WorksheetsEastern Europe/USSR Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. Which of the following nations is located on both the European and Asian continents?
Poland
Estonia
Russia
Kazakhstan
2. One negative effect of the Marshall Plan was...
Eastern European nations recovered from WWII very quickly.
Eastern European nations behind the Iron Curtain joined NATO.
Western European nations recovered from WWII very slowly.
A wealth gap developed between the east and the west, causing many eastern European nations to lag behind the rest of Europe.
3. Which Soviet leader was the most cruel, sending many political dissidents to the gulag, and killing millions?
Stalin
Gorbachev
Putin
Lenin
4. Which Soviet leader introduced reforms that allowed greater freedoms and began moving the Soviet Union away from communism, eventually leading to its collapse?
Gorbachev
Stalin
Lenin
Putin
5. Since Russia has invaded Ukraine what do other former nation states like Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia fear?
Chemical Warfare may spread to their borders.
Collapse of their economies because of close ties to Russia.
Russia may invade them next and really try to recreate the Soviet Union.
Lack of access to waterways.
6. Which of these is a major cause of acid rain?
Spraying pesticides on crops.
Burning fossil fuels for energy.
Dumping sewage in river systems.
Using Uranium to generate electricity.
7. What measures are being taken in Europe’s “Black Triangle” to reduce pollution?
Switching to coal as a fuel.
Building taller smokestacks.
Stopping work work on windy days.
Installing smokestack scrubbers.
8. How did the accidental spill of cyanide at a mine in Romania spread to neighboring countries?
Winds blew cyanide to other countries.
Rivers carried cyanide to other countries.
Crops poisoned with cyanide were sold in other countries.
Storms dropped rain poisoned with cyanide on other countries.
9. What organizations has Russia tried to block former Soviet Republics from joining?
UN
EU & NATO
NAFTA
10. Which of the following is a negative effect of the Chernobyl power plant explosion?
higher rates of cancer in Belarus
contamination of soil and water in Belarus
contamination of fish and reindeer populations in Lapland
all of the above
11. Which of the following is a positive effect of the Chernobyl power plant explosion?
safer nuclear reactors
the relocation of 135,000 Ukrainians
lower levels of radiation in Ukraine and surrounding countries
all of the above
12. Although 8% of Belarus’s population is Russian, Russian is spoken by more than 70% of its people and Belarusian is spoken by less than 25%. This data suggests that...
Belarus is threatened by ethnic divisions.
the people of Belarus share a cultural identity with their neighbors in Ukraine.
Belarus has close ties to Russia.
Belarus’s economy no longer depends on logging and farming.
13. Which term refers to an independent country whose people mostly share a common identity?
Colonial empire.
Ethnic group.
Nation-State.
Plural Society.
14. In 2004, Lithuania became a member of which supranational organization, while also weakening its ties to Russia?
Baltic States.
Soviet Union.
United Nations.
European Union.
15. What is a feeling of pride and loyalty toward one’s country called?
Pluralism.
Nationalism.
Self-respect.
Cultural identity.
