Which country is shown?

Which country is shown?

Which country is the largest in the world? This country spans 12 different time zones.

Which country is the second largest country in all of Europe?

Which of the following is NOT a Russian city?

Russian civilization was made possible by this rich, fertile soil found within the Fertile Triangle. It is black and great for growing wheat!

Which of the following is Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine?

Which of the following is Vladimir Putin, president of Russia?

The ___________ form a natural barrier between European Russia and Siberian Russia.

What is the primary warm-water access Russia has in the south?

The Urals form a natural north-south boundary between _______ Russia and ________.

Which symbol is most associated with Russia?

Which symbol is most associated with Ukraine?

In 2014, Russia annexed which part of Ukraine?

Russia seeks to prevent Ukraine from joining ____, a defensive alliance with the majority of European countries, the United States and Canada.

Since 2014, Russian-backed separatists have been fighting against the Ukrainians in the _____ region of Dombas.

What alphabet is used by speakers of the Slavic languages of the Russian Core?

The economy of Russia relies heavily on the export of...

The economy of Ukraine relies heavily on the export of...

Who initiated the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine?

Approximately, how much of Russia's population live in the European portion?

How long did communism last in Russia?

Which city-state became the leading city-state in early Russia? It is here that Russian civilization began.

The Rus people first settled in the fertile grasslands of Ukraine called the...

The modern Russian (and Ukrainian) people trace their roots back to the ...

What religion is synonymous with all three Russian Core countries?

Due to its geography and culture, Russia has remained relatively _____ for most of its history.

Russian culture eventually shifted from Kyiv (Kiev) to ____ where strong leaders, through expansion formed the modern-day country of Russia.

This title was used by the rulers of Russia who ruled as absolute monarchs.

What is this famous landmark in Moscow?

What is this famous landmark in Moscow? (This is the seat of Russia's government)

As they expanded, what was one of the most important things that the Russia's czars sought access to?

Which city was built by Peter the Great as a "window on the West" with the hope that it would link Russia to Western Europe (especially with trade)?

To unite the multiethnic empire they created the czars (and later communists) attempted to assimilate non-Russians into Russian culture by forcing the Russian language and Orthodox Church upon them in a process called...

Who led the Bolshevik Party to establish communist rule in Russia by the 1920s?

New name for the communist country established by Lenin.

When the Soviet Union was created it was divided into ___ "republics" based upon ethnicity. These divisions created the boundaries for the countries that emerged after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Dictator that ruled the Soviet Union (1922-1953) through fear and terror.

Between 1932 and 1933, the Soviets CREATED the worst MAN-MADE famine in history resulting in approx. 7.5 million deaths in...

The Great Famine in Ukraine was the result of Stalin's attempt to...

Between 1934 and 1939, Stalin had "enemies" arrested, imprisoned, interrogated, tortured, executed or sent to gulags in what became known as the...

After World War II, the Soviet Union established communist govts. and virtually controlled all the countries in eastern European. These were called ____. This enabled Russia to expand its sphere of influence and control bordering nations.

In the late 1980s, reforms under Mikhail Gorbachev relaxed govt. control over the economy, speech and information and reduced the size of the army. These policies were known as...

Gorbachev's reforms of perestroika and glasnot led to the...

Which best describes the makeup of Ukraine today?

Which of the following does NOT an authoritarian govt.? Instead, it has a democracy.

Which of the following best describes the population of Russia?

The most important area for agriculture in the Russian Core is the area between St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk to Odessa called the...

Despite their dependence on trade with one Russia, Ukraine has sought to break away from Russian dominance by developing stronger ties with...

In response to the war between Russia and Ukraine the US and many other countries have...

As a result of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia...

The US has stated that it will only engage in fighting against Russia IF...

The US has pledged to provide Ukraine with...

Since the war between Russia and Ukraine began, Russia has...