Ch. 13 Terms

Question 1

Linked to the Arctic coast by the White Sea-Baltic canal, and second largest city in Russia

Answer 1

St. Petersburg

Question 2

Main Pacific port that is accessible year round thanks to huge icebreakers

Answer 2

Vladivostok

Question 3

First Russian city

Answer 3

Novgorod

Question 4

Capital of Russia

Answer 4

Moscow

Question 5

First president of post-Communist Russia

Answer 5

Yeltsin

Question 6

Russian dictator during World War II

Answer 6

Stalin

Question 7

Second president of post-Communist Russia

Answer 7

Putin

Question 8

First Russian ruler, 1547

Answer 8

Ivan the Terrible

Question 9

Last ruler of the Soviet Union, responsible for the reforms that led to the fall of the Soviet Empire

Answer 9

Gorbachev

Question 10

Led 1917 Russian Revolution

Answer 10

Lenin

Question 11

Russia historically lacked that has influenced its foreign policy

Answer 11

Warm-water seaport

Question 12

Title refers to the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1917

Answer 12

Czar

Question 13

The post-World War II period of tension between Russia and America

Answer 13

Cold war

Question 14

Dominant Religion in Russia

Answer 14

Russian Orthodox

Question 15

The name Russia and the other former Soviet republics assume after the fall of communism

Answer 15

CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States

Question 16

The new official name of the country of Russia

Answer 16

Russian Federation

Question 17

Massive fortress in Moscow represents Russian political power and influence

Answer 17

Kremlin

Question 18

The large, open space, once a marketplace, in which Lenin’s tomb is located

Answer 18

Red Square

Question 19

Russian river is the longest river in Europe

Answer 19

Volga River

Question 20

Mountain range divides European Russia from Asiatic Russia

Answer 20

Ural Mountains

Question 21

Peninsula in Pacific Russia includes twenty-nine active volcanoes

Answer 21

Kamachatka

Question 22

Islands are a source of dispute between Russia and Summer

Answer 22

Kuril Islands

Question 23

Railroad links Russia’s European and Pacific ports

Answer 23

Trans-Siberian Railway

Question 24

Means openness

Answer 24

Glasnost

Question 25

Russian executive branch position, like the US Vice President

Answer 25

Premier

Question 26

This city was known as Stalingrad during the Soviet Era

Answer 26

Volgograd

Question 27

The second most important river in Russia

Answer 27

Don River

Question 28

Vast grassland of Russia in the Black Earth Region

Answer 28

Steppes

Question 29

Arctic Seaport

Answer 29

Murmansk

Question 30

Fiercely independent of Russia who were feared for their elite calvary

Answer 30

Cossacks

Question 31

Great confireous forests of Siberia

Answer 31

Taiga

Question 32

Breakaway republic that has caused trouble for Russia since 1991

Answer 32

Chechnya

Question 33

Three Strengths

Answer 33

abundant natural resources, vast grasslands, Vladivostok being open year-round

Question 34

Three weaknesses

Answer 34

Poor stewardship of resources, harsh climate, high murder rates