Russia and Eastern Europe Terms Second Quiz

1. A Soviet-controlled trade group set fixed amounts on the types of goods that each country could produce and sell.  What are these fixed amounts called?

• Rations 

• Stocks

• Quorums

• Quotas

1. What are Eastern European countries doing to their factories? Why?

• Factories are being shut down and no Eastern European countries are manufacturing goods anymore.

• Factories are not being maintained and products are being made from low quality materials.

• Factories are being modernized in order to produce goods that will be competitive with goods produced in other countries.

• Factories are being left unchanged in order to produce goods that will be less competitive with goods produced in other countries.

1. Explain the policy of Russification?

• It required everyone to speak English and follow Islam.

• It required everyone to speak Russian and follow Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

• It required everyone to speak Russian and follow Roman Catholic.

• It required everyone to speak English and follow Judaism.

1. Define socialism.

• A belief that people should not be allowed to socialize in public.

• A belief that calls for society to participate in government.

• A belief that calls for greater economic equality in society.

• A society based on equality, in which workers would control industrial production.

1. Which German philosopher believed in socialism and developed communism?

• Carl Azuz

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Karl Marx

1. Define communism.

• A society based on equality, in which workers would control industrial production.

• A society based on inequality.

• A society based on supply and demand.

• A belief that calls for greater economic equality in society.

How did the U.S. democratic government compare to the Soviet communist government?

• The U.S. has a republic that allows for citizens to have a say in government and vote for their leaders.

• The U.S. has a system where the government controls all aspects of life and gives their citizens no voting rights.

• The Soviets had a republic that allowed for citizens to have a say in government and vote for their leaders.

• The Soviets had a system where the government controlled all aspects of life and gave their citizens no voting rights.

1. In what year did all Soviet countries declare independence and the USSR dissolve?

• 1981

• 1989

• 1991

• 1999

1. What type of government does Russia have today?

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Constitutional Federation

• Federal Republic

• Communist State

     What was the Eastern Europe buffer zone, and what military alliance was it a part of?

• A region between two peaceful countries.

• A region between two hostile powers.

• Treaty of Versailles

• Warsaw Pact