A Land of Diversity

Russia's diverse population developed through:

• a series of migrations and conquests over centuries

• a single wave of migration

• a government policy of diversity

• natural population growth only

Which ethnic groups began settling in western Russia by the 800s?

• Slavs and Vikings

• Mongols and Tatars

• Huns and Avars

• Goths and Vandals

The ruler who took the title tsar in 1547 and was also known as Ivan the Terrible was:

• Ivan IV

• Peter the Great

• Nicholas II

• Alexander I

By the end of Catherine the Great's reign, the Russian Empire stretched from Eastern Europe to which Siberian city located on the Pacific Ocean?

• Vladivostok

• Irkutsk

• Novosibirsk

• Omsk

The Soviet Union impacted life in Russia by:

• improving economic conditions significantly

• restricting political freedoms and emphasizing state control

• promoting widespread cultural and artistic freedom

• encouraging private enterprise and capitalism

The event that led to the end of the Russian monarchy was:

• The Russian Revolution of 1917

• The Crimean War

• The Napoleonic Wars

• The Bolshevik Coup

In what year did the communist Bolsheviks gain control of Russia?

• 1914
• 1922
• 1905
• 1917

The USSR was governed according to what?

• The Communist Manifesto

• The Soviet Constitution

• The Russian Tsarist Laws

• The United Nations Charter

One of the major changes for nomadic herders under Soviet governments was:

• a shift to collective farming

• an increase in nomadic lifestyle

• a decrease in government control

• an expansion of herding territories

What was the impact of the policy of rapid industrialization on the Russian economy by 1940?

• It led to significant economic growth and increased production.

• It caused a decline in agricultural output and living standards.

• It resulted in a balanced growth between industry and agriculture.

• It had no significant impact on the Russian economy.