Worksheets7th S.S. - Ch. 17 Quiz (Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A network of labor camps is called the
gubegone
gulag
gulosh
The production of consumer goods is known as
light industry
heavy industry
really heavy industry
Area still under contention between Russia and Japan is the
Kuril Islands
Kamchatka
taiga
Ships that can break up ice in frozen waterways are called
icesplitters
iceblasters
icebreakers
Factories that produce metal ores are known as
smelters
metalergies
iron factories
To resign means to
abdicate
evacuate
leave
The city located on the Sea of Japan is called
Vladimuscka
Vladivostok
Vladimirstok
A forest region composed of evergreen trees is called
steppe
conifer
taiga
A zone of frequent boundary changes and conflicts if known as
shatter belts
fighting zones
gulag
The location of Russia’s first geothermal power station is
Moscow
Siberia
Kamchatka
Russia’s most important economic region is located around
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kremlin
The eastward expansion of Russia was accomplished with the help of the
Siberians
Cossacks
Slavs
The part of Russia located east of the Ural Mountains is known as
Kremlin
Moscow
Siberia
______________ lies off the eastern coast of Siberia in the Sea of Okhotsk.
Sakhalin Island
Donets Basin
steppe
The main religion of the region is ______________________.
Western Orthodox Religion
Islam
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
The first leader of the Soviet Union was
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
Ukraine’s heavy industry is located in the
Donets Basin
Kremlin
Kiev
Soviet economic planners established a policy of __________, which stated that the country would itself produce all the foods it needed.
Monarchy
Autarky
Communism
Russia’s _______ region is one of the world’s major grain-producing areas.
island
steppe
taiga
The first czar of all Russia was
Ivan IV (the Terrible)
Joseph Stalin
Mr. Batie
Which of the following has NOT occurred with the move to a market economy?
increased civil unrest and rioting
increased unemployment
increased crime
Where can large oil reserves be found?
Lake Baikal
Volga River Basin
Caspian Sea
What is borscht?
a type of soup
a type of grain
a type of plant
What contributes to Siberia's harsh winters?
high elevation blocks precipitation
low elevations
moderating ocean winds cannot reach inland
Who are the Rus?
Scandinavian traders
Mongols from the south
Cossack warriors
