Russia Content

Question 1

How does Russia rank when comparing the physical size of the countries of the world?

Answer 1

It is the largest country

Question 2

What ethnic group are most people in Russia

Answer 2

Slavic

Question 3

What do you call the currency (money) in Russia?

Answer 3

Ruble

Question 4

What religion do most people who live in the “stan” countries follow?

Answer 4

Islam (they are Muslim)

Question 5

What religion are most people in Russia? (those that aren’t atheist)

Answer 5

Eastern Orthodox

Question 6

Last leader of the Soviet Union

Answer 6

Gorbachev

Question 7

What does Putin say he most wants in this war with Ukraine?

Answer 7

A guarantee that Ukraine will never join NATO, and that NATO will pull back to 1990s borders

Question 8

What do you call the part of Russia that is east of the Ural Mountains?

Answer 8

Siberia

Question 9

First leader of the Soviet Union

Answer 9

Lenin

Question 10

When did the Russian Revolution happen that overthrew the Czar Nicholas?

Answer 10

1917

Question 11

Russian word for King or Emperor

Answer 11

czar

Question 12

Why did East Germany build a wall around West Berlin?

Answer 12

To keep the East Germans out of free West Berlin

Question 13

What are some of the health dangers caused by the drying up of the Aral Sea?

Answer 13

Breathing problems, cancer, birth abnormalities

Question 14

Huge forest of evergreen trees that grow in subarctic regions like northern Russia

Answer 14

taiga

Question 15

Was the Soviet Union and the USSR the same thing?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Has Ukraine taken back some of the land Russia took from them early in the current conflict?

Answer 16

Yes, about 50% of it

Question 17

Why has the Aral Sea almost disappeared?

Answer 17

The Soviet Union built so many canals to irrigate crops that little water was left to get to the Sea, so most of it evaporated.

Question 18

Name some events that were part of the Cold War

Answer 18

Berlin Wall, Berlin Blockade and Airlift, Duck and Cover, Arms Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race, Korean War, Vietnam War, U2 Spy Plan Incident

Question 19

Economic and political system where the government controls the economy, making the decisions about what goods are produced

Answer 19

communism

Question 20

What has the U.S. done in the Ukraine War?

Answer 20

Supplied money and weapons to Ukraine, placed financial sanctions on Russia, increased its exporting of oil to Europe

Question 21

Are the battle lines between Ukraine and Russia moving much recently?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

Layer of permanently frozen soil

Answer 22

permafrost

Question 23

Treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only a few plants can grow in summer

Answer 23

tundra

Question 24

What was the Cold War, and when did it take place?

Answer 24

Hostility/Rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from the end of WWII to the fall of the Soviet Union

Question 25

Author of The Communist Manifesto

Answer 25

Karl Marx

Question 26

What are some areas of concern that the U.S. has with Russia besides the War in Ukraine?

Answer 26

Growing Russia-China partnership, Russia’s nuclear capabilities, hacking/ransomware, military buildup in the Arctic

Question 27

Process by which grasslands change into desert

Answer 27

desertification