1. RUSSIA
review

2. What is the name of the current Russian president?
Vladimir Putin

3. What is the name of the current Russian Prime Minister
Dmitri Medvedev

4. This Russian Czar had St
This Russian Czar had St. Basil’s Cathedral built, then blinded the architect
Ivan IV
(the Terrible)

5. In a 1983 speech, Ronald Reagan referred to the USSR as this
Evil Empire

6. This physical representation of the Iron Curtain came down in 1989
Berlin Wall

7. What is the largest ethnic group in Russia?
Russian

8. Name 3 Leaders of Russia before the Revolution

9. Due to all of the revolutions in 1989, the year became known as the Year of
Miracles

10. What were the names of the 2 major defense alliances during the Cold War?
NATO
Warsaw Pact

11. Who led the Russian Revolution?
Lenin
Bolsheviks

12. Who led the Red Army during the Russian Civil War?
Trotsky

13. The period of time under the Mongol control was known as the
Tatar Yoke
Golden Horde

14. What was used to murder Trotsky?
Ice Pick

15. How did geography help protect Russia from invaders?
Cold Climate
Large Land Area

16. What modern country was known as the “Breadbasket of the Soviet Union
Ukraine

17. Russian land owning warrior nobles were called
Boyars

18. What was the first satellite launched into space?
Sputnik

20. What does the word Sputnik mean?
Friend

21. Name 2 weaknesses of the Soviet economy?
Lack of incentive
Lack of Flexibility
Emphasis on military
Inefficiency

22. Who was responsible for the Westernization of Russia?
Peter the Great

23. Which Czar freed the serfs?
Alexander II

24. Why has it been difficult for Russians to take advantage of the natural resources in Siberia?
Cold Climate

25. What river provides a major transportation route through the most heavily populated part of Russia?
Volga

26. What is the significance of the Dardanelles and Bosporus?
Connects Black Sea to Mediterranean Sea

27. Who was the first democratically elected president of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin

28. What was the Soviet Union’s secret police and spy agency?
KGB

30. The Russian alphabet is this form devised by Christian Missionaries.
Cyrillic

31. Explain how the Mongols influenced the development of Russia
Autocratic style of government
Closed Russia off from West
Led to Rise of Moscow as seat of power

32. Who was leader of Soviet Union during Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kruschev

33. Which Soviet leader led reforms that opened up the Soviet Union both politically and economically in the 1980s?
Gorbachev

34. What was the ideological line that divided Eastern and Western Europe?
Iron Curtain

35. What is the name of the greatest sniper in Soviet history?
Vasily Zaitsev

36. What Central Asia country invaded by the Soviets in 1979 is often compared to the Vietnam War?
Afghanistan

37. Describe the “Scorched Earth” policy
Retreat and destroy everything behind you

39. What body of water does the Danube River flow into?
Black Sea

40. What is the name of Russia’s most important port in the Pacific
Vladivostok

41. Who expanded Russia to include Vladivostok
Catherine the Great

42. Which Czar is said to have been around 6’8”
Peter the Great

43. What was the mistake that both Hitler and Napoleon made?
Invading Russia

44. What is the largest armored battle in history
Battle of Kursk

45. What was the first animal sent up to outer space?
Dog

47. Name 3 Soviet leaders during the Cold War
Stalin
Kruschev
Brezhnev
Andropov
Chernenko
Gorbachev

48. Name 3 former Soviet Republics
Estonia Latvia
Lithuania Belarus
Ukraine Moldova
Georgia Azerbaijan
Armenia Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
Tajikistan Russia
Turkmenistan

49. MAD Mutual Assured Destruction
The nuclear policy based on the assumption there could be no winner in a nuclear war due to 2nd strike capabilities was called
MAD
Mutual Assured Destruction