What is the region of Russia that has a harsh, cold climate and the ground only thaws out for two months a year?
What is the tundra?
100
Who was the harsh czar who used secret police to keep the people under control?
What is Ivan the Terrible?
100
Why is the trans-Siberian railroad important?
It allows people to travel from east to west, it allows goods and resources to be delivered all over Russia.
100
Which czar caused the Russian Revolution?
What is Nicholas II?
100
What is Russia's official type of government?
What is a federal republic?
200
What is the region of Russia where most people make money by either lumbering or hunting?
What is the taiga?
200
What were some of the causes of the Russian Revolution?
Possible Answers: Unemployment, Rasputin, World War I, Feudalism
200
Why do most people live in the Europe or Western part of Russia?
The climate is warmer, more accessible resources, more jobs.
200
Who am I? I controlled my people with an iron grip, I used a secret police to control my people and I killed without reason.
What is Ivan the Terrible?
200
Describe a communist form of government.
Many answers can be taken.
300
What is the type of government when your country's government's power is separated by state and national power? (Democracy and elect their own leaders)
What is a federal republic?
300
Why was Joseph Stalin considered a particularly harsh dictator?
Imprisoned people without cause, controlled people completely, allowed no freedoms to people, people did not have any rights
300
Why do less people live in the Asia or Eastern part of Russia?
Cold harsh climate, very little job opportunities, resources are hard to get.
300
Who am I? I did a lot to improve life for women, I started the Hermitage Art Museum, and I tried to lessen the control of feudalism.
What is Catherine the Great?
300
Describe a free market economy.
Many answers can be taken.
400
What is a dictator?
What is a harsh ruler who is all powerful? Example: Joseph Stalin.
400
Who was the first president of the Russian Federation?
What is Boris Yeltsin?
400
What kind of energy can you get from the Volga River? (Think about Science class!!)
What is hydroelectric energy!
400
Who am I? I created the city of St. Petersburg to look like the cities of Europe.
What is Peter the Great?
400
What was the philosopher's name who created the idea of communism?
What is Karl Marx?
500
What is the policy of openness that was put in place by Mikhail Gorbachev?
What is glasnost?
500
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev and what is he important for?
What is last communist leader of the Soviet Union and his policy of glasnost?
500
What is the barrier that separates the western side of Russia from the Eastern side?
What is the Ural Mountains?
500
What were some of the causes of the Russian Revolution?
Possible Answers: Unemployment, feudalism, World War I and Rasputin.
500
Compare and contrast the rights you have under Democracy and the rights you have under communism.
(You have 3 minutes to get your answers down!!!)