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WorksheetsUnit 7 Quizizz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Most of Russia has what kind of climate?
a)
Tundra
b)
Wet
c)
Subarctic
d)
Arctic
2.
Nuclear-powered ships break through ice to open passageways for other ships.
What body of water do they break?
What body of water do they break?
a)
Bering Sea
b)
Lake Baikal
c)
Aral Sea
d)
Arctic Sea
3.
Growing Industry in Russia
a)
petroleum
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
fertilizer
d)
nuclear power
4.
the climate of the Siberian Tundra is...
a)
wintry
b)
cold
c)
frozen
d)
Covered with ice nearly year-round
5.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States and the Soviet Union came close to...
a)
Peace Treaty
b)
Meeting for the first time
c)
War
6.
two important fine arts found in Russia
a)
architecture & literature
b)
painting & literature
c)
music & ballet
d)
ballet & literature
7.
Countries in the Balkan Peninsula were affected how-by the collapse of the Soviet Union?
a)
slow economy
b)
harsh military conditions
c)
lack of freedoms
d)
Disputes among ethnic groups tore the country apart in the early 1990s
8.
How was Russia’s economy effected by the collapse of the Soviet Union?
a)
slow to move to a free enterprise economy
b)
establishment of a monarchy
c)
communism took over
d)
the great depression began
9.
Who were the Allied Powers?
a)
Canada, Australia, U.S.
b)
U.S., Mexico, Canada
c)
U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union
d)
U.S., Ireland, Scotland
10.
Who were the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany, China, North Korea
b)
Germany, China, Russia
c)
Germany, Russia, Vietnam
d)
Japan, Germany, Italy
11.
Who coined the phrase 'Iron Curtain'?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
JFK
d)
General Eisenhower
12.
What was the 'Iron Curtain'?
a)
a curtain made out of iron
b)
secretive policies of the Soviet Union and lack of information provided to communist citizens
c)
a tall hard wall
d)
an iron wall
13.
What is NATO?
a)
a group of countries
b)
European countries in a union
c)
military alliance between US, Canada, and various Western European countries.
d)
a pact between European countries only
14.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
a)
a peace treaty
b)
a club of European countries & Russia
c)
a group of Eastern European countries & Asia
d)
Treaty of mutual defense
15.
What did the Treaty of Versailles do?
a)
blamed Germany for WW2
b)
blamed Japan for WW2
c)
made Germany accept the blame for the war and pay the Allies 33 billion dollars in war reparations
d)
blamed Japan for WW1
16.
Nikita Khrushchev agreed to stop shipping missiles to Cuba
a)
1931
b)
1962
c)
1965
d)
1979
17.
Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union
a)
1924
b)
1915
c)
1922
d)
1923
18.
World War II began in Europe
a)
1935
b)
1940
c)
1955
d)
1939
19.
The Communists seized control of the Russian government. When the imperial family of Russia was murdered.
a)
1928
b)
1917
c)
1915
d)
1931
20.
What was the Cold War?
a)
A 40 year standoff between the US and Soviet Union.
b)
A war in the winter
c)
a nuclear war
d)
a long hard war with lots of soldiers
21.
Effects of the Cold War
a)
Arms Race & Space Race
b)
Space Race & Literature
c)
Arms Race & Intelligence Wars
22.
True or False
The Volga River:
-Longest river in Europe and Russia’s most important waterway
-carries more freight and passenger traffic than any other river in Russia
-Provides hydroelectric power and water to many parts of Russia
The Volga River:
-Longest river in Europe and Russia’s most important waterway
-carries more freight and passenger traffic than any other river in Russia
-Provides hydroelectric power and water to many parts of Russia
a)
True
b)
False
23.
True or False
Lake Baikal:
-deepest freshwater lake
-has about 20% of the world’s supply of unfrozen freshwater
-many kinds of aquatic life
Lake Baikal:
-deepest freshwater lake
-has about 20% of the world’s supply of unfrozen freshwater
-many kinds of aquatic life
a)
False
b)
True
24.
Soviet attempt to develop agriculture and industry has resulted in...
a)
the growth of oil & natural gas
b)
the growth of agriculture
c)
the growth of industry
d)
the shrinking of the Aral Sea
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