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Worksheets1/24 - Russia Unit Reteach
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 32mins
Click on the dot that represents Russia.
Drag and drop the labels where they belong on the map.
Moscow
Ural Mountains
Siberia
Russia lacks access to ________, which limits its ability to trade.
cold-water ports
cold weather
The eastern part of Russia contains (a) , a region that few people live in because it is (b) .
Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker are all songs composed by (a) , a famous Russian composer.
Match the following
A popular form of Russian dance and art.
Ballet
Onion domes
Nesting dolls
Russia was ruled by _______ for many centuries.
Czars
Presidents
Prime Ministers
Communists
The Russian Revolution of 1917 ended (a) , but also started (b) .
The Russian Civil War was won by the (a) , who established the Soviet Union, a (b) form of government.
The Cold War can best be summarized as...
A war that the US and Soviet Union fought during an extremely cold winter.
The US and Soviet Union engaged in a rivalry over military/weapons superiority, international influence, and a Space Race.
A period where the U.S. and Soviet Union invaded numerous different countries but mostly stayed out of each other's affairs.
A world war where different European alliances fought each other and killed tens of millions.
The (a) was the competition to see who could explore space first.
The (b) put the first person into space, Yuri Gagarin. The (c) put the first person on the Moon, Neil Armstrong.
In 1991, the countries in green on this map...
were invaded by the United States
became independent after the Soviet Union collapsed.
became part of the Soviet Union
were all invaded by Russia.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has fought wars in which of these places?
Chechnya
Germany
Georgia
Ukraine
Japan
Chechnya fought for its independence in large part due to religious and cultural differences from the rest of Russia.
This is an example of...
internal conflict in Russia occurring due to ethnic and religious differences.
financial differences crashing Russia's economy
outside countries meddling in Russia's affairs
a poor jobs market in Russia
In 2020, the Russian government changed the constitution to allow Vladimir Putin to serve 4 consecutive 6-year terms (24 more years) as president.
This is an example of...
Putin increasing democratic freedoms in Russia.
Putin attempting to stay in office permanently.
Freedom of Russians to choose their leaders freely and fairly.
Putin giving the Russian public more options.
It has been argued that modern Russia has democratic elements (limited government) and dictatorial elements (unlimited government).
Place the choices into the correct category.
People may vote in elections
People have rights to speech and protests
Government changed the constitution to let Putin stay in office.
Internet censorship from the government
Restrictions placed on speech and protest rights
The map to the left is showing us the (a) . Its primary importance is that (b) .
The Russian government relies heavily on revenues from oil and natural gas sales, which account for about 52% of the federal budget. While the country’s two primary energy companies, Rosneft (oil) and Gazprom (gas), do have some degree of autonomy from the government, the state is the majority owner in both companies and its control over policy keeps them in line. Unlike the upstream sector, which has some level of independence, the midstream (transport) sector is completely owned and operated by the state;3 state-run Transneft pipelines move almost 90% of Russian crude.4 The state’s dominance in the midstream sector affords the Kremlin control over both foreign and domestic upstream activities without owning the assets in question, since it can govern where products can go within the country and the amount that can be exported.5
Source: https://www.strausscenter.org/energy-and-security-project/russia/
What is the main idea of this passage?
The Russian state (government) owns the majority of the country's oil companies.
Russian oil companies are completely independent and do not answer to the government.
Russian oil companies control the Russian government.
Which quote provides the best evidence to the previous question?
"The Russian government relies heavily on revenues from oil and natural gas sales"
"While the country’s two primary energy companies, Rosneft (oil) and Gazprom (gas), do have some degree of autonomy from the government, the state is the majority owner in both companies"
"Unlike the upstream sector, which has some level of independence,"
