Russia and the Western Republics

Question 1

Who was this area intially settled by?

Answer 1

Vikings

Question 2

Who invaded Russia in the mid 1200s and controlled them for 200+ years?

Answer 2

Mongols

Question 3

1500s- who ended their foreign rule?

Answer 3

Ivan the Great

Question 4

When did Peter the Great become Czar?

Answer 4

1682

Question 5

Who did peasants blame for their problems?

Answer 5

Czar

Question 6

When was the Russian Revolution?

Answer 6

1917- 1923

Question 7

What began gaining popularity?

Answer 7

COMM

Question 8

Who took control of the government?

Answer 8

Bolsheviks

Question 9

What was the country renamed?

Answer 9

U.S.S.R (Soviet Union)

Question 10

When was WWII?

Answer 10

1939-1945

Question 11

Who is dead and who is in charge after WWII?

Answer 11

Lenin is dead, Stalin is in charge

Question 12

Stalin - Good or Bad?

Answer 12

BADDDDD

Question 13

What is spread in Eastern Europe?

Answer 13

COMM

Question 14

What is the word for famine in Ukraine?

Answer 14

Holodomor

Question 15

What is the word for Soviet labor camps?

Answer 15

Gulag

Question 16

How many deaths is Stalin responsible for?

Answer 16

25 Million

Question 17

What are the terms for Summer homes and bath houses?

Answer 17

Dachas and Banyas

Question 18

What is Communism?

Answer 18

A world in which the workers would be in charge of production and share wealth equally

Question 19

What are collective farms?

Answer 19

When peasants are forced to work on huge tracts of land