Unit 6 Test Flashcards
Joesph Stalin was responsible for the _________, a famine in which over 3 million Ukrainians died.
Correct
Holodomor
The white-tailed eagle is the national symbol of _________.
Poland
____________ modernized Russia and founded the city of Saint Petersburg.
Peter the Great
The capital of Kazakhstan is _________.
Astana
Mikhail Gorbachev introduced ________ reforms to overhaul the Soviet Union.
perestroