What Russian Leader put an end to Mongol control of Russia?
A. Ivan the Terrible
B. Ivan the Great
C. Peter the Great
D. Nicholas ll
What is B. Ivan the Great
100
In what Russian city did a massive disaster occur when a nuclear reactor malfunctioned killing dozens and harming massive amounts of the surrounding population?
What is Chernobyl?
100
What was the bloodless war between the USA and Russia in the mid to late 1900s?
What is the Cold War?
100
What is a Georgian dinner party?
A. Supper
B. Mardi Gras
C. Christmas
D. Supra
What is a Supra?
100
What was the major source of much of the conflict between Russia and republics in the Caucasus region following the breakup of the U.S.S.R?
A. Religion
B. Nukes
C. Ethnicity
What is Ethnicity?
200
Who ruled Russia during the Cold War?
What is Joseph Stalin?
200
Which of the following landforms contains the vast majority of the population of Russia and the Republics?
A. Northern European Plain
B. West Siberian Plain
C. Central Siberian Plateau
D. Russian Far East
What is the West Siberian Plain?
200
What German philosopher inspired the Soviet Union to have a communist government?
What is a Karl Marx?
200
Whicg of the following nations is not primarily Christian?
A. Russia
B. Azerbaijan
C. Armenia
D. Georgia
What is Azerbajan?
200
What year did the Soviet Union collapse?
What is 1991?
300
Who is Russia's current president?
Who is Vladimir Putin?
300
What is the political and economic system in which the government holds nearly all political power and means of production?
A. Capitalism
B. Socialism
C. Communism
D. Monarchy
What is communism?
300
Most Russians, that practice a religion, are members of what religious group?
A. Shi'a Islam
B. Roman Catholic
C. Presbyterian
D. Eastern Orthodox
What is Eastern Orthodox?
300
What was the greatest concern of American leaders following the breakup of the Soviet Union?
A. Loss of a major trading partner
B. Nuke security
C. Conflict between new countries
D. Spread of communism
What is Nuke Security?
400
Who is the current Russian Prime Minister?
What is Dmitry Mendevev?
400
The rich black soil found in the North European Plain that is ideal for farming is known as...
What is chernozem?
400
How many countries was the Soviet Union divided into after it collapsed?
A. 15
B. 187
C. 12
D. 3
What is 15?
400
What religion is practiced is commonly practiced in Central Asia?
What is Islam?
400
Who supplies Europe with natural gas?
What is Russia?
500
What is the term for people who have no permanent home and move from place to place?
A. Yurt
B. Kazakh
C. Nomad
D. Mongol
What is a nomad?
500
What countries make up Transcaucasia?
What is Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia?
500
Which of the following countries was not a part of the Soviet Union?
A. Kazakhstan
B. Ukraine
C. Russia
D. Iran
What is Iran?
500
About what proportion of Russia is urbanized?
What is 3/4?
500
Rebels from what rebellious republic were blamed for a series of bombings in 1999 that led to Russia invading?
A. Ingushetia
B. Chechnya
C. North Ossertia
D. Dagestan