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Russia and the Eurasian Republics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Czar Alexander II free the serfs?

a)

to attend university

b)

to vote in elections

c)

to move overseas

d)

to work in industry

2.

What military tactic did the Russians use when Napoleon invaded?

a)

aggressive negotiations

b)

blockade of Great Britain

c)

scorched earth policy

d)

two-front war

3.

What leader tried to reform the Soviet economy and government?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Josef Stalin

4.

Why did Peter the Great build St. Petersberg in its location?

a)

has great climate for vacations

b)

stays light during summer nights

c)

is near the Baltic Sea and Europe

d)

contains historic sites and museums

5.

What lesson did France learn from Chernobyl?

a)

to use more advanced nuclear technology

b)

to avoid using nuclear energy

c)

to build domes to prevent nuclear fallout

d)

to keep its nuclear plants a secret

6.

worldly, not connected to a religion

a)

secular

b)

Christian

c)

convert

d)

government

7.

A defined territory with its own government

a)

territory

b)

state

c)

island

d)

continent

8.

The policy of openness; especially regarding speech

a)

first amendment rights

b)

peristroika

c)

glasnost

d)

scorched earth policy

9.

The ruler in Russia

a)

czar

b)

emperor

c)

king

d)

president

10.

The time required for half of the atoms of a radioactive substance to decay

a)

half-life

b)

nuclear explosion

c)

contaminated

d)

fallout

11.

Which sea has shrunk greatly because of water loss from irrigation?

a)

Aral

b)

Baltic

c)

Black

d)

Caspian

12.

What country repeated Napoleon's mistake by invading Russia in winter during World War II?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Poland

13.

When did the Soviet Union collapse?

a)

1922

b)

1953

c)

1991

d)

2001

14.

the period of royal rule

a)

reign

b)

era

c)

queen

d)

century

15.

a change or restructuring of the economy

a)

coup

b)

autonomy

c)

perestroika

d)

glasnost