Chapter 9 Flashcards
Which region of the former Soviet Union became known as a “repository for political dissidents and trouble-makers”? (Gulag Archipelago)
a. Ukraine
b. Belarus
c. Latvia
d. Siberia
e. Moldova
D
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, what has become of the policy of Russification within former Soviet republics?
a. Russification continued to rise in the 1990s, but has decreased since 2000.
b. Russification has decreased, with fewer Russians settling in these regions.
c. Russification has been reversed, where greater numbers of Russians are encouraged to leave these regions.
d. Russification has increased greatly, with greater numbers of Russians settling in these regions.
e. Russification has remained relatively the same.
C
In the Russian Domain, what non-Christian religion has the greatest number of believers?
a. Judaism
b. Animism
c. Buddhism
d. Islam
e. Hinduism
D
Which body of water in the Russian Domain is the world’s largest reserve of freshwater?
a. Lake Baikal
b. Lake Ladoga
c. the Caspian Sea
d. the Aral Sea
e. Lake Balqash
A
Who were the Cossacks of the Russian Domain?
a. Ukrainian hunters
b. Slavic-speaking, semi-nomadic Christians
c. Swedish warriors
d. Estonian pastoralists
e. descendants of Mongolian horsemen and women
B
What is the primary reason for the shrinking of the Aral Sea?
a. There is climatic change in Central Asia.
b. Tectonic rifting in the region is causing the sea’s water to be removed beneath the ground surface.
c. Large-scale irrigation projects implemented by the Soviets in the 1950s have diverted water from the two rivers that feed the sea.
d. Much of the water has been removed directly from the sea surface by the numerous nuclear desalinization plants along the Aral’s shore.
e. all of the above
C
What city is Russia’s largest metropolitan area, as measured by population?
a. Volgograd
b. Novosibirsk
c. Moscow
d. Kiev
e. St. Petersburg
C
What was social realism of the Soviet era in the Russian Domain?
a. an art style devoted to the realistic depiction of workers challenging nature or struggling against capitalism
b. an acting style in the Soviet domain
c. a writing style that is similar to today’s “reality TV”
d. a musical style that emphasized traditional melodies, combined with classical instrumentation
e. a holistic approach to the arts in the former Soviet Union
A
What is the approximate population of the Russian Domain?
a. 100 million
b. 150 million
c. 200 million
d. 250 million
e. 500 million
C
What language group dominates in the Russian Domain?
a. Tibetan
b. Slavic
c. Finno-Ugric
d. Altaic
e. Eskimo-Aleut
B
What is the primary reason why European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia?
a. European Russia is better suited for agriculture.
b. Asian Russia lost much of its population in World War II.
c. Communist government policies forced millions to move to European Russia from Asian Russia.
d. Devastating diseases killed off much of the population of Asian Russia.
e. European Russia has historically had an extremely low death rate.
A
What makes Russia distinctive?
a. It has the strongest economy on Earth.
b. It has the largest population of any country on Earth.
c. It has the largest quantity of oil reserves of any country on Earth.
d. It has the lowest altitude of any country on Earth.
e. It has the largest land area of any country on Earth.
E
In which region of the Russian Domain would you find reindeer, Siberian tigers, bears, and leopards?
a. Transcaucasia
b. the European West
c. the Russian Far East
d. the Ural Mountains
e. the Caucasus
C
Where do the majority of the people in the Russian Domain live?
a. in the north of the region
b. in the south of the region
c. in the west of the region
d. in the east of the region
e. in the center of the region
C
Which part of the Russian Domain has historically provided the most productive agricultural areas of the region?
a. Latvia
b. Moldova
c. Ukraine
d. Siberia
e. Belarus
C
What is the name for Eurasia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia
The Russian Domain
Republics that gave special recognition to smaller ethnic homelands
Autonomous Areas
A portion of a country’s territory that lies outside its contiguous land area
Exclave
Idealistic wall separating the soviets from others
Iron curtain
1948-1991, soviets and U.S. Competition and military, idealistic
Cold War
President Gorbachev had a policy of greater openness called
Glasnost
Gorbachev’s policy of restructuring the planned centralized economy
Perestroika
Looser political union of most former republics with no real economic or political power
CIS, commonwealth of independent states
Return of nuclear weapons from outlying republics to Russian control
Denuclearization
