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Unit 6 review: Russia

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What city is near 60 N ?

a)

St Petersburg

b)

China

c)

Barnual

d)

Orenburg

2.

Russia's location can be described as?

a)

East of Europe and most of North Asia.

b)

South of China and North of Asia.

c)

West of Europe and most of South Asia.

d)

North of China and South of Asia.

3.

Russia is the

a)

Smallest country in Asia.

b)

Largest country in Asia.

c)

most of Asia.

d)

most of Europe

4.

Most of Russian live in

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Africa

5.

Which mountain separate Europe and Asia, The - --

a)

Ural

b)

Europe

c)

Rocky

d)

Himalayas

6.

The current president of Russia is

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Ivan the Terrible

7.

What is the capital city of the Russian Federation?

a)

St. Petersburg

b)

Berlin

c)

Moscow

d)

Geneva

8.
What is another word for Tsar (Czar)?
a)
Immigrant
b)
King
c)
Refugee
d)
Serf/Poor Laboror
9.

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

a)

Siberia

b)

Crimea

c)

Caucasus

d)

Central Asia

10.

The "war" between the US and the Soviet Union in which both sides never really fought each other.

a)

Cold War

b)

Proxy War

c)

Siberian War

d)

Soviet War

11.

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

a)

tsar

b)

petrograd

c)

president

d)

premier

12.

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

13.

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.

14.

This type of economic system has more government control than any other type of economic system.

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Tradtional

d)

Mixed

15.
What is another word for Tsar (Czar)?
a)
Immigrant
b)
King
c)
Refugee
d)
Serf/Poor Laboror
16.
What was the name of Russia's last Czar?
a)
Czar Nicholas II
b)
Czar Putin
c)
Czar Lenin
d)
Czar Stalin
17.
Who was the first leader of the Bolsheviks and helped overthrow the Czar to set up the USSR
a)
Stalin
b)
Gorbachev
c)
Lenin
d)
Putin
18.
what family ruled Russia for over 300 years up until the 1917 Russian Revolution
a)
Bonapartes
b)
Hapsburgs
c)
Tudor
d)
Romanov
19.
Supporters of Lenin, who overtook the provisional government and established Russia as “communist.”
a)
Lenin
b)
Bolshevik 
c)
Czar
d)
Bloody Sunday
20.

"Healer" to the royal family who was distrusted and eventually murdered.

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Rasputin

21.
Most Russian cities are located in the
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
22.

Which Asian nation shown in the map is Russia?

a)

4

b)

41

c)

5

23.

Which religious tradition separated from the Roman Catholic Church in Europe, spread to Russia, and blended into Russia culture

a)

Buddhism

b)

communism

c)

Rabbinic Judaism

d)

Russian Orthodoxy

24.

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

25.

_____________________ tried to reform the Soviet economy and government.

a)

Mickey Mouse

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Ironman

26.

D

a)

Kazakhstan

b)

Mongolia

c)

China

d)

Russia

27.

Caspian Sea

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

9

28.

Lqke Baikal

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

9

29.

Ural Mountains

a)

3

b)

6

c)

8

d)

11

30.

Caucasus Mountains

a)

3

b)

6

c)

8

d)

11

31.

Kamchatka Peninsula

a)

7

b)

10

c)

11

d)

12

32.

Bering Sea

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

12

33.

A Russian forced labor camp is called a

a)

Concentration Camp

b)

Gulag

c)

Alcatraz

d)

P.O.W. camp

34.

What is the name of the longest river in Europe, which is in Russia?

a)

Ural River

b)

Danube

c)

Kama River

d)

Volga River

35.

After its collapse, how many countries did the Soviet Union break into?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

36.

What year did the Soviet Union collapse?

a)

1776

b)

1876

c)

1991

d)

2001

37.

Who was the first person to call the Soviet Block European countries the "Iron Curtain"?

a)

Nikita Krushchev

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Winston Churchill

38.

What is the name of Mikhael Gorbachev's POLICY of open discussion of political and social issues which brought an end to the Cold War and eventually broke apart the Soviet Union?

a)

Glasnost

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Great Society

d)

Democracy

39.

What direction is Russia from the Equator?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

40.

What direction is Russia from the Prime Meridien?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

41.

What is the currency in Russia called?

a)

Rupee

b)

Ruble

c)

Euros

d)

Lira