a period of history in which there was a rebirth of interest in learning and art
What is the Renaissance
200
This emperor of France invaded Russia in 1812
Who is Napoleon
200
Under the tsar, Russia had two groups.
Name and describe each group
Who are landowners and very poor serfs.
200
How long the Russian Civil War lasted
What is 3 years
200
What were the two causes of the Cold War.
First, the Soviets forced countries they were controlling to become communist.
Second, the Soviets tried to expand their power beyond Eastern Europe. They encouraged nations to turn to communism.
300
The process of becoming more like Western Europe
What is westernization
300
Following Ivan the Terrible, which man took over as tsar and restored Russia
Who was Michael Romanov
300
Why the fall of the tsars occured
Tension built up between landowners and the serfs against the tsars
300
Who turned the Soviet Union into a Communist country
Who was Lenin
300
What sort of weapons did the U.S. and Soviet Union build against one another
What are nuclear weapons
400
an agreement between countries to protect one another
What is an alliance
400
This tsar freed the serfs and gave them their own land
Who was Alexander II
400
This country beat Russia in 1904 and 1905
What was Japan
400
Name the country that Stalin made an agreement with in 1939 that stated they would not go to war against each other.
What is Germany
400
What happend to the Soviet Union's economy during the cold war? Why did this happen?
The Soviet Union's economy grew weak during the Cold War because its money was spent on heavy industries and weapons
500
a political theory that states all the people should own the farms and factories
What is Communism
500
This dictator did not care about the suffering his decisions caused the Russian people
Who was Stalin
500
the reason Lenin was imprisoned
What was the Russian government believed he was spreading ideas that were revolutionary (could cause the overthrow of a government)
500
What is the Russian Federation
What is the name that Russia took after the breakupp of the Soviet Union; it includes Russians and many different ethnic groups
500
Name the leader who came to power in the Soviet Union in the 1980's and changed the Soviet System to provide more personal freedom.