Chapter 15: Russia

What kind of economy is Russia changing to?

Which of the following religions became the state religion of Russia under Vladimir I?

Who was the president of Russia in the early 2000s?

What has happened to the powers of the Russian president?

Which ruler tried to improve the economy by increasing freedom in Russia?

What title was used for the rulers of Russia from the mid-1500s to the early 1900s?

What region has abundant natural resources that are difficult to reach?

Why does the long conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union called the Cold War?

Why did organized crime increase in Russia after 1991?

Who were the Bolsheviks?

What is the term used for the single continent, that contains the nation Russia?

What term is used to describe a treeless plain around the Arctic Circle?

How does Russia compare to the United States?

Why did Russians complain that under Yeltsin's economic plan, they got all shock and no therapy

What helped the economy improve after 2001?

What type of government controls every aspect of public and private life?

What is the term for information that deliberately tries to influence opinion?

Which ruler tried to make Russia more European?

Why are many rivers in Asian Russia not good for transportation?

What type of dance is Russia world famous for?

What is the most famous site in Russia's capital?

What was the name for the conflict between the US and Soviet Union but never ended in warfare?

Why did Peter westernize Russia?

What term is used to describe the process of selling gov't-owned businesses to individuals?

The name of the system in which the gov't holds nearly all means of production and power

What is the potential danger of the current political changes in Russia?

Which Russian river is the longest river in Europe?

How has the Russian presidency changed under Vladimir Putin?

Which of the following is a huge region in Asian Russia?

What did the Soviet government require artists to create?

Which group first ruled Russia?

Why did Joseph Stalin execute his enemies?

Which body of water is the deepest of its kind and holds a large % of the world's fresh water?

Which of the following is a large city of Russia?

Who is Alexander Solzhenitsyn?

Why are root vegetables common in the Russian diet?

What was a serf?

What Communist nation was created by revolutionaries in 1917?

What alphabet is used to write the Russian Language?

What process is the Russian economy undergoing?

Which of the following industries has harmed Russia's environment?

Which of the following ethnic groups wants to gain freedom from Russia?

How did Moscow gain power over the Mongols?

Which landforms in far easter Russia has about 20 active volcanoes?

What term is used for the vast forest of Russia that is the largest forestland in the world?

What proportion of Russia's population is made up of ethnic Russians?

What does the word czar mean?

Which of the following religions has declined in Russia because persecution made people leave?

Why does European Russia have more people than Asian Russia?

Why have Russians been willing to give up freedoms in recent years?

Which of the following relgions is based on the teachings of Muhammad?

Which ruler was a dictator who had millions of enemies executed?

Who do historians think the Varangians, or Rus, were?

What region has been demanding independence from Russia?

Why do geographers disagree about the location of Russia?

What north-south mountain range forms the border between European and Asian Russia?

What did the Soviet government want to promote by its use of propaganda?

Why didn't Catherine the Great give the serfs their freedom?

What large body of water borders Russia to the south?

What type of economy did Russia have when it was part of the Soviet Union?

What difficulty did many Russian athletes encounter after 1991?

What is a distinctive feature of many Orthodox churches in Russia?

Who was the person who abruptly tried to establish a market economy?

Who wrote the Russian novel War and Peace?

What type of political system did Russia have when it was part of the Soviet Union?

What unexpected result did Gorbachev's policies have?

In which region do most Russian live?

What term is used for the religious paintings found in many Russian churches?

What was the plan for abrupt, widespread privatization of the economy called?

What term is used to describe a large region of grassy plains sin Russia?