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Review of Russia for 6th grade test. #6thgradeworldcultures
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1
The first president of the new Russia was.....
Josef Stalin
Catherine the Great
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Lenin
2
Who is the leader of Russia at this time?
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbochev
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
3
Why is the Kamchatka Peninsula famous?
soccer
swimming
forests
160 volcanoes
4
Where do most people in Russia live?
Asian Russia
Siberia
European Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
5
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks takeover of Russia was known as what?
French Revolution
Russian Revolution
American Revolution
Civil War
6
Stalin built forced-labor camps for people who did not agree with him. What were these called?
concentration camps
spas
prisons
gulags
7
On what 2 continents is Russia located?
Europe & Asia
Europe & Australia
Antarctica & Asia
Africa & Asia
8
Reform began in the Soviet Union when who came into power in 1985?
Peter the Great
Vladimir Lenin
Ivan the Terrible
Mikhail Gorbachev
9
Who took control of the communist party in 1924?
Vladimir Putin
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Josef Stalin
10
After World War II, came a period of tension between the US and Russia known as what?
The Warm War
Cold Shoulder
Standoff
The Cold War
11
During World War II, the Soviet Union worked with Western powers to defeat what country?
Great Britain
Switzerland
Germany
France
12
What political and social system did the Bolsheviks and Lenin put into place?
Communism
Theocracy
Democracy
Monarchy
13
Which lake in Russia holds 20% of the Earth's freshwater?
Lake Baikal
Lake Victoria
Lake Geneva
Lake Erie
14
The religion most common in Russia is.....
Russian Orthodox
Baptist
Greek Orthodox
Jewish
15
Gorbachev introduced two new policies, glasnost and perestroika. Glasnost means.....
openess
censorship
closed off
reconstruction
16
What year did the Soviet Union break apart and become a new Russia?
1975
1991
1921
1956
17
How long does it take to fly from one end of Russia to the other end?
7
2
11
5
18
Most of Russia has what kind of climate?
subarctic
Mediterranean
desert
rainforest
19
What is the longest river in Russia?
Danube
Nile
Volga
Mississippi
20
What is the largest city in Russia?
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Sochi
Moscow
21
What is permanently frozen soil?
hot soil
cold soil
permafrost
desert
22
Which mountain range separates European Russia from Asian Russia?
Himalyas
Rockies
Urals
Caucacus
23
What is Russia's rank in size compared to other countries?
2nd
5th
10th
1st
24
What is a tsar?
religion
general
prince
emperor
