- 1. Which of these is NOT a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States?
A) Moldova
B) Armenia
C) Lithuania
D) Russia
- 2. Who is the current president of Russia, handpicked by Putin?
A) Yeltsin
B) Gorbachev
C) Medvedev
D) Kruschev
- 3. During the Rise of Muscovy, Moscow became a major city and what else happened?
A) Communism began
B) Mongols captured Moscow
C) Vikings captured Moscow
D) Broke from Mongol influence
- 4. Approximately how many Russians were killed during Stalin's reign?
A) 20,000
B) 20,000,000
C) 200,000
D) 2,000
- 5. Who was the first czar of Russia?
A) Ivan III (the Great)
B) Peter I (the Great)
C) Ivan IV (the Terrible)
D) Nicholas II
- 6. What is the name of Stalin's "secret police"?
A) FBI
B) CIA
C) CIS
D) KGB
- 7. Who wrote the "Communist Manifesto"?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Ernest Hemmingway
C) Josef Stalin
D) Karl Marx
- 8. A system of social organization based on the control of all property by the government.
A) Glasnost
B) Communism
C) Perestroika
D) Coup
- 9. Gorbachev's economic restructuring, means "rebuilding".
A) Communism
B) Perestroika
C) Glasnost
D) Coup
- 10. Gorbachev's social reform, means "openness", and gave more freedom to the Soviet people.
A) Glasnost
B) Collectivism
C) Communism
D) Perestroika
- 11. Who was appointed president of Russia on January 1, 2000?
A) Gorbachev
B) Putin
C) Medvedev
D) Yeltsin
- 12. After the fall of Communism, eleven of the former Soviet republics joined together to form the:
A) Commonwealth of Independent States
B) Russia
C) Community of Indescribable Serfs
D) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- 13. Who was the Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) Yeltsin
B) Brezhnev
C) Kruschev
D) Stalin
- 14. The 1917 revolution was led by a group of people who followed a new system of government known as Communism. What was this group of people known as?
A) Missionaries
B) Serfs
C) Bolsheviks
D) Czars
- 15. What is the title of the book written by Karl Marx?
A) Communist Manifesto
B) Many Festivals of Communism
C) Communism 101
D) War and Peace
A) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
B) University of Soviet States Reunited
C) Union of Super Soviet Revolutionaries
D) United States of Soviet Republics
- 17. After Ivan IV (the Terrible), which dynasty began and ruled the Russian Empire for nearly 300 years?
A) Chang
B) Ming
C) Romanov
D) Gorbachev
- 18. What is the term used for emperor (or king) in Russia?
A) Serf
B) Coup
C) Czar
D) Missionary
- 19. What is the term used to describe a system where one person has total power? This was established by Ivan IV (the Terrible) in Russia.
A) Democratic
B) Autocratic
C) Socratic
D) Glasnost
- 20. Which Soviet leader is known as "George Washington of Russia"?
A) Kruschev
B) Brezhnev
C) Stalin
D) Lenin
- 21. Which of the following does NOT describe Peter I (the Great)?
A) Limited the oppression of the serfs
B) Believed in communism
C) Part of the Romanov Dynasty
D) Educated in Europe
- 22. Who was the last czar of Russia?
A) Nicholas II
B) Ivan III
C) Peter I
D) Catherine II
- 23. Who was never a Russian or Soviet leader?
A) Lenin
B) Marx
C) Putin
D) Brezhnev
- 24. With which country did Brezhnev NOT have to deal a situation in?
A) Czechoslovakia
B) Afghanistan
C) Poland
D) Finland
- 25. Which leader was not a communist?
A) Gorbachev
B) Stalin
C) Yeltsin
D) Kruschev
- 26. Which Soviet leader used murder and Siberian labor camps to keep the people under control?
A) Stalin
B) Medvedev
C) Brezhnev
D) Gorbachev
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