Geography
Russian Revolution
USSR
Fall of Communism
Russia
100
Largest nation in the world in terms of area throughout most of the 20th century
What is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
100
Year of the Russian Revolution
What is 1917
100

What does the abbreviation USSR stand for 

What is: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

100
Nation in Europe divided between East and West after World War II
What is Germany
100
Largest nation in the world today
What is Russia
200
Most of the former USSR has what type of climate
What is cool or cold
200
Last czar of Russia
What is Nicholas II
200
Leader who turned the USSR into a totalitarian state and used a secret police force to control it
What is Joseph Stalin
200
Wall which divided a German city and was opened in November 1989
What is Berlin
200

Major religion of Russia

What is Russian Orthodox

300
Mountains which divide Europe and Asia
What is Ural Mountains
300
Took over the government on November 7, 1917
What is Bolsheviks or Communists
300
Group who received the most benefits and privileges in the former USSR
What is Communist party members
300

soviet reform known as perestroika, which is the russian word for what?

What is openness

300

Site of the deadlist battle in history, during WWII

What is Stalingrad
400
The eastern part of Russia is called this
What is Siberia
400
Two main sides in the Russian Civil War from 1918-1921
What is Reds and Whites
400
Economic and political conflict between the US and USSR
What is Cold War
400

Communist country which was ultimately divided into seven different nations during the 1990s and 2000s

What is Yugoslavia

400

Russia invaded this ex-Soviet state in 2008

What is Georgia

500
DAILY DOUBLE-The former USSR is in this continent
What is Europe and Asia
500

What does the word "soviet" mean?

What is workers council (or labor union)

500

Who was the KGB, and what was their job?

What is the secret police of the USSR, ideological enforcement, arresting political prisoners and sending them to the Gulag

500
DAILY DOUBLE-Three nations which had the Singing Revolution against Soviet and Communist rule
What is Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
500

Who are the 4 important and influential groups of people Vladimir Putin befriended which helped him stay in power in Russia?

Oligarchs, Organized Crime (Mafia), Security Officials (Army, KGB/FSB), Corrupt Politicians

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