Russia/Soviet Union Test

Question 1

Permafrost

Answer 1

A layer of soil below the surface that remains frozen.

Question 2

Tundra

Answer 2

Plain that is frozen and supports only mosses and lichens

Question 3

Taiga

Answer 3

Huge belt of evergreen forests that is larger than 48 US states

Question 4

Steppe

Answer 4

Rich black soil, very fertile, many crops

Question 5

Early KIevan Russia/Moscow (Why these locations)

Answer 5

the Dnieper river was the center of trade

Question 6

Mongol Rule

Answer 6

Destroyed cities, enslaved people, 1200 conquered Russia, heavy taxes, Russians ran them out

Question 7

Russian Orthodox Church

Answer 7

the split of Christian churches isolated Russia, so they made Russian Orthodox Church

Question 8

Define Czar

Answer 8

Rulers, Kings/Queens of Russia

Question 9

Define Serfs

Answer 9

Workers of fields, slaves

Question 10

Ivan III

Answer 10

Grand prince of Moscow, Ivan the Great, ushers in age of Czars, runs Mongols out.

Question 11

Ivan IV

Answer 11

Grandson of Ivan III, scarred from young age, became very cruel after wife died, killed many people. Ivan the Terrible.

Question 12

Secret Police

Answer 12

Created by Ivan IV to stop rebellion

Question 13

Peter the Great

Answer 13

loved the west, built navy, took Black Sea, Westernized Russia, took Baltic Sea

Question 14

Catherine the Great

Answer 14

took power from her husband, expanded Russia

Question 15

Alexander II

Answer 15

Modernized Russia, liberated the Surfs which caused the economy to collapse, assassinated right before he made reforms.

Question 16

Nicholas II

Answer 16

Last Czar, executed with his family

Question 17

Rasputin

Answer 17

Mystical faith healer, friend of Nicholas II family, assassinated.

Question 18

Define Hemophilia

Answer 18

Disorder where blood doesn’t clot normally

Question 19

Bloody Sunday

Answer 19

Priest peacefully protesting with large group, Nicholas II gone, the guards massacred the protesters.

Question 20

Lenin

Answer 20

Red, leading Bolsheviks

Question 21

Trotsky

Answer 21

first leader of the Red Army

Question 22

Bolsheviks

Answer 22

Reds, Communists

Question 23

Mensheviks

Answer 23

Whites, a member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russians, opposed to the Bolsheviks and defeated them.

Question 24

March Revolution

Answer 24

Forced czar to abdicate, gave freedom of press, let go of exiled people

Question 25

Bolshevik Revolution

Answer 25

Bolsheviks took power with Lenin as leader

Question 26

Bourgeoisie

Answer 26

The rich

Question 27

Proletariat

Answer 27

the working poor

Question 28

Karl Marx

Answer 28

Developed idea of communism

Question 29

Communist Manifesto

Answer 29

Book Karl Marx wrote explaining Communism

Question 30

USSR

Answer 30

Union of Socialists Soviet Republic

Question 31

Communism Flaws

Answer 31

Everyone is paid the same no matter what kind of work they do, no one works hard, no motivation.

Question 32

Stalin

Answer 32

Lenin's successor, very cruel

Question 33

Gulags

Answer 33

Forced labor camps

Question 34

5 year plan

Answer 34

list of economic goals created by Stalin based on Socialism

Question 35

Collectivization

Answer 35

Consolidate individual land and labour into collective farms

Question 36

Great Purges

Answer 36

Stalin killed many people who threatened his power

Question 37

Great Patriotic War/WWII

Answer 37

Russia against Germany , Germany broke agreement

Question 38

Stalin-Hitler Nonaggression Pact

Answer 38

Peace agreement that Germany broke

Question 39

Totalitarian Government (Stalin)

Answer 39

No different opinions, dictator control over many aspects of life

Question 40

Yalta Conference- "Big Three"

Answer 40

What to do with Germany and its territories after WWII, Stalin, Churchill, FDR

Question 41

Berlin Wall

Answer 41

East Germany, wall that divides the city in the middle

Question 42

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 42

Cuba aligns with USSR, puts nuclear missiles in Cuba (90 miles from US). John F Kennedy negotiated with Russia.

Question 43

Khrushchev

Answer 43

USSR Prime Minister during Cold War, tried to de-Stalinize

Question 44

John F. Kennedy

Answer 44

President during Cold War

Question 45

Fidel Castro

Answer 45

Leader of Cuba during Cold War

Question 46

Space Race

Answer 46

race for technological supremacy in space travel

Question 47

Sputnik

Answer 47

first artificial satellite to orbit the earth

Question 48

Cosmonaut (Yuri Gagarin)

Answer 48

First man into space

Question 49

Neil Armstrong

Answer 49

Man on the moon

Question 50

Gorbachev

Answer 50

last communist leader

Question 51

Glasnost

Answer 51

Openness/honesty to discuss problems

Question 52

Perestroika

Answer 52

restructuring of the economy

Question 53

Coup de 'etat

Answer 53

"easing of tension"

Question 54

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 54

first democratically elected leader of Russia

Question 55

Vladimir Putin

Answer 55

Current president of Russia

Question 56

Dimity Medvedev

Answer 56

President before Putin