Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

History > Chapter 14 > Flashcards

Chapter 14 Flashcards

0
Q

The first czar of Russia

A

Ivan the Terrible

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

He was the first true national leader of a United Russia

A

Ivan III

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

The last czar of Russia

A

Nicholas II

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

The French Emperor who attempted to conquer Russia

A

Napoleon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

The founder of communism

A

Marx

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

The leader of the first communist state

A

Lenin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

The Communist leader who threatened to bury the United States

A

Khrushchev

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

The most powerful man in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union

A

Boris Yeltsin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Russia was named after the Viking tribe known as what

A

The Rus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

The Russian title which means Emperor

A

Czar

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Russian Communists were also known as this

A

Bolsheviks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

The system of government that says there is no God and allows people no freedom

A

Communism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

The mountains dividing European Russia from Asian Russia

A

The Urals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Extremely cold region in the North of Asia Russia once used as prison by czars and communists

A

Siberia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov were this

A

Russian writers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

A famous Russian food that comes from fish

A

Black caviar

16
Q

The second largest country in Europe

A

Ukraine

17
Q

The war that Russia lost against England, France, Turkey, and Sardinia

A

The Crimean war

18
Q

The use of deceptive means to try to convince people of something

A

Propaganda

19
Q

The name given to Stalin’s reign of terror

A

The Great Purge

20
Q

Gorbachev tried to maintain his power by allowing perestroika and

A

Glasnost

21
Q

Let Wilentz organized a union in Poland called

A

Solidarity

22
Q

The organization founded at the end of World War II to promote world peace

A

The United Nations

23
Q

The traditionally nomadic people who have one of their largest settlements in Romania

A

Gypsies

24
Q

Out of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine which country is not a Baltic

A

Ukraine

25
Q

Europe’s longest river

A

The Volga

26
Q

Europe’s highest peak

A

Mount Elbrus

27
Q

Largest level region in the world

A

Western Siberian plane

28
Q

World’s deepest freshwater lake

A

Lake Baikal

29
Q

One of the two straits controlled by turkey that gives Russia access to the Black Sea

A

Bosporus and Dardanelles

30
Q

Capital of Russia

A

Moscow

31
Q

Capital of Ukraine

A

Kiev

32
Q

Capital of Poland

A

Warsaw

33
Q

Capital of Czech Republic

A

Prague

34
Q

Capital of Slovakia

A

Bratislava

35
Q

Capital of Hungary

A

Budapest

36
Q

Capital of Romania

A

Bucharest

37
Q

Capital of Bulgaria

A

Sofia

History (17 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions