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Former Soviet Union Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These people ruled Russia during the days of the Russian Empire and were usually called by this title:

a)

Tsar

b)

Premier

c)

President

d)

Kaiser

2.

The type of economy where all businesses are privately owned is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

3.

The type of economy where all businesses are run by the government is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

4.

The type of economy where the government makes some rules but many businesses are owned privately is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

5.

The type of economy where nearly everyone is doing SUBSISTENCE level farming (where you are basically just growing enough to feed yourself) is:

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

6.

The main advantage of having a market economy is:

a)

Competition lowers prices and improves products

b)

The government sets fair prices

c)

Monopolies never happen

d)

Everyone gets to live on a farm

7.

Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person to truly leave the Earth's atmosphere was a part of this competition:

a)

Space Race

b)

Market Economy

c)

Olympics

d)

World Cup

8.

The Cold War was called "cold" because

a)

The two sides never fought directly

b)

It was fought mostly in frozen Siberia

c)

Every one of the famous battles occurred in wintertime

d)

COLD stood for "Crimean Orange Larger Demand"

9.

The "Breadbasket" refers to these Eastern European countries:

a)

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

b)

Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus

c)

Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan

d)

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

10.

The term used to describe the divide between the Capitalist and Communist parts of Europe is:

a)

the Iron Curtain

b)

the Great Divide

c)

the Gulag

d)

the DMZ

11.

Which region contains Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia?

a)

Baltic States

b)

Breadbasket

c)

South Caucasus

d)

Central Asia

12.

What economic principle was the Soviet Union founded on?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Feudalism

d)

Anarchism

13.

The large, empty, and beautiful eastern portion of Russia is called:

a)

Siberia

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Croatia

d)

Crimea

14.

This type of message designed to appeal to the emotions is called:

a)

Propaganda

b)

Montage

c)

Chiaroscuro

d)

Expressionism

15.

This smiling guy is Russia's current and longest serving President.

a)

Putin

b)

Gorbachev

c)

Yeltsin

d)

Stalin

16.

What was one important factor that made it difficult for the Soviet Union to forge a single national identity

a)

The countries had much diversity, which was suppressed

b)

Losing WW II was a blow to national pride

c)

Invasions from China were destabilizing

d)

So many other countries wanted to join

17.

Late in the Soviet Union's life it experienced a long period of poor economic performance called:

a)

the Era of Stagnation

b)

the Great Collapse

c)

the Gilded Age

d)

the Han Dynasty

18.

What type of economy is most common in the world today?

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

19.

Which of the following shows Communism in action in the Soviet Union:

a)

Companies compete with one another

b)

The government tried to pay everyone fairly

c)

Everyone lived on private farms

d)

People started their own businesses

20.

The guy on the left led the Bolshevik Revolution, the guy on the right was the USSR's first dictator. Who are they?

a)

Lenin and Stalin

b)

Yeltsin and Putin

c)

Brezhnev and Gorbachev

d)

Eisenstein and Prokofiev

21.

What is it called when one large company becomes the only company that provides a certain product or service?

a)

Monopoly

b)

Battleship

c)

Clue

d)

Candyland

22.

The government stopping two companies from fixing prices would be an example of which type of economy?

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

23.

This is the Russian Empire's last Tsar. What was his name?

a)

Nicholas Romanov

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Vladimir Putin

24.

This is the Soviet Union's last leader, who was also the only one of its leaders to be born during the time that the Soviet Union existed. What was his name?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Vladimir Lenin

25.

Which Asia country did Russia lose a war with?

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Mongolia

d)

Japan