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Geography - S2 - Russia and the Republics

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Nazi's built multiple concentration camps in the highlighted Eastern European country - what is the name of this country?

a)

Germany

b)

Poland

c)

Belarus

d)

Ukraine

2.

The nuclear accident at Chernobyl occurred in the highlighted country - what is the name of this country?

a)

Poland

b)

Russia

c)

Latvia

d)

Ukraine

3.

The United States and this country were engaged in a decades long war labeled the Cold War - What country is highlighted?

a)

Russia

b)

Estonia

c)

Poland

d)

Ukraine

4.

In this type of economic system, the government sets prices and determines who works certain jobs.

a)

Command

b)

Mixed

c)

Market

d)

Traditional

5.

In this type of economy, individuals can start their own businesses based on the desire to make money and can set prices based on competition.

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

6.

This area of eastern Russia includes vast frozen tundra and large forests.

a)

Siberia

b)

Crimea

c)

Caucasus

d)

Central Asia

7.

Who is the current president of Russia?

a)

Lenin

b)

Putin

c)

Stalin

d)

Gorbachev

8.

This led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

a)

the Gulf War

b)

Nicholas II voluntarily gave up his leadership.

c)

a lack of economic growth

d)

The US won the Space Race, which humiliated the USSR.

9.

Before the Soviet Union was formed, Russian leaders were called ___________.

a)

tsar

b)

petrograd

c)

president

d)

premier

10.

This is one of the reasons why the people of Russia lost faith in Nicholas II as ruler of the Russian Empire.

a)

Russia lost a war with Japan.

b)

Russia lost World War II.

c)

Nicholas II wanted to adopt Communism.

d)

Nicholas II wanted to move the government from Saint Petersburg to Moscow.

11.

This economic ideology centers on the fact that the government owns the means of producing goods and is in charge of distributing wealth equally.

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Traditionalism

d)

Feudalism

12.

The Iron Curtain ______________________________.

a)

was an actual wall which separated western Russia from Siberia in eastern Russia

b)

was an actual wall which separated Germany from Russia during World War 2

c)

was an invisible separation between western Europe dominated by the US and eastern Europe dominated by the USSR.

d)

is the force field which keeps students from studying for tests.

13.

The Cold War included these 3 major "competitions" between the US and the Soviet Union.

a)

Space Race

b)

Arms Race

c)

proxy wars

d)

nuclear wars

14.

Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia, The - --

a)

Ural

b)

Europe

c)

Rocky

d)

Himalayas

15.

What would indicate a countries wealth?

a)

Gross domestic Product

b)

Life choices

c)

Life cereal

d)

Gross Dog Products

16.

The Aral sea is evaporating because

a)

Too much rain fall.

b)

Not enough irrigation is used

c)

Large dams keep the water in

d)

Farms and humans access it without replenishment.

17.

The small population is Russia can be explained by

a)

mountains that divide it and harsh climate.

b)

radiation

c)

lack of food

d)

they're too busy.

18.
In Communism the government if unlimited and has a strong control over its people.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
The Siberian Region covers most of East, North, and Northeast Russia.  Therefore we can conclude most of the population lives
a)
In the Siberian because they like the frozen ground
b)
In the Southwest where it is warmer and has better vegetation 
20.
People under Communism have lots of political freedom.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
This man helped lead the Bolshevik Revolution and started Communism in Russia.
a)
George Washington
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Donald Trump
22.
What lacks in a communist system?
a)
political freedom
b)
large amount of labor
c)
land
d)
the color red
23.

Cultural diffusion helped spread this religion throughout Russia?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Eastern Orthodox

d)

Martian

24.
Identify the correct definition for the following word/phrase: coup 
a)
campaigns to break away from the national government and form independent countries. 
b)
farm workers who could be bought and sold with the land.
c)
emperor (an emperor is someone who rules over multiple lands with one government).  
d)
an overthrow of the government by military force. 
25.

The world longest railroad is the ___________.

a)

Orient Express

b)

Reading Railroad

c)

Transcontinental

d)

Trans-Siberian Railroad

26.

The Soviet republics became independent countries as a result of ___________________.

a)

redistricting

b)

Czar Alexander's birthday

c)

the Trans-Siberian railroad

d)

the Soviet Union's collapse