the Communist leader who threatened to "bury" the United States
Khrushchev
a famous Russian food
black caviar
capital of Russia
Moscow
Europe's highest peak
Mt. Elbrus
Name the 3 Baltic State countries.
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
H.
Bucharest
the first czar of Russia
Ivan the Terrible
the mountains dividing European Russia from Asian Russia
Urals
capital of Poland
Warsaw
the system of government that says there is no God and allows people no freedom
Communism
The war Russia lost against England, France, Turkey, and Sardinia
Crimean War
K.
Mt. Elbrus
the founder of Communism
Marx
the Russian title which means "emperor'
czar
capital of Czech Republic
Prague
Europe's longest river
Volga
Gorbachev tried to maintain his power by allowing perestroika and ___________
glasnost
J.
Black Sea
the most powerful man in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Yeltsin
Russia was named after the Viking tribe known as the ______________
Rus
capital of Hungary
Budapest
world's deepest freshwater lake
Lake Baikal
the traditionally nomadic people who have one of their largest settlements in Romania are the _____________
Gypsies
A.
Ural Mts.
the first true national leader of a united Russia
Ivan III
the extremely cold region in the north of Asian Russia once used as a "prison" by both the czars and the Communists
Siberia
capital of Bulgaria
Sofia
largest level region in the world
Western Siberian Plain
the name given to Stalin's reign of terror
Great Purge
D.
Poland
the French emperor who attempted to conquer Russia
Napoleon
Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov were Russian ____________
writers
capitalof Ukraine
Kiev
one of the two straits controlled by Turkey that gives Russia access to the Black Sea
Bosporus, Dardanelles
the organization founded at the end of World War II to promote world peace
United Nations
E.
Prague
the leader of the first Communist state
Lenin
Russian Communists were once also known as _____________
Bolsheviks
capital of Romania
Bucharest
I.
Bulgaria
the use of deceptive means tot ry to convince people of something is
propaganda
C.
Volga River
the last czar of Russia
Nicholas II
The largest country in Europe is Russia. What is the second largest country in Europe?
Ukraine
capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
F.
Ukraine
Lech Walesa organized a union in Poland called ___________
Solidarity
B.
Baltic Sea