WorksheetsHistory of Russia Parts 1-2 - 2022-2023
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who are modern Russians descended from? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Saracen peoples (the Saracens)
b)
Germanic peoples (the Germans)
c)
Celtic peoples (the Celts)
d)
Slavic peoples (the Slavs)
2.
Where did the people from the previous question settle?
a)
Along the rivers of what are today France and Belgium
b)
Along the rivers of what are today Ukraine and Russia
c)
Along the mountains of what are today Spain and France
d)
Along the mountains of what are today Switzerland and Italy
3.
What city did the people from the previous questions build a civilization around in 800 AD? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Paris
b)
Rome
c)
Kabul
d)
Kiev
e)
Karaj
4.
What country is the city from the previous question the capital of today? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Czechia
b)
Uruguay
c)
Ukraine
d)
Russia
e)
Sudan
5.
What was their civilization called? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Kievan Rus
b)
Kazakh Romani
c)
Axum
d)
Mesopotamian
e)
Huang He
6.
What religion did the people from the previous question convert to in 988 AD? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Sunni Islam
b)
Mahayana Buddhism
c)
Roman Catholic Christianity
d)
Protestant Christianity
e)
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
7.
What did Muscovy develop into?
a)
Into the country known today as Ukraine
b)
Into the country known today as Russia
c)
Into the country known today as Ruritania
d)
Into the country known today as Uruguay
8.
What new capital did Czar Peter the Great build in the 1700s? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
St. Paulsburg
b)
Moscow
c)
Morocco
d)
Macau
e)
St. Peterburg
9.
Most Russians were very poor. Many poor Russians were serfs. What were serfs?
a)
People who rode on waves by using long, wooden boards
b)
Landowners who owned large estates with many slaves
c)
They were the secret police of the czars
d)
Farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land.
10.
Whose side did Russia Join in 1914 during World War I and who were they fighting against? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Joined Germany and Austria and fought France and Britain
b)
Joined China and Japan and fought Greece and Turkey
c)
Joined Greece and Turkey and fought China and Japan
d)
Joined France and Britain and fought Germany and Austria
11.
How many soldiers did the Russians lose between 1914-1916? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Around 1,000
b)
Around 5,000
c)
Millions
d)
Billions
e)
Trillions
12.
In early 1917 the people staged a revolution that forced the czar to step down from the throne. Who led a second revolt in 1917 against the temporary Russian government?
a)
Vladimir Putin
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Boris Yeltsin
e)
Karl Marx
13.
What did the leader from the previous question establish?
a)
A communist state in which the government controlled the economy and society
b)
A democratic state in which the people vote on all laws, but allow individuals to control the economy
c)
An oligarchic state in which a small number of elites advise the people on how best to use their resources
d)
A republican state in which the people vote for representatives who then make laws for the country
14.
What new nation did Vladimir Lenin and his followers create? [SELECT THE FULL NAME AND BOTH ABBREVIATIONS!!] [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
The Universal Socialist State
b)
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
c)
USSR
d)
USO
e)
Soviet Union
15.
What was this nation made up of AND what was the largest and most powerful part of the nation?
a)
12 major cities from around Europe but Bern was the largest and most powerful
b)
15 republics made up of different ethnic groups and Russia was the largest and most powerful.
c)
It was made up of most eastern European countries but Poland was the largest and most powerful
d)
It was made up of most western European countries but Germany was the largest and most powerful
16.
What political thinkers ideas did Lenin follow and what were this thinker’s ideas?
a)
Thomas Hobbes - Believed that without a strong government life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
b)
Baron de Montesquieu - Believed that any government that did not separate its powers into three different branches of government was a tyranny
c)
Karl Marx - Believed that industrialization created an unjust system in which factory owners held great power, while the workers held very little
d)
John Locke - Believed that the role of the government was to protect its citizens’ natural rights and that if the government failed to do this the people can revolt and make a new government
17.
What did Lenin do to make Soviet society more equal?
a)
He declared everyone the president of the Soviet Union to give everyone equal power
b)
He made all money illegal and instead let people take whatever they needed from anywhere they could
c)
He ended private ownership, bringing all farms and factories under the control of the Soviet government.
d)
He destroyed many wealthy-looking buildings and forced the rich to live with the poor
18.
After Lenin’s death in 1924, who continued his policies and ruled the Soviet Union?
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Boris Yeltsin
e)
Karl Marx
19.
This new Soviet ruler was a harsh dictator. How did he treat religion and how did he use secret police? [SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!]
a)
His secret police killed or imprisoned anyone who disagreed with his policies.
b)
Made the Soviet Union more democratic and tried to create a market economy
c)
Let all people who wanted to leave the Soviet Union
d)
Tried to make reforms by letting people criticize the government and own their own businesses
e)
Prevented Soviet people from practicing their religions and had religious property seized
20.
What type of economy did the Soviet leaders set up?
a)
A market economy
b)
A mixed economy
c)
A traditional economy
d)
A command economy
21.
What parts of economic life does the government run in this type of economic system AND what decisions do they make?
a)
All areas; what crops farmers should grow and what goods factories should produce
b)
Most areas; what things people can buy, but not what things people can produce
c)
Some areas; what prices should be for certain basic goods like food, clothing, and housing
d)
Some areas; what social services to provide and what utilities to supply
22.
Soviet leaders also introduced collectivization. What is collectivization?
a)
When people begin collecting many items as a hobby
b)
A system in which the people in cities are forced by the government to share all of their goods and food with everyone
c)
A system in which small farms were combined into large, factorylike farms run by the government
d)
When large groups of people are relocated to concentration camps run by the government
23.
