Chanse probably did it.
What mountain range is in Russia?
The Ural Mountains.
True or False: One of the struggles of the Russian Empire and the USSR both faced was that they ruled a large variety of ethnic groups in distant place.
True
True or False: According to Marxist thought, capitalism is an oppressive economic system.
True
True or False: The Cold War did not involve direct military armed conflict?
True.
Technologically speaking the Russians are always about ___ years behind until the Communist takeover.
100
How long did the Cold War last?
1945-1991
What is a Czar?
A monarch similar to a King or Emperor.
Who completed the goals of Peter the Great and brought Russia to its largest size (in terms of territory)?
Catherine the Great or Catherine II
What is the name of the Soviet form of Marxism?
Marxism-Leninism
The Romanov family ruled Russia from around ____ - _____.
1613-1917
__________ refers to the attempt to minimize cultural differences and turn all Russian subjects into Russians, or at least to make them as Russian as possible.
Russification
What is the most dominant religion in Russia?
Russian Orthodoxy
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a state that spanned Europe and Asia during its existence from _____-_____.
1922-1991
What is the name of the mystic who held a large influence over Nicholas II’s wife Alexandra?
Grigori Rasputin
What czar was known for trying to help “westernize” the Russian Empire?
Peter the Great or Peter I
What geographic region of Russia has the most people living on it?
The Eastern European Plain
What three names has Russia been called throughout history?
Russian Empire
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Russian Federation
What three things undermined the U.S.S.R.'s socialist system?
Waste, fraud and corruption.
What rare disease did Nicholas II's only son have?
Hemophilia.
Karl Marx is the most famous author of the Communist Manifesto but who assisted Marx in writing his pamphlet?
Friedrich Engels
Russia was often considered “backwards” by many European nations. Why is this?
The reason Russia was referred to as “backwards” is because Russia was never up to date technologically and followed very different customs than the other European countries.
Why were Russia and the United States against one another in the Cold War?
The USSR and the United States fought for political power. Both nations wanted to be seen as superior and engaged in psychological warfare with one another hoping to gain it. They both favored different kinds of government and didn’t want to see the other nations ideology spread.
What was one benefit that came from Russia becoming a communist state?
Communists made catching the USSR up to speed technologically their main priority early on. They moved to quickly industrialize Russia and this would help the economy for a time. However, waste, fear and corruption made it impossible for communism to be anything but a failure.
Why did Communism appeal to the people of Russia?
The majority of Russians were in poverty under the leadership of the Empire. A large amount of the population starved to death every single year and they were tired of the system that did not help them. Eventually the common people decided that the idea of having something under Communism was better than having nothing under the Empire.
Why was ruling Russia a challenge, especially during the Empire?
Before travel became easier with technology, traveling across Russia was hard and took a very, very long time. The weather also made travel dangerous, so sometimes information would simply get lost. Distance would make those who lived far from Moscow hard to control.