expanded its empire and took possession of the entire northern coast of the Black Sea. —Discovering World Geography

Based on the excerpt, which Russian czar drove the Mongols out of Russia?

• Michael Romanov

• Peter the Great

• Ivan IV

• Catherine the Great