What did the government leaders hope would happen because of collectivization?
a)
Hoped that the new collections would distract the people from their sufferings and that the collections could be sold for high prices
b)
Hoped that if everyone in cities shared their food and goods that everyone would have enough
c)
Hoped the farms would be more efficient and reduce the need for farmworkers. Then thousands of former peasants could be put to work in factories to increase industrialization
d)
Hoped the threat of being sent to concentration camps would stop people from protesting against the government
24.
What was the actual result of collectivization?
a)
Few people took up the collection hobby and those who did could not sell their collections
b)
The new farms were inefficient and did not produce enough food for the Soviet people
c)
The people often got into fights and riots started which destroyed many goods that people needed
d)
The rest of the people helped free the prisoners in the concentration camps
25.
How did the government eliminate competition AND what effects did this have? [SELECT THE COMPLETELY CORRECT OPTION!!]
a)
They made all manufactures sell their goods at the same price which meant that the only way to compete would be by making their products at a higher quality than other manufacturers
b)
Only certain factories could make certain goods but this led to products being so expensive that most people could not afford them
c)
They made all companies use the same designs, materials, and machines when making similar goods so people would only shop in the stores that were closest to where they lived
d)
Only certain factories could make certain goods and this led to a lack of efficiency and poor-quality goods
26.
The Soviet Union joined Great Britain and the U.S. to defeat Germany in World War II. How many Russian soldiers and civilians died in the war? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
About 20 to 30 soldiers and civilians died
b)
About 20 to 30 hundred soldiers and civilians died
c)
About 20 to 30 thousand soldiers and civilians died
d)
About 20 to 30 million soldiers and civilians died
e)
About 20 to 30 billion soldiers and civilians died
27.
What did Stalin do after the war to make sure the Soviet Union would never be invaded again?
a)
He made treaties with all his neighboring countries in which they agreed to protect Russia if it was attacked
b)
He kept Soviet troops in neighboring eastern European countries and established Communist governments in them.
c)
He built a huge wall all around the border of Russia to prevent armies from invading it
d)
He destroyed all the land along the border of the Soviet Union for many miles to make it difficult for an invading army to get through
28.
What TWO countries were allies during WWII, but became bitter rivals after it?
a)
The Sudan
b)
The United Arab Emirates
c)
The United States
d)
The Democratic Republic of Congo
e)
The Soviet Union
29.
What did the two superpowers from the previous question do from the late 1940s until about 1990?
a)
They engaged in a struggle for world influence
b)
They engaged in a struggle for control of the continent, Antarctica
c)
They engaged in a struggle for control of the Pacific Ocean
d)
They engaged in a struggle for climate control
30.
Why did the conflict between two powers from the previous question become known as the Cold War?
a)
Because the struggle was mainly fought by submarines in the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean
b)
Because the struggle was never emotional for either side, they both remained "cold" and without prejudice
c)
Because the struggle never became “hot,” with actual combat between the two opponents.
d)
Because the struggle took place primarily in Antarctica's freezing climate
31.
Each superpower became the center of a group of nations that pledged to do what?
a)
To come to one another’s aid if a member country were attacked by a country from the other group.
b)
To send money to any member country if it fell into debt to a country from the other group
c)
To come to another's aid if a member country was facing famine or other natural disasters
d)
To people and goods to move freely between member countries
32.
The U.S. was the chief member of what group? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
b)
The North Atlantic Trade Agreement (NATA)
c)
The National Assembly To Organize (NATO)
d)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
e)
The National Arrangement For Total Agreement (NAFTA)
33.
What countries were included in the group from the previous question?
a)
It included most of eastern Europe's democracies
b)
It included a group of Communist countries that included most of Eastern Europe
c)
It included most South American democracies
d)
It included most of western Europe’s democracies
34.
The Soviet Union led what group? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
The War Pact
b)
The Work Pact
c)
The Warsaw Pact
d)
The Workshop Pact
e)
The Willing Pact
35.
What countries were included in this group?
a)
A group of western Europe’s democracies
b)
A group of eastern Europe's democracies
c)
A group of Communist countries that included most of Eastern Europe
d)
A group of South American democracies
36.
How did the Soviet Union and the U.S. compete with each other?
a)
They competed to give money to poor countries and building faster trains
b)
They competed to produce military weapons and to explore outer space
c)
They competed to decrease crime and increasing governmental participation by the people
d)
They competed to increase education and the number of health-care professions
37.
What were the effects of this competition on the Soviet people? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
With so many resources going to industrialization, they experienced a boom of new inventions that improved their daily lives
b)
With so many resources going to education, they were all able to get better, higher-paying jobs and improved healthcare.
c)
With so many resources going to police, they didn’t have to worry about crime or outside invasion
d)
With so many resources going to the military, the Soviet people had to endure shortages of basic goods, such as food and cars.
38.
What had happened to the Soviet Union by the end of 1991?
a)
The Soviet government had listened to the criticism and made the proper changes
b)
The Soviet government had declared war on all of the Eastern European countries that had criticized the government
c)
All of the Eastern European Communist governments had been strengthened
d)
The Soviet Union no longer existed as a nation
39.
In what two ways did the new Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, have some success? [SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!!]
a)
In building communism
b)
In building nuclear weapons
c)
In building a market economy
d)
In building democracy
e)
In building bridges
40.
After Boris Yeltsin, who became the next president of Russia? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Dmitry Medvedev
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Vladimir Lenin
e)
Vladimir Putin
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