GWA Russia Test Prt.1

Question 1

Define Eurasia

Answer 1

Combined continental landmasses of Europe and Asia

Question 2

What does Russia rank in the world for total land area

Answer 2

1st (6.5 million square miles)

Question 3

What measuring system does Russia use

Answer 3

Metric system of measurement

Question 4

What countries use the standard measuring system (3)

Answer 4

U.S, Liberia, Myanmar

Question 5

Russia is only 1 of what fraction of countries in Eurasia that culturally belongs to two continents

Answer 5

5/6

Question 6

How many Federal Districts is Russia divided up into

Answer 6

8

Question 7

How many Federal Subjects make up the Federal Districts

Answer 7

85

Question 8

How many time zones does Russia have

Answer 8

11

Question 9

What does Russia rank in population

Answer 9

9th (144 million)

Question 10

What is happening to Russia population? Why?

Answer 10

Decreasing: Due to war, alcoholism, low levels of immigration

Question 11

What is Russia’s largest geographical region

Answer 11

Siberia

Question 12

What % does Siberia make up of Russia

Answer 12

77% (accounts for 28% of its population)

Question 13

What is the soil that goes from the Northern European Plain and into Western Russia

Answer 13

Chernozem (Black Earth [Fertile soil]

Question 14

What does Russia rank in agricultural output

Answer 14

3rd (However, ranks 135th in the world for arable land %)

Question 15

Where is volcanic activity in Russia mostly found

Answer 15

Kamchatka peninsula (Eastern Siberia)

Question 16

2 largest Mt. Systems

Answer 16

Ural & Caucasus

Question 17

What is Russia’s largest river

Answer 17

Lena River

Question 18

What is Russia’s largest Lake

Answer 18

Lake Baikal

Question 19

What is Russia’s largest sea (enclosed)

Answer 19

Caspian Sea

Question 20

What is happening to the Aral Sea

Answer 20

Shrinking in Size

Question 21

What are Russia’s major Climate zones

Answer 21

Taiga (Forest)
Tundra (Frozen)
Steppe (Rolling Plains)

Question 22

Where did most of the earliest villages appear in present day Russia? Why?

Answer 22

Taiga (Forest); Provided protection & fertile soil

Question 23

In the 5th & 6th century, Central Europeans migrated from the north and eat into present day Russia, What were they called?

Answer 23

Slavs

Question 24

What were the Slavs characteristics

Answer 24

No written language, Polytheism, Farmers, Self-sufficient

Question 25

What were the Scandinavians that entered Russia in the 9th century called

Answer 25

Varangians

Question 26

Why did the Varangians migrate to Russia

Answer 26

To establish trade routes to Constantinople

Question 27

What did the Varangians do to the Slavs

Answer 27

They raided Slavic villages for goods and slaves & built trading post on rivers (Eventually become first cities)

Question 28

Where does the word Russia derive its name from

Answer 28

The Rus Viking who settled & lived in Kiev

Question 29

Who was the 1st Great Prince of Kiev

Answer 29

Rurik

Question 30

What did the Great Prince Vladimir do (988)

Answer 30

1. Sent out people to find a new religion for his people 2. Adopted the religion of Eastern Orthodoxy 3. Results: Created the Cyrillic Alphabet

Question 31

What problems did Vladimir run into after his success

Answer 31

A Civil War broke out among the Boyars (Russian name for Nobles

Question 32

Who invaded Russia in 1237

Answer 32

Genghis Khan

Question 33

What did Genghis Khan rule

Answer 33

Mongols

Question 34

What was Genghis Khan's army called

Answer 34

Golden Horde

Question 35

What were the consequences of the Mongol invasion

Answer 35

1. Russia declined due to a lack of trade 2. Agriculture became once again the main foundation

Question 36

Who united the Great Princes of Russia

Answer 36

Ivan 3rd ("The Great")

Question 37

What did Ivan 3rd do

Answer 37

1. In 1480, he defeated the Mongols 2. Became the 1st leader of unified Russia 3. Married the niece of the last Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) Ruler

Question 38

What did Ivan 3rd consider himself to be

Answer 38

The heir to the Roman Empire due to marrying the niece of the last Byzantine Ruler

Question 39

Who is considered the first Czar

Answer 39

Ivan 4th ("The Terrible")

Question 40

What did Ivan 4th do

Answer 40

Ruled from 1533-1584 and killed his first born son

Question 41

Who was the 2nd Czar of Russia

Answer 41

Feodor 1st (Son of Ivan 4th)

Question 42

What happened during the Times of Troubles (Civil War)

Answer 42

The end of the Rurik Dynasty and a New Dynasty (Romanov) rule for 300 years

Question 43

Who was the 1st Romanov Czar

Answer 43

Michael Romanov (Mikel)

Question 44

What did Peter 1st ("The Great") do

Answer 44

He is 6'6'' and Westernized Russia by bringing culture of military, politically, etc. over to Russia

Question 45

What city did Peter 1st build? Why?

Answer 45

St. Petersburg; To trade w/ West

Question 46

What did Catherine 2nd (Czarina = Female title of Czar) do

Answer 46

She Modernized and Expanded Russia

Question 47

What did Nicholas 1st do

Answer 47

Ruled during the Decembrist Revolt (1825)

Question 48

What was the Decembrist Revolt

Answer 48

The attempt to overthrow the czar and set up a Duma

Question 49

What is a Duma

Answer 49

Russian Parliament

Question 50

What did Nicholas 1st do about the Decembrist Revolt

Answer 50

Leaders = executed & arrested

Question 51

What did Alexander 2nd do

Answer 51

He emancipated the Russian Serfs which led to the ride of unemployment & demand of more reforms. No factory output

Question 52

What did Nicholas 2nd do

Answer 52

He was the last of the Romanovs and ruled during the Russo-Japanese War and Bloody Sunday, started a Duma, and abdicated during the March Revolution

Question 53

Who won the Russo-Japanese War

Answer 53

Japan

Question 54

What was Bloody Sunday

Answer 54

Unarmed protesters were shot outside Czar Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

Question 55

When was the Romanov family assassinated

Answer 55

July 17th, 1918

Question 56

Who was apart of the last Romanov family

Answer 56

Father- Nicholas 2nd Mother- Alexandra 1st daughter- Olga 2nd daughter- Tatiana 3rd daughter- Maria 4th daughter- Anastasia 1st son- Alexie (Had Hemophilia)