Russia/Central Asia Vocabulary Quiz

State of War that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.

• Forced Migration

• Command Economy

• Cold War

• Superpower

A nation with rapid growth and industrialization and increased social or business activity.

• Forced Migration

• Emerging Economy

• Cold War

• Superpower

Forced ___________ is the movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region against their will.

Choose the correct definition of Superpower.

• Feelings and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group

• A very powerful and influential country. Ex: USSR and USA in Cold War.

• A mountain range in Russia that divides Europe from Asia.

• •A treaty signed in 1955 that established an alliance between the following countries:

  • the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

Choose the correct definition of the Warsaw Pact.

• Feelings and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group

• A very powerful and influential country. Ex: USSR and USA in Cold War.

• A mountain range in Russia that divides Europe from Asia.

• •A treaty signed in 1955 that established an alliance between the following countries:

  • the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

Choose the correct definition of NATO.

• •North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). a defense alliance formed in 1949 between the following countries/regions:

  • western Europe, Canada, and the United States.

• A very powerful and influential country. Ex: USSR and USA in Cold War.

• A mountain range in Russia that divides Europe from Asia.

• •A treaty signed in 1955 that established an alliance between the following countries:

  • the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

Choose the correct definition of the Soviet Union.

• •North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). a defense alliance formed in 1949 between the following countries/regions:

  • western Europe, Canada, and the United States.

• A very powerful and influential country. Ex: USSR and USA in Cold War.

• •A former Communist group of countries in Eastern Europe and North Asia.

  • Established in 1922.

  •Included Russia and 14 other countries.

  •Dissolved in 1991.

• •A treaty signed in 1955 that established an alliance between the following countries:

  • the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

An economy that is changing from a centrally planned economy to a free market.

• Forced Migration

• Command Economy

• Transitional Economy

• Superpower

______________ is a political theory derived from Karl Marx.

Ethnic Tension is feelings and acts of __________ and hostility towards an ethnic group.