WorksheetsRussia and Central Asia Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who ruled the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924?
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Czar Nicholas II
Who ruled the Soviet Union from 1924-1953?
Leon Trotsky
Czar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
How many people were killed in Stalin's gulags from ~1925-1960?
100,000
More than 12 million
6 million
1.2 million
Under Nikita Kruschev, Soviets enjoyed low rent and plentiful jobs - problem was, ______.
There was no heath care
They waited in ridiculously long lines to buy stuff they needed
There was a horrible food shortage
Gulags held non-cooperative peasants and former capitalists.
How many Soviet citizens are estimated to have died from exposure to Chernobyl radiation?
32
5,000
48
2,000
What is happening to the Aral Sea?
It is shrinking and becoming polluted
It is growing and destroying homes and wildlife
It is cooling the local deserts
It is absorbing salt from the surrounding farmland
What cash crop has the Aral sea been used to irrigate?
Corn
Rye
Potatoes
Cotton
What country is shown in red?
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmeninstan
Uzbekistan
What country is shown here in red?
Georgia
Tajikistan
Belarus
Azerbaijan
What does this mural on the Berlin Wall symbolize?
The reunification of East and West Germany
The welcoming of East Germany into the Soviet Union
The reunification of Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito
The destruction, finally, of the Berlin Wall
