From Russia to the Commonwealth of Independent States

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Objective: Answer at least 14 questions correctly. Only answer each question once or it will be counted as a mistake. JavaScript required!

1. A narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water is ______.

an aqueduct
a strait
a steppe
a peninsula

2. The evergreen tree region that stretches across Russia is called ______.

taiga
Siberian plain
tundra
deciduous forest

3. The act of governing cruelly and unjustly is called ______.

monarchy
abolition
submission
oppression

4. The collective ownership of land and industry by people as a group is called ______.

communism
democracy
commerce
hermitage

5. Alexander II's most important act was the abolition of ______.

religion
taxes
serfdom
tyranny

6. After the Russia Revolution, all the major industries were run by ______.

foreigners
worker councils
the army
wealthy families

7. Who was the last tsar of Russia ______.

Alexander II
Lenin
Nicholas II
Ivan

8. Ivan the Great was responsible for ______.

freeing Moscow from the Mongols
dividing Poland and Prussia
commanding the Golden Horde
overthrowing the tsar

9. A totalitarian country is a country in which ______.

everyone in the population has a voice in running the government
a dictator or small group controls every part of the citizens' lives
each city has control of laws, education, and industry
trade with and travel to foreign countries is greatly encouraged

10. Why were warm-water ports imports to Catherine the Great ______.

She wanted a new place to build museums.
She felt the capital of Russia should be in a warmer climate.
Russian ships could sail to the Mediterranean Sea.
Southern port cities were easier to govern than northern cities.

11. How many countries make up the Commonwealth of States ______.

fifteen
twelve
three
seven

12. Karl Marx believed that the practice of ______ would end all poverty.

socialism
oppression
serfdom
democracy

13. Siberia is located in the northern part of ______.

St. Petersburg
Asia
Mongolia
Europe

14. Russia's easternmost boundary is the ______.

Baltic Sea
Caspian Sea
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

15. The Ural Mountain range divides the continents of Europe and ______.

Australia
Africa
Antarctica
Asia

16. Who were two Germans who influenced Russian history ______.

Joseph Stalin and Lenin
Rurik and Peter the Great
Ivan the Great and Batu Khan
Catherine the Great and Karl Marx

17. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was most directly related to the ______.

development of communism
invasion by the Golden Horde
establishment of St. Petersburg
war between Russia and Germany

18. When Peter the Great said he wanted to "open a window to the West," he meant that he wanted Russia to be able to ______.

conquer Germany and Scandinavia
learn from Western Europe
give Russian technology to Europe
explore the Americas

19. Russia's early rulers built a powerful nation by ______.

encouraged exploration of northern trade routes to China
refusing to allow any foreign influences to enter the country
establishing schools for studying navigation, geography, and astronomy
conquering new lands and mixing the West European and Russian cultures

20. The goal of Stalin's five-year plan was to ______.

destroy all the changes that Lenin had made in the Soviet government
transform the Soviet Union into an industrial giant
limit and control the growth of the Soviet population
establish useful trade agreement with all of Europe and Asia

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