True or False, Peter the Great ruled from 1894 to 1925.
False
100
Who was the main leader of the Bolsheviks?
Vladimir Lenin
100
Who is the current president of Russia.
Vladimir Putin
100
Who was the chancellor of Germany in 1939?
Adolf Hitler
100
True or false, Eastern Europe is a male-dominated society.
True
200
Who did Peter rule with?
half brother Ivan
200
Who did did the Bolsheviks revolt against?
Czar Nicholas II
200
What are the three branches in the Russian government.
-Executive
-Legislative
-Judicial
200
What was the driving force that started World War I?
Assassination of archduke Franz Fernindad
200
What are two customs/everyday life Eastern Europeans practice.
-No greeting strangers
-major uses of public transport
300
Who are the notable rulers in early Russian history?
-Peter the Great
-Ivan
-Catherine I
-Peter I
-Anna
-Elizabeth
-Catherine II
-Alexander I
-Nicholas I
-Alexander II
300
What were the two key battles that helped the Allies win World War II?
-Stalingrad
-Moscow
300
What was the greatest Russian success in science and innovation. Name two great inventions/explorations of this "greatest success."
-Space technology
-Sputnik 1
-First human space trip
300
What is the Autumn of Nations?
The Autumn of Nations was a mass revolt in the Eastern Bloc under Soviet control.
300
What are the two main religions that are practiced in Eastern Europe.
-Islam
-Christianity
400
What did Peter the Great do for Russia?
-Introduced western technologies to Russia
-Successful in wars against the Turks and in the Great Northern War.
-Modified many government polocies.
-Increased Russia’s territory greatly.
Modernized Russia.
400
How did Russia help the communists in the Vietnam War and Korean War?
supplying weapons
400
What are the major roles of the Russian president?
Russia's president determines the basic direction of Russia's domestic and foreign policy and represents the Russian state within the country and in foreign affairs.
400
Name two results of the Treaty of Versailles.
-Austria-Hungary was broken up.
-Nations were formed(Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia)
400
What are the three major denominations of Christian that are practiced in Eastern Europe?
-Catherine patronized science and learning as well as the arts. She also extended Russian control over the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth.
-Catherine also declared war on the decaying ottoman empire and expanded Russia’s southern boundary to the Black Sea with victory.
500
What really started the Cold War?
It was really started with the Berlin Airlift and the Truman Doctrine to end communism in the late 40’s.
500
Describe the the judicial branch of government in Russia.
-The Judiciary of Russia is defined under the Constitution and law of Russia with a hierarchical structure with the Constitutional Court.
-The judiciary is governed by the All-Russian Congress of Judges and its Council of Judges.
500
What are three new nations formed after the Cold War?
-Slovenia
-Bosnia
-Croatia(Hrvatska)
500
Describe the dances in Eastern Europe.
-A lot of traditional dances in Eastern Europe are fast and light.
-Most dances require partners.