APCGP Russia Practice Quiz

What type of government system does Russia have?

• Presidential democracy

• Parliamentary democracy

• Semi-presidential system

• Absolute monarchy

What major historical event led to the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922?

• Crimean War

• Russian Revolution of 1917

• Napoleonic Wars

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Lenin

• Leon Trotsky

What policy did Lenin introduce to temporarily allow some private enterprise?

• Five-Year Plan

• Glasnost

• New Economic Policy (NEP)

• Perestroika

What was Stalin’s economic strategy called?

• Shock Therapy

• Five-Year Plans

• Collectivization and Industrialization

• Marshall Plan

The Cold War was primarily a conflict between which two ideologies?

• Communism and Capitalism

• Fascism and Democracy

• Socialism and Feudalism

• Anarchism and Liberalism

What was the 'Iron Curtain'?

• A military blockade around Berlin

• A political boundary dividing Europe

• A defensive wall built by the Soviets

• A Soviet economic policy

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To promote nuclear disarmament

• To support countries resisting communism

• To establish trade agreements with the USSR

• To create a European Union

What was the main goal of Gorbachev’s Perestroika?

• Strengthening state control of the economy

• Introducing free-market elements

• Expanding military power

• Banning political opposition

What did Glasnost aim to achieve?

• Government secrecy

• Political openness and freedom of speech

• Military expansion

• Economic centralization