WorksheetsRussia Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Glasnost means:
(a)
2.
What happened to the Romanov family in 1918?
(a)
3.
Why is Chechnya important to Russia?
(a)
4.
What title did they use in Russia that meant Emperor?
(a)
5.
Large part of Russia located east of the Ural Mountains; considered part of Asia
a)
Siberia
b)
Siberian Tiger
c)
Duma
d)
Cold War
e)
Ramzan Kagyrov
6.
Russian Legislative Branch
a)
Duma
b)
Siberia
c)
Siberian Tiger
d)
Cold War
e)
Ramzan Kagyrov
7.
the president of Russia and his government are called this (it is also the name of the building)
a)
Kremlin
b)
Siberia
c)
Siberian Tiger
d)
Cold War
e)
Ramzan Kagyrov
8.
endangered animal located in Siberia
a)
Siberian Tiger
b)
Siberia
c)
Cold War
d)
Ramzan Kagyrov
e)
Kremlin
9.
Head of the Chechen government
a)
Ramzan Kagyrov
b)
Siberia
c)
Siberian Tiger
d)
Cold War
e)
Kremlin
10.
a main world power during the Cold War
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Siberia
c)
Siberian Tiger
d)
Ramzan Kagyrov
e)
Kremlin
11.
Which country’s president has more power, the United States or Russia?
a)
United States
b)
Russia
12.
Who is the president of Russia now?
a)
Stalin
b)
Rasputin
c)
Putin
d)
Gorbachev
13.
The Caspian Sea has what sort of water?
a)
salt
b)
fresh
c)
filtered
d)
magical
14.
What person took over after Lenin died?
a)
Gorbachev
b)
VanDam
c)
Marx
d)
Stalin
15.
How many time zones span Russia?
a)
3
b)
11
c)
23
d)
8
16.
The vast, rolling treeless plain north of the Arctic Circle is ____.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
subarctic
d)
desert
17.
world’s deepest freshwater lake
a)
Kamchatka Peninsula
b)
Lake Baikal
c)
glasnost
d)
Caspian Sea
18.
peninsula with many active volcanoes
a)
Kamchatka Peninsula
b)
Lake Baikal
c)
glasnost
d)
Caspian Sea
19.
What is the taiga?
a)
A large wildcat
b)
A large cold desert
c)
Largest forest in the world (snow forest)
d)
The biggest mountain range in Russia
20.
What does it mean when there is private ownership and the people, not the government determines production
a)
command economy
b)
dictator economy
c)
free market economy
d)
socialist economy
21.
How does Russia rank in size among the world’s countries?
a)
second-largest
b)
third-largest
c)
fourth-largest
d)
largest
22.
The first Russian civilization is known as ____.
a)
Slavic Russia
b)
Muscovy
c)
the USSR
d)
Kievan Rus
23.
Who was the FIRST tsar of Russia?
a)
Ivan the Terrible
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Ivan the Great
d)
Nicholas II
24.
Who was the LAST tsar of Russia?
a)
Ivan the Terrible
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Ivan the Great
d)
Nicholas II
25.
What two continents does Russia extend across?
a)
Africa and Asia
b)
Europe and Asia
c)
Europe and the Middle East
d)
Asia and the Middle East
26.
Who were the extremist group that belonged to the Socialist Democratic Party, founded by Lenin?
a)
republicans
b)
bolsheviks
c)
Nazis
d)
brownshirts
27.
What kind of government does Russia have today?
a)
Federal Republic
b)
Socialist
c)
Communist
d)
Fascist
28.
What is the dividing line between the two continents in Russia?
a)
Ural Mountains
b)
Siberia
c)
Volga river
d)
Taiga
29.
40% of Russia is covered in ____________ which means that the lower layers of the ground are permanently frozen.
a)
Permafrost
b)
Glacier
c)
Tundra
d)
sleet
30.
What person took over after Lenin died?
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Jean Claude Van Dam
d)
Joseph Stalin
31.
What is the largest inland body of water in the world?
a)
Caspian Sea
b)
Lake Baikal
c)
Great Lakes
d)
Baltic Sea
32.
What is the capital and largest city in Russia?
a)
Moscow
b)
Stalingrad
c)
St. Petersburg
d)
Siberia
33.
What is the longest railroad in the world?
a)
Trans-Siberian Railway
b)
The Tube
c)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
d)
Trans-Continental Railway
34.
Who was the “holy man and healer” who advised the last Romanov family?
a)
Nicholas II
b)
Rasputin
c)
Lenin
d)
Gorbachev
35.
What was the name of the two countries that were the main superpowers during the Cold War?
a)
Russia and Canada
b)
Canada and U.S.A.
c)
Soviet Union and Canada
d)
Soviet Union and U.S.A.
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