6SS Russia, Central Asia, and Caucasus

Question 1

Under Stalin, the Soviet government cared more about the government's power than it did about the nation's citizens

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which best represents life in a gulag?

Accepted Answer

Life in a gulag was harsh and difficult for workers.

Question 3

How did Catherine the Great change Russia?

Accepted Answer

She expanded Russia's territory

Question 4

First: Mongol armies took Kiev. Then: the Kievan Rus collapsed. Next: ____________. Finally Moscow grows in importance.

Accepted Answer

Russian princes fell under the rule of Mongol rulers.

Question 5

Which of the following factors led to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

The government went into debt to import food and high-technology goods.

Question 6

The SU used education to prepare people for a communist economy. Today they prepare people to work in a free enterprise.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

In a free enterprise economy, the Government decides how goods are distributed.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Siberia has abundant resources, but climate makes them difficult to get to market.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Serfs were Russian lords who owned large estates

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Select the sentence that is most correct about Lake Baikal.

Accepted Answer

A. Pollution at the lake inspired Russia's environmental movement.

Question 11

Karl Marx Communism: 1. People as a whole, not individuals, should own workplaces 2. __ 3. a classless society develops

Accepted Answer

Workers would share the goods and services produced

Question 12

Which sentence best describes life in northern Russia?

Accepted Answer

Life in Northern Russia is tough due to it's icy climate.

Question 13

What is the key difference between communist and free enterprise economic systems?

Accepted Answer

who makes economic decisions

Questions 13