Chapter 14:
Russia—Past and Present
1.
In the late 1400s, Ivan III made Muscovy stronger when he drove out the __________.
a.
Mongols
b.
Slavs
c.
communists
d.
czars
2.
The
1812 Overture
, composed by __________, celebrates the Russian victory over Napoleon.
a.
Rimsky-Korsakov
b.
Chopin
c.
Tchaikovsky
d.
Tolstoy
3.
The two czars who expanded Russia’s territory and tried to make Russia more like Europe were __________.
a.
Alexander II and Nicholas I
b.
Ivan III and Ivan IV
c.
Ivan IV and Peter I
d.
Peter I and Catherine II
4.
In 1861 Czar __________, known as the Czar-Liberator, freed the serfs from being tied to the land, but the new law did little to lift them out of poverty.
a.
Alexander II
b.
Ivan IV
c.
Peter I
d.
Catherine II
5.
__________ led the 1917 revolution in Russia, seizing control and setting up a communist state.
a.
Joseph Stalin
b.
Vladimir Lenin
c.
Vladimir Putin
d.
Boris Yeltsin
6.
Russia was part of the Soviet Union from __________.
a.
1922 to 1991
b.
1917 to 1922
c.
1945 to 1985
d.
1917 to the present
7.
From the late 1940s to the late 1980s the Soviet Union was involved in a cold war with __________.
a.
China
b.
Cuba
c.
the United States
d.
Japan
8.
In 1985 Soviet leader __________ tried to lessen the government’s control of the economy and society, but instead of strengthening the country, his policies made people doubt the communist system even more.
a.
Vladimir Lenin
b.
Mikhail Gorbachev
c.
Vladmir Putin
d.
Boris Yeltsin
9.
Since the fall of communism Russia has tried to create a __________ economy.
a.
command
b.
free market
c.
socialist
d.
Marxist
10.
All but which of the following are challenges currently facing Russia and the Eurasian republics?
a.
changing from communist to democratic governments
b.
creating a free market economy
c.
building trust among different ethnic groups
d.
changing to a single, common currency
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