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WorksheetsUnit 5: Russia & Eurasia Test Review
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 53mins
Categorize the characteristics under the correct type of economy.
Govt decides what to produce, how much, and how to produce items.
Property is publicly owned.
Businesses decide what to produce, how much, and how to produce items.
Property is privately owned.
The people have control except the govt makes big economic decisions when needed
Private & public ownership of property is allowed.
Economic decisions are based on customs and traditions.
What economy lets people start businesses to make a profit?
Command Economy
Market Economy
Mixed (Socialist) Economy
Traditional Economy
What economy do people have the same jobs their parents did?
Command Economy
Market Economy
Mixed (Socialist) Economy
Traditional Economy
What economy has it to where the government sets quotas such a how many computers will be made?
Command Economy
Market Economy
Mixed (Socialist) Economy
Traditional Economy
What economy would the government make have to step in and make a big economic decisions like sell land for the use of oil rigs?
Command Economy
Market Economy
Mixed (Socialist) Economy
Traditional Economy
Match the economy type with the various names it is also referred to as.
Market Economy
Free Enterprise
Command Economy
Communism
Mixed Economy
Socialism
What big change happened at the end of the Cold War in the 1990's?
The Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) collapses
NATO
(North American Trade Organization) being created
The Czar in Russia being overthrown
The Axis powers winning the war
What are two similarities between the United States and Russian governments?
Both have a political system where elections are held for their leaders
Both have a written constitution or legal framework.
What type of government is Russia when Vladimir Putin was elected president?
Limited government
Unlimited government
Socialist government
Select the three unlimited governments that Russia has experienced outside of its current one:
Communist Party controlling the Soviet Union
Tzar Nicholas II ruling over peasants
Joseph Stalin's Dictatorship
A representative government where the people make economic & political decisions.
The Soviet Union had a (a) and all aspects of economic and political decisions where in the hands of the (b) .
What does industrialization mean?
The political system where the people have a say in economic decisions.
The process of transforming an economy from agriculture-based to manufacturing-based.
Using technology to increase production of goods and improve the economy.
Select the location of Belarus.
Select the location of Turkmenistan.
Select the location of Ukraine.
Select the location of Kazakhstan.
Select the location of Poland.
Select the location of Uzbekistan.
Select the location of Kyrgyzstan.
Select the location of the Lena River.
Select the location of the Ob-Irtysh River.
Select the location of the Amur River.
Select the location of the Volga River.
Select the location of the Yenisey-Angara River.
Select the location of the Caucasus Mountains.
Select the location of the Ural Mountains.
Select the location of the Arctic Ocean.
Select the location of the Siberian Plateau.
Select the location of the Black Sea.
Select the location of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Select the location of the Pacific Ocean.
Select the location of the Caspian Sea.
What is the difference between a limited and unlimited government?
A limited government are any restrictions put on government power.
What type of government would represent these descriptions?
Socialist Economy
Communist Economy
Market Economy
Traditional Economy
Which of the following are true of the Russia & Eurasia area? (select 2)
It is primarily a desert region with very little rainfall.
The Ural Mountains separate Asia from Europe
The climate is a tundra which gets marshy in the warmer months.
It is known for its tropical climate with mild winters and warm summers.
What criticisms does Putin get for his rule as leader of Russia?
Issues with economic performance being consistent
Limited industrial expansion
Questionable business practices in the financial industry.
Government media control, human rights abuses, and lack of democracy.
Place the similarities & differences between the Russian & U.S. governments below:
Has a prime minister
Presidential democracy
State Duma & Federal Assembly
Representative Democracy
House of Representatives & Senate
Leader is the president
President is head of state and the government
Has a bicameral legislature
Both democracies
Citzens votes for their leader
Has a constittution
Governments manage the federal budget
Match the definition to its vocabulary word:
When the Soviet Union took small family farms & combined them under one big farm that was run by the government
Collectivization
A specific amount required to produce (make)
Quota
A person who buys or used a good or service
Consumer
The amount of goods that are available to buy
Supply
When a large group of people cannot get enough food which causes widespread hunger or starvation.
Famine
What led to the Soviet Union converting neighboring countries into communist governments such as Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, & Hungary?
Germany's economy collapsing from the war reparations of WWI
Stalin wanting to promote democracy during his leadership
Hoping to unite Eurasian countries together
Being attacked constantly during WWI in 1914 then by Germany in WWII in 1941
What was the purpose of having neighboring countries of the Soviet Union adopt a communist government after World War II?
To end the Cold War before it became nuclear warfare.
To create a shield away from Western Europe to stop democracy from spreading.
The Yenisey-Angara river is the largest river in what tundra area of Russia?
Arctic
Moscow
Siberia
What led to the Ukrainian famine under Stalin's leadership?
Drought conditions which led to not enough food for people and starvation
Increased trade with other nations in stead of focusing on agricultural projects
New technology being created that greatly helped the harvesting of crops
Extremely high quotas that could not be achieved and forceful taking of grains from farms.
Why would Stalin's soldiers declare that the Ukrainian famine that killed millions of people was a success?
Stalin's soldiers said that the peasants deserved it and showed how the Soviet state was in charge.
The famine was seen as a way to promote how democratic governments in Western Europe was a threat.
Match the descriptions of both the U.S. government & the Russian government:
Is a presidential democracy
Has a prime minister (known as the Premier)
Is a representative democracy
Legislature is called the Senate & the House of Representatives
Is a bicameral legislature (2 chambers)
Has a president
Are democracies
Citizens votes for leaders
Has a constitution
Legislature is called the State Duma & the Federal Assembly
Leader chosen by the popular vote
Leader chosen by the electoral vote
Both have a Supreme Court
Has Constitutional Court members
Is known as a "Federation"
Is considered a limited government
