Europe and Russia

Question 1

This major body of water is a major oil source:

Answer 1

North Sea

Question 2

Why were crusades fought?

Answer 2

The Catholic Church wanted control of Jerusalem

Question 3

What contributions did the Greeks and Romans have in western civilization?

Answer 3

Politics, Art, Science, Philosophy

Question 4

What are polders?

Answer 4

They help keep below low level countries from sinking

Question 5

What is imperialism?

Answer 5

Rule by an emperor

Question 6

How did the map change after WWI?

Answer 6

The Austrian-Hungarian Empire split up into 5 countries

Question 7

What is the North Atlantic Drift?

Answer 7

Warm western boundary current

Question 8

What is NATO?

Answer 8

Military alliance in Europe

Question 9

What is the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 9

Defense treaty for the solviets

Question 10

Why was their “turmoil in the Balkans”?

Answer 10

There were many ethnic groups in one small area; caused fighting

Question 11

What is social welfare?

Answer 11

Provides assistance to needy families

Question 12

What is the renaissance?

Answer 12

14th-17th century, bridge from Middle Ages to modernity

Question 13

What was the Byzantine empire?

Answer 13

East Roman empire

Question 14

What is Perestroika?

Answer 14

A soldier policy that began in the late 1980’s the restructure the economy

Question 15

Who was the democratically elected president of Russia?

Answer 15

Boris Yeltsin

Question 16

Who was the last Czar or Russia?

Answer 16

Nicholas II

Question 17

Where do most people live in Russia and why?

Answer 17

Close to Europe

Warmer, easier to trade so more jobs, all the big cities are there

Question 18

What is the highest elevation in Europe?

Answer 18

Mount Elbrus

Question 19

What is the longest river in Europe?

Answer 19

Volga

Question 20

What is socialist realism?

Answer 20

A style of art

Question 21

What problems does the Chechnya region have?

Answer 21

They want independence but Russia won’t give it

Question 22

What is chernozem?

Answer 22

A type of rich European soil

Question 23

Who is Ivan the great?

Answer 23

he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over the Rus’, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, and laid the foundations of what later became called the Russian state. He was one of the longest-reigning Russian rulers in history.

Question 24

Who is Ivan the terrible?

Answer 24

He was a cruel tyrant, who never knew the meaning of moderation; he drank too much, laughed too loudly and hated and loved too fiercely. And he never forgot anything. Ivan was definitely smart and, despite his cruelty, his reign is a great one in Russian annals. In Russia Ivan was called “Grozny”, which has always been translated to “the Terrible”, but actually means “the Awesome”.

Question 25

Who is Catherine the Great?

Answer 25

She was the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67, and arguably the most renowned. She got a warm water port for Russia.

Question 26

Who was Lenin?

Answer 26

He was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Republic from 1917 to 1918, of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party socialist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, he developed political theories known as Leninism.

Question 27

Who was Gorbachev?

Answer 27

He was the final soldier leader or Russia.

Question 28

Who was Yeltsin?

Answer 28

He was the first President of Russia.