How big is Russian compared to the US and Canada combined?

What area in northern Russia is mostly frozen tundra?

What endangered animal can be found in Siberia?

What is Permafrost?

What is a Steppe?

Which river is NOT found in Russia?

Which lake in Russia is believed to hold ⅕ of the world’s fresh water?

What is the name of one of the only freshwater seals that are found in the world?

Are most of the volcanoes in the Ring of Fire active, or non-active?

What is the capital city of Russia?

What ancient fortress, rebuilt to retain its ancient heritage is home to the Russian central government?

Approximately how many countries make up Europe?

What is the smallest country in Europe?

What famous chapel is found in Vatican City?

What famous person lives in Vatican City?

Which one does NOT naturally separates Europe from Asia?

What city was buried and destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius?

Where did the earliest settlers from Prehistoric Europe come from?

When was agriculture developed in Europe?

In what age was it when bronze tools and weapons were developed and first used?

Who led the conquests when the Greek civilization spread from the Mediterranean Sea into Central Asia?

Many aspects of the Classical Greek culture, including religion, architecture and philosophy, became a major influence on what empire?

What does “Democracy” mean?

The modern Western alphabet and what else are based on those used by the Romans?

The Romans went from a mythology-based religion to their acceptance of what religion that became a major world religion?

What kind of government did the Romans have that lasted for 450 yrs.?

Who became Rome’s first emperor after Julius Caesar was assassinated?

Why did the Roman Empire get split in two parts?

What was the new capital of The Eastern Roman Empire?

Which part of the Roman Empire fell first?

Which country did NOT lead the Allied Powers in WWI?

Which country did NOT lead the Central Powers in WWI?

Who won WW I?

What was the treaty called that officially ended WWI?

After WWI was over, what major event happened in 1929?

In Germany, what man that was arrested for trying to overthrow the government was later appointed the Chancellor of Germany?

Who did Hitler ally with to try to take full control of Europe?

What country did Germany invade first in 1939?

Great Britain and France saw what Germany did to Poland and declared war against them. This was the start of what major event in history?

After Poland, which country did Germany conquer next?

Germany couldn’t conquer the island nation of Great Britain, so they went after what country next?

What major event brought the U.S. into WWII?

Germany surrendered 1 year after what famous invasion?

During the “Iron Curtain” days, who were the 2 superpower countries in the world?

What military alliance did most of the non-communist countries join?

What military alliance did most of the communist countries join?

What country was split in half for decades after WWII with ½ being democratic and ½ being communist?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when they began to have economic and political reforms that led to the fall of communism?

The Modern Era saw two revolutions that would shape the political landscape for years to come. What was one of them?

The Industrial Revolution moved countries from an agricultural-based society to one founded in what?

The Modern Era saw two revolutions that would shape the political landscape for years to come. What was one of them?

The Political Revolution changed governments from monarchies to what type of government?

When a country has a prime minister AND a king or queen, it’s what kind of government?

The prime minister is the head of what in a Constitutional Monarchy?

The king or queen is the head of what in a Constitutional Monarchy?

From 1922 to 1991 Russia was part of a what larger nation?

What was the the main reason the Soviet Union became a world superpower?

What is an attempted or forced overthrow of a government called?

When did Gorbachev resign and the Soviet Union was dissolved into independent states?

What is it called when citizens in the Soviet Union can freely voice their opinions?

What is it called when there was a need to entirely restructure the Soviet Union's economy?

In 1992 representatives from a number of European governments met to create what agreement that would set up the European Union?

Goods and people can move freely across borders is a benefit of what?

What is the common currency in the European Union called?

What is the EU’s national anthem?

Some European Union member still want to make their own decision on issues like what?

Under “The Brexit”, which group wanted to leave the EU?

Under “The Brexit”, which group wanted to stay in the EU?

what does Brexit mean?

Since the British voted to leave the European Union, what has happened to their economy?

When is the UK due to officially leave the EU?