Chapter 14: Russia's Culture and Government

Who is the present day leader of Russia?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Putin

• Vladimir Lenin

Who was the emperor of Russia at the time of the Russian Revolution?

• Joseph Stalin

• Peter the Great

• Vladimir Lenin

• Czar Nicholas II

What was the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II known as?

• The Russian Revolution

• The Cold War

• The Vietnam War

• The Arms Race

What does USSR stand for?

• Union of Several Soviet Republics

• Union of Socialist & Soviet Republics

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

• Union of Soviet Socialist Russia

What aspect of Russia's physical geography has been a strong deterrent to foreign invasion?

• Russia's cold climate

• Russia's abundant natural resources

• Russia is surrounded by mountains.

• Russia's high altitude

What is the meaning of the word "Czar"?

• elected president

• wealthy landowner

• religious leader

• emperor

Which Russian leader built a new capital city--close to Europe near the Baltic coast?

• Catherine the Great

• Peter the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Nicholas II

Under the czars, the majority of Russians were poor peasants called ________________ or farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land.

• serfs

• Russian fodder

• poboys

• intelligentsia

Who was the Russian who initiated and led the Russian Revolution?

• Karl Marx

• Vladimir Putin

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

In a communist society, what kind of economy is practiced?

• command economy

• market economy

• free-market economy

• feudal system