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Why has Russia historically been isolated from the rest of Europe?
Balkanization
differences in politics
distance and harsh climate
Russification
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Attempt by rulers to unify Russia by encouraging the Russian language and Russian Orth Church
Communism
Balkanization
Russification
Socialism
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water; oldest, deepest, largest source of freshwater; contains uniques species; polluted
Volga River
Lake Baikal
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
4
Who tried to westernize Russia and moved the capital to St. Petersburg?
Peter the Great
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
Czar Nicholas II
5
Which of the following is not linked with Stalin?
democracy
purges
5 year plans
collectivization
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Who introduced perestroika and glasnost?
Yeltsin
Putin
Gorbechev
Lenin
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What is the Cold War?
the wars that occurred after the Balkanization of Yugoslavia
conflict between communist and loyalist to the czar
time period of tension b/t the US and USSR
What Russia calls WWII
8
Where did Stalin send political prisoners?
Chernobyl
Serbia
St. Petersburg
Siberia
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Many of Russia's rivers flow north. Why is this a problem?
they have access to warm water ports
they get to narrow as they flow north
they are frozen for much of the year
they are too shallow for transportation
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Allows for private ownership of industry and will result in class conflict according to Marx
Communism
Capitalism
Feudalism
Socialism
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This is a classless society in which no government is needed.
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
Imperialism
12
Who is the current president of Russia?
Yeltsin
Lenin
Gorbechev
Putin
13
Why does Russia have many environmental issues today?
citizens do not like the environment
lack of knowledge about pollution
remnants of Soviet policies towards the environment
limited funding
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What allowed for settlement in and the export of resources out of eastern Russia (Siberia)?
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Trans-Siberian Railway
Transcontinental Railway
Trans-Russian Railway
15
What is the name of the Russian lake that holds 1/5 of the world's fresh water?
Caspian
Summerville
Baikal
Mayak
16
Which of the following is correct regarding the geography of Russia?
The famous River Thames is located there.
It is very mountainous.
The Ural Mountains are its highest range.
It is the 2nd largest country in the world, behind China.
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Who led the Bolshevik Revolution?
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
18
Who attacked Bosnians and Croats in the War in Bosnia?
Slovenes
Albanians
Nazis
Serbs
19
After the wall of the Soviet Union, what were many world leaders worried about?
the disposal of nuclear waste
their weapons, including nuclear weapons
their economy
their military forces
20
Which climate zone contains permafrost?
tundra
semiarid
highland
subarctic
21
Who was the last czar of Imperial Russia?
Nicholas II
Alexander III
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
22
What is the major resource that is helping sustain Russia's economy?
nuclear power
hydroelectricity
gold
oil
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What type of government does Russia have today?
communist
absolute monarchy
dictatorship
democracy
