WorksheetsRussia Emerges
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name of Soviet dictator who used fear and intimidation to control his citizens? Also known for the "Great Purge" of political opponents.
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Adolf Hitler
Vladimir Putin
The Soviet Union COMMUNIST government is an example of rule by.....
One
Few
Many
Religion (Theocracy)
Tsar/Czar
Prior to Peter the Great, Russia was all of the following except
Most people were poor agricultural serfs
Feudal and agrarian
A major European power
Backwards technologically
Peter the great was able to westernize Russia by
implementing policies that forced Russians to dress in Western European clothes
Forcing Russian males to shave their beards or pay a tax
Constructing St. Petersburg in Western European architecture
All of the above
What happened in Russia as a result of actions taken by Peter the Great?
Russia was weakened by French invasions.
Catholicism was adopted as the state religion.
Russia borrowed Western ideas and expanded its territories
Which Russian city is known as the 'Venice of the North'?
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Sochi
Kazan
This is the most populated region in Russia?
European Russia
Eastern Frontier
Far East
Siberia
The Capitol of Russia is...
Kiev
Rus
Novgorod
Moscow
The letter "R"
Tsar that introduced the Beard Tax
Nicolas II
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Terrible
A Russian term that means "king" or "emperor"
Czar/Tsar
Abdicate
Revolution
Communism
