Social Studies Quiz

Write a short, constructed response comparing (same) and/or contrasting (different) the governments of the Soviet Union and the United States of America. Use at least three words from the list below in your short constructed response.

Based on the political cartoon, what historic event was the artist depicting?

• The fall of the Soviet Union as satellite countries seceded.

• The union of the 15 soviet countries into a single federation.

• The cultural conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• The rise of free enterprise economies in former soviet republics.

Throughout history, many nomadic groups moved through Russia and the Eurasian Republics. What is the lasting impact of these migrations?

• People in the region all have the same religious beliefs.

• People in the region belong to the same ethnic group.

• People in the region speak many different languages.

• People in the region all celebrate the same traditions.

Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question. Which of the following is true of Poland, Hungary, and Romania?

• All of them were 'behind the Iron Curtain.'

• All of them were allies of the United States.

• Most of them were controlled by Western European countries.

• Most of them supported Hitler in World War II.

Which of the following usually results when a government becomes unlimited?

• loss of human rights

• loss of military strength

• gains in scientific research

• gains in international trade

Which of the above was most lacking in the communist Soviet Union, especially in the later years of the Cold War?

• Land

• Capital

• Entrepreneurship

• Labor

Which of the following governments is described by the characteristics above?

• Officials are appointed, No laws protect rights of citizens, the central government

• consumers and producers, traditional indigenous leaders, the owners of major industries

• Sea, Queen Victoria Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Ukraine, Barents, Black, White Sea, Sea, Sea

• Arctic, Kara, Kazakhstan, Ocean, Sea, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Which of the climate groups listed below is present in the United States but NOT in Russia?

• Highland, Highlands, Tundra and Subarctic

• Continental, Tropical and Subtropical, Marine West Coast

• Arid and Semiarid, Mediterranean

• Tropical and Subtropical

Which best describes the government of the former Soviet Union (USSR)?

• limited, communist

• unlimited, communist

• unlimited, democratic

• unlimited, monarchy