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WorksheetsRussian History review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the leader who adopted totalitarianism / dictatorship?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Boris Yeltin
c)
Vladimir Putin
d)
Nicholas II
2.
Who was overthrown as the leader of Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution?
a)
Ivan the Terrible
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Nicholas II
d)
Joseph Stalin
3.
What leader tried to improve the economy by increasing freedom in Russia?
a)
Boris Yeltsin
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Joseph Stalin
4.
Who moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg?
a)
Peter the Great
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Ivan IV
d)
Nicholas II
5.
What was Ivan IV's nickname?
a)
Ivan the Great
b)
Ivan of Moscow
c)
The Great Ivan
d)
Ivan the Terrible
6.
What is glasnost?
a)
Strict laws against speaking
b)
Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
c)
Anarchy and chaos
d)
American Rule over Russia
7.
Who led the Bolsheviks in their revolution against czarism in Russia?
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Vladimir Putin
d)
Joseph Stalin
8.
The Communist Soviet Union fell in ____________ and then became free enterprise / democratice Russia.
a)
1991
b)
1919
c)
1994
d)
1996
9.
The deepest lake in the world, known as the "Jewel of Siberia" is
a)
Caspian Sea
b)
Lake Balkash
c)
Lake Baikal
d)
Black Sea
10.
This group of invaders conquered Russia and taxed the people heavily:
a)
Huns
b)
Polish
c)
Muslims
d)
Mongols
11.
The Vikings and this group helped to shape early Russia:
a)
Mongols
b)
Slavs
c)
Romans
d)
Byzantines
12.
The early trade city that developed at the beginning of the Russian empire:
a)
Moscow
b)
St. Petersburg
c)
Leningrad
d)
Kiev
13.
What controls a command economy?
a)
the needs of the people
b)
the government
c)
banks
d)
availability of resources
14.
Identify the name of the forested biome in Russia.
a)
Tundra
b)
Steppe
c)
Taiga
d)
Desert
15.
Which form of government did Russia have the longest?
a)
Democracy
b)
Communist
c)
Theocracy
d)
Absolute Monarchy
16.
Why did the Soviet Union collapse in 1991?
a)
A push for independence from the republics.
b)
Glasnost
c)
Perestroika
d)
All of the above
17.
What is the famous Russian cathedral with onion-style domes?
a)
St. Patricks Basilica
b)
St. Basil's Cathedral
c)
St. Catherine's Cathedral
d)
Czar Ivan IV's Basilica
18.
Why did Peter the Great want to westernize Russia?
a)
Napoleon ordered him to do so
b)
to make Russia more competitive against the European militaries
c)
to drive out the Mongols
d)
to split Russia into two parts
19.
Why is the conflict between the United States and Russia called the Cold War?
a)
because it was a secret
b)
both countries are in the Northern Hemisphere
c)
because Russia is very cold
d)
because the conflict never broke out in war
20.
What type of economy did Russia have when it was part of the Soviet Union?
a)
market economy
b)
boost economy
c)
command economy
d)
barter economy
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