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Cold War
Random Test Knowledge
100
This is the world's largest country.
What is Russia?
100
Caesar
What is czar?
100
Vladimir Lenin came up with the concept of Communism.
Who is Karl Marx?
100
The act of being a spy
What is espionage?
100
This is the main religion of Russia.
What is (Eastern) Orthodox Christianity?
200
Because Russia spans these two continents, it is given the nickname Eurasia.
What is Europe and Asia?
200
Peasant
What is serf?
200
The Revolutionists overthrew the Russian government in 1917.
What are the Bolsheviks?
200
America was trying to prevent this from spreading during the Cold War.
What is communism?
200
The ultimate goal of this type of government is an equal society with no government at all.
What is communism?
300
Russia once owned these two states in teh USA.
What are California and Alaska?
300
Worker
What is proletariat?
300
Two symbols of Communism are the color blue and a shamrock.
What are the color red and the sickle/hammer?
300
Stalin made a pact with this country early on in WW2; however, things fell apart when they invaded Russia.
What is Germany?
300
A policy implemented by Stalin that put people to work on large government-owned farms
What is collectivization?
400
This is permafrost.
Permanently frozen soil found in Siberia.
400
Middle-class
What is bourgesoise?
400
The taiga is found along the banks of the Volga River.
The taiga is found in Siberia.
400
Having a third party fight a war for you is known as this (seen during the Cold War).
What is war by proxy?
400
This is the most common climate zone in Russia. (Hint: Think about the body of water above Russia)
What is subarctic?
500
List the bodies of water on the TOP of Russia and to the RIGHT of Russia.
What is the Arctic Ocean (top) and Pacific Ocean (right)?
500
Competition
What is capitalism?
500
A self-sufficient government is known as an oligarchy.
What is an autarky?
500
What were the two biggest changes brought about by Mikhail Gorbachev?
1. Ending Communism in Russia 2. Chnaging the name (USSR) back to Russia
500
For what two reasons do most people live West of the Ural Mountains?
1. Warmer climate 2. Arable land
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