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Russia Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who helped to name the region Russia after conquering it as some of the first invaders?
a)
Slavs
b)
Rus
c)
Tatars
2.
Who were the originally settled into the region that would become Russia?
a)
Slavs
b)
Rus
c)
Tatars
3.
Kievan Rus, the first Russian state was founded by the Tatars.
a)
False
b)
True
4.
The later invaders to Russia and the ones to allowed the princes of Russia to rule their states (one being Muscovy) were the:
a)
Slavs
b)
Rus
c)
Tatars
5.
Muscovy was the strongest of the Russian states, and was freed by:
a)
Ivan III
b)
Ivan the Terrible
c)
Alexander the Great
6.
After the rule, of the prior stated liberator of Russia, who took over?
a)
Catherine the Great
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Ivan IV
7.
Ivan the Terrible was also known as:
a)
Ivan II
b)
Ivan IV
c)
Ivan III
8.
What was one of the many cruel acts that Ivan committed?
a)
He disapproved of the use of war
b)
He struck and killed his own son
c)
He used his power to promote the equality of all
9.
Kiev (Kyiv)
a)
- Russian for “Caesar,” also means Emperor
b)
- A form of the Greek alphabet that is used in Eastern Europe and Russia
c)
- The capital of Ukraine
d)
- A radical​ Russian Communist group
10.
Cyrillic
a)
- Russian for “Caesar,” also means Emperor
b)
- A form of the Greek alphabet that is used in Eastern Europe and Russia
c)
- The capital of Ukraine
d)
- A radical​ Russian Communist group
11.
Czar
a)
- Russian for “Caesar,” also means Emperor
b)
- A form of the Greek alphabet that is used in Eastern Europe and Russia
c)
- The capital of Ukraine
d)
- A radical​ Russian Communist group
12.
Bolsheviks​
a)
- Russian for “Caesar,” also means Emperor
b)
- A form of the Greek alphabet that is used in Eastern Europe and Russia
c)
- The capital of Ukraine
d)
- A radical​ Russian Communist group
13.
Vladimir Lenin led a rebellion against the Czar from 1917 to 1923. When the revolution was successful, he would firmly establish:
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Theocracy
14.
When Lenin died in 1924, one particular individual out of the members of his party took over. Who was it?
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Joseph Stalin
15.
____ was the first part of Central Asia to be conquered by Russia.
a)
Iraq
b)
Kazakhstan
c)
Kuwait
16.
November 9, 1989, a wall in the nation of Germany, one side held by a combined force of Western NATO nations and the other by the USSR. What was the name of that wall?
a)
The Berlin Wall
b)
The Great Wall of China
c)
No wall was torn down on this day
17.
The full name of the nation of Russia today is:
a)
The Russian Federation
b)
USSR
c)
The Russian Empire
18.
The Russian Government is a _____ republic.
a)
Socialist
b)
Federal
c)
State
19.
Thanks to the end of the USSR, Russia went from a Command economy, where the government controls the everything in the economy, to a ____ economy, where the people and demand control the economy.
a)
Authoritarian
b)
Barter and Trade
c)
Market
20.
What is the language mostly spoken in Kazakhstan?
a)
Russian
b)
Kazakh
c)
English
21.
In many cases in Kazakhstan, ____ is taught in school while ____ is spoken at home.
a)
Russian, Kazakh
b)
Kazakh, Russian
c)
Russian, German
22.

About one third (1/3) of Kazakhstan has a population that are ethnic ____.

a)
Kazakh
b)
German
c)
Russian
23.

Federal Republic:

a)

a system in which​ power is divided between national and local governments

b)

type of economy is based on free trade and​ competition

c)

A system of government where the people can take part in the decisions that affect the way their community is run

24.

Democratic Republic:

a)

a system in which​ power is divided between national and local governments

b)

type of economy is based on free trade and​ competition

c)

A system of government where the people can take part in the decisions that affect the way their community is run

25.

Market Economy:

a)

an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

b)

type of economy is based on free trade and​ competition

c)

A system of government where the people can take part in the decisions that affect the way their community is run

26.

Command Economy:

a)

an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

b)

an economy is based on free trade and​ competition

c)

A system of government where the people can take part in the decisions that affect the way their community is run