RUSSIA

Question 1

China is the largest country in the world.

Answer 1

false (RUSSIA)

Question 2

What animal is used to symbolize Russsia?

Answer 2

Bear (both ferocious and likes honey)

Question 3

What country may eventually take control of some parts of Siberia?

Answer 3

CHINA

Question 4

WHAT COUNTRY IS REFERENCED AS “RUSSIA’S VIETNAM”?

Answer 4

AFGHANISTAN

Question 5

WHAT IS THE LARGEST RUSSIAN PORT ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN?

Answer 5

VLADIVOSTOK

Question 6

Peter the Great advised his descendants to invade closely what countries?

Answer 6

CONSTANTINOPLE & INDIA

Question 7

How many countries came about when soviet Union broke apart?

Answer 7

15 countries

Question 8

These countries can be divided into 3 categories:

Answer 8

1. The Neutral Countries
2. The pro-Russian Camp
3. The pro-Western Countries

Question 9

Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turmenistan (UAT)

Answer 9

The Neutral Countries

Question 10

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turmenistan, Belarus, Armenia (KKTBA)

Answer 10

The pro-Russian Countries

Question 11

Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, Romania (PLLECBHSAR)

Answer 11

The pro-Western Countries

Question 12

NATO membership of these could spark a war

Answer 12

Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova

Question 13

After the protests in Kiev that lead to the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych, Putin has to annex which part of Ukraine to Russia?

Answer 13

CRIMEA

Question 14

RUSSIA IS A LAND LOCKED COUNTRY. TRUE/FALSE

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

TOP MOST THREAT TO RUSSIAN

Answer 15

NATO

Question 16

What is lesson one in “diplomacy for beginners”

Answer 16

When faced with a great existential threat, a great power will use force

Question 17

true/ false. United States and the Europeans were looking forward to welcoming Ukraine as a full member of NATO.

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

people who speak Russian as their first language

Answer 18

ETHNIC RUSSIANS

Question 19

people who have Russian grandparents & Russian as its native language

Answer 19

CITIZEN LAW

Question 20

What 2 factors currently make Russia’s decision justifiable?

Answer 20

*energy as political power
*concept of Ethnic Russians

Question 21

What is the geographic title given to what is now southern and eastern Ukraine?

Answer 21

NOVOROSSIYA (NEW RUSSIA)

Question 22

Russia had won southern and eastern Ukraine from the Ottoman Empire during the reign of who?

Answer 22

CATHERINE THE GREAT

Question 23

What are the Ukrainian regions that Russia has lost but Russian people still stayed? Putin enumerated in his speech these countries.

Answer 23

KHARKIV, LUHANSK, DONETSK, KHERSON, MYKOLAIV, ODESSA

Question 24

Which 2 places in Ukraine usually has an uprising by the pro-Russians which is encouraged by Russia?

Answer 24

LUHANSK & DONETSK

Question 25

With its war with Georgia in 2008, what did NATO issue as a warning to Russia in the year 2014?

Answer 25

"This far west & no further"

Question 26

What did NATO do during the 9/11 attack in the US?

Answer 26

NATO got involved in Afghanistan

Question 27

one in 4 people are ethnically Russians

Answer 27

ESTONIA & LATVIA

Question 28

5.8% of its people are ethnically Russians

Answer 28

LITHUANIA

Question 29

Russian speaking people are underrepresented in gov't

Answer 29

ESTONIA

Question 30

Aside from the Baltic States, what else does Russia consider as a weak link and potential buffer state?

Answer 30

MOLDOVA

Question 31

Who were involved in; and what brought about, the Crimean War?

Answer 31

RUSSIA vs. WESTERN EUROPEAN ALLIES to protect OTTOMAN TURKEY from RUSSIA

Question 32

=50% Russian or Ukrainian speaking population =part of its population is pro-Russian

Answer 32

MODERN TRANSNISTRIA

Question 33

YES/NO. Moldova is a part of NATO or EU?

Answer 33

NO

Question 34

TRUE/FALSE. Moldova is reliant on Russia for its energy needs.

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

What product from Moldova does Russia import?

Answer 35

wine

Question 36

VODKA

Answer 36

Russia

Question 37

TRUE/FALSE. Georgia is a vodka producing nation.

Answer 37

false. (WINE)

Question 38

What is Russia's most powerful weapon now?

Answer 38

gas & oil

Question 39

TRUE/FALSE. Russia is the world's biggest supplier of oil.

Answer 39

FALSE. (IT'S US FOLLOWED BY RUSSIA)

Question 40

How many percent of Europe's gas and oil come from Russia?

Answer 40

25%

Question 41

100% reliant on Russian gas

Answer 41

LATVIA, SLOVAKIA, FINLAND, ESTONIA (LSFE)

Question 42

80% reliant on Russian gas

Answer 42

CZECH REPUBLIC, BULGARIA, LITHUANIA (CBL)

Question 43

60% reliant on Russian gas

Answer 43

GREECE, HUNGARY, AUSTRIA (GHA)

Question 44

13% oil dependency in Russia

Answer 44

GREAT BRITAIN

Question 45

Existing different gas lines mentioned in the text:

Answer 45

*Nord Stream *Yamal Pipeline *Blue Stream

Question 46

to Germany via Baltic Sea

Answer 46

NORD STREAM

Question 47

to Poland and Germany via Belarus

Answer 47

YAMAL PIPELINE

Question 48

to Turkey via Black Sea

Answer 48

Blue Stream

Question 49

What are the planned (not yet existing) gas lines?

Answer 49

*South Stream *Turk Stream

Question 50

to HUNGARY, AUSTRIA, SERBIA, BULGARIA, ITALY via BLACK SEA

Answer 50

South Stream

Question 51

Who put pressure to HUNGARY, AUSTRIA, SERBIA, & BULGARIA reject SOUTH STREAM?

Answer 51

EU

Question 52

what country decided not to join to SOUTH STREAM after it was pressured by EU?

Answer 52

BULGARIA

Question 53

Aside from US, what other regions can also supply energy to Europe?

Answer 53

North Africa & Middle East

Question 54

What continents does Russia have a political reach or interest outside of Europe?

Answer 54

1. Latin America (Specifically Venezuela) 2. Middle East 3. Greenland 4. Africa 5. China

Question 55

has the least friendly relationship with the US

Answer 55

VENEZUELA

Question 56

it checks American moves in this country spending massively on its Arctic military forces

Answer 56

the MIDDLE EAST

Question 57

where Russia consistently takes an interest to maintain its territorial claims.

Answer 57

GREENLAND

Question 58

Russia continues to maintain what influence it has in the region

Answer 58

AFRICA

Question 59

Russia cooperates with the country on various levels.

Answer 59

China

Question 60

What country will most likely be the biggest customer of Russian energy after Europe will successfully remove its dependency on it?

Answer 60

CHINA

Question 61

Russia will supply China with 38 billion cubic meters of gas a year amounting to $400 billion.

Answer 61

2018

Question 62

what are the disputed lands between Russia and China where they somehow want to have the dominant power?

Answer 62

MANCHURIA & KAZAKHSTAN

Question 63

What is the average lifespan for a Russian man?

Answer 63

BELOW 65

Question 64

TRUE/FALSE. the problems of Russia before is still the problems of Russia until now.

Answer 64

TRUE

Question 65

What are the contributory factors of these problems in Russia until now?

Answer 65

*slow population growth *the ports freeze *the North European Plain is flat