This barrier divided East Berlin and West Berlin for nearly 30 years.
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
The major religion of the Russian people.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
100
Cold temperatures and lack of precipitation result in a permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface called.
What is permafrost?
100
The capital city of Russia.
What is Moscow?
200
The term used for Russian emperors.
What is a czar?
200
The name given to the incredible upset when the US men's hockey team defeated the Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
What is "The Miracle on Ice"?
200
Term used for farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land.
What is a serf?
200
The natural boundary between European Russia and Asian Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
200
This economic system focuses on the needs of the individual.
What is Capitalism? (Remember capitalism= free market economy)
300
Russian leader who started the Communist party and founded the Soviet Union (USSR).
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
300
This event ended the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the first ever moon landing by the Americans?
300
The majority of Russians live in this climate zone, which impacts the activities they do in the winter (outdoor skating, skiing, etc).
What is the humid-continental zone?
300
This port city is often called "The Venice of the North." Founded by a Russian czar who wanted to westernize Europe.Former capital of Russia.
What is Saint Petersburg?
300
This economic system focuses on the needs of the group or community
What is communism? (Remember communism=command economy)
400
Russian czar who wanted to Westernize Russia. Some of his methods were imposing a beard tax, creating the Russian navy, and moving the capital city North to encourage trade with Europe.
Who is Peter the Great?
400
The period of general fear of Communists in the United States.
What is the Red Scare?
400
The name given to Russian dolls that fit inside of one another.
What is a matryoshka?
400
The largest climate zone in Russia characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers.
What is the subarctic climate zone?
400
The Russians converted to this type of economy after the fall of the Soviet Union
What is a free market economy?
500
Harsh communist dictator who said, “A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic” and “Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.”
Who is Joseph Stalin?
500
This event symbolized the end of the Cold War between the two global superpowers.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
500
The name of Russian fur hats with flaps to keep warm in the harsh winter months.
What is a ushanka?
500
Located in Siberia, this lake is the deepest in the world. All of the five great lakes could fit inside of it.
What is Lake Baikal?
500
Olympians competed in skiing and snowboarding competitions on this mountain range in Sochi.