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Chapter 14 - Russian Core
Chapter 14 - Russian Core
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1
A government program that required everyone in the empire to speak Russian and become Christian
Socialism
Romanov
Communism
Russification
2
Who was the ruler who modernized Russia?
Peter the Great
Nicholas II
Ivan IV
Catherine the Great
3
What is Russia's most important industry?
nuclear power
fishing
forestry
petroleum extracting
4
Boreal forest is in which type of climate in Russia ________.
Subarctic
Tundra
Humid Continental
Humid Subtropical
5
Soviet government did all of the following except
discriminated against ethnic groups
discourage religious practices
promoted atheism
allow religious freedom
6
What body of water is home to 90 billion barrels of oil in Russia?
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
7
Illegal trade of scarce or illegal goods
black market
red market
purple market
green market
8
Which was not a foundation of Communism?
equal share of wealth
classless society
private ownership
public ownership
9
The GDP dropped by ____ % between 1990-1995.
40
20
50
30
10
Gorbachev's reform plan for newness
putin
perestroika
chechnya
glasnost
11
What do most people live in, in Russia?
apartments
houses
mansions
villas
12
A rich, black topsoil found in Northern European Plain, especially Russia and Ukraine.
chernozem
alluvial soil
humus
loess
13
The 2nd largest country in Europe is
Russia
Belarus
Ukraine
Romania
14
Southern Ukraine has a ______ climate.
Humid Subtropical
Mediterranean
Humid Continental
Marine West Coast
15
The highest peak in Europe is
Mt. Elbrus
Mt. Perekop
Mt. Blanc
Mt. Etna
16
What is the Russian currency?
euro
pound
yen
ruble
17
When Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus under Communist control, government had a ____ economy.
capitalist
command
socialist
black
18
Most Russians live in which type of climate?
Mid-Latitude climates
Tundra
Steppe
Subarctic
19
An example of a Russian novelist is
Vasnetsov
Tolstoy
Tchaikovsky
Dostoyevsk
20
The early city of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus was
Minsk
Kiev
Moscow
St. Petersburg
21
Which contains some of the world's largest swamps and wetlands?
Northern European Plain
Lake Baikal
West Siberian Plain
Ukraine
22
Why has population of sturgeon declined?
herring are eating them
damming of Volga River
Chernobyl
supertrawling
23
Many Eastern European countries became ____ countries.
colonies
satellite
mandates
territories
24
Art during the Communist era was meant to
glorify the government's achievement
only in paintings
only be in novels
be realistic
25
What are the 2 main mountain ranges in Russia?
Alps and Carpathians
Ural and Caucasus
Carpathians and Caucasus
Ural and Alps
26
What happens as a result of supertrawling?
millions of fish die each year
oil drilling
caviar eggs decrease
salmon migrate
27
The deepest lake in the world is in Russia and it is
Lake Steppe
Lake Baikal
Lake Russia
Lake Ponchartrain
28
What % of Russians live west of the Urals?
80
70
60
50
29
A change to private ownership of state-owned companies and industries.
socialism
consumption
privatization
petroleum extraction
30
Which is the country that has 11,000 lakes?
Russia
Ukraine
Volga River
Belarus
31
Gorbachev's policy that called for reforming government.
Glasnost
Chechnya
Perestroika
Communism
32
What pushed more women into the workforce in Russia?
lack of resources
financial pressure
terrorism
war
33
Overuse of fertilizers and ________ has polluted farmland and water in much of Russia.
chernozems
oxisols
pesticides
fungicides
34
Russia is one of the world's largest producers of
diamonds
corn
crude oil
peppers
35
Contains ______ of world's forests
1/3
1/4
1/5
1/2
36
Permanently frozen layer of Earth
permafrost
coniferous
steppe
deciduous
37
Which climate is furthest north in Russia?
Humid Subtropical
Subarctic
Steppe
Tundra
38
Region in Russia that Putin has granted independence since 2003.
Siberia
Moscow
Urals
Chechnya
39
By-products of nuclear powers and weapons
nuclear wastes
nuclear reactor
nuclear meltdown
nuclear pollution
40
Which river in the Ukraine is used for hydroelectricity?
Yenisey
Volga
Lena
Dnieper
41
What is the official language of Russia?
Russian
French
Ukrainian
English
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What is Europe's longest river?
Arctic River
Black River
Volga River
Lena River
