Chapter 15: Russia

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

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

What has happened to the powers of the Russian president?

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

How does Russia compare to the United States?

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

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

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

Who wrote the Russian novel War and Peace?

Why does European Russia have more people than Asian Russia?

What was a serf?

What region has been demanding independence from Russia?

Why did organized crime increase in Russia after 1991?

Who were the Bolsheviks?

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

What Communist nation was created by revolutionaries in 1917?

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

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

Why are root vegetables common in the Russian diet?

Which ruler tried to make Russia more European?

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

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

What process is the Russian economy undergoing?

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

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

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

Which group first ruled Russia?

In which region do most Russian live?

What helped the economy improve after 2001?

What alphabet is used to write the Russian Language?

Who is Alexander Solzhenitsyn?

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

Which of the following is a large city of Russia?

How has the Russian presidency changed under Vladimir Putin?

Which Russian river is the longest river in Europe?

What unexpected result did Gorbachev's policies have?

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

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

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

What does the word czar mean?

Why did Peter westernize Russia?

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

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

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

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

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

What large body of water borders Russia to the south?

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

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

How did Moscow gain power over the Mongols?

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

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

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

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

What kind of economy is Russia changing to?

Why do geographers disagree about the location of Russia?

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

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

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

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

Why did Joseph Stalin execute his enemies?

What did the Soviet government require artists to create?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What type of dance is Russia world famous for?

What difficulty did many Russian athletes encounter after 1991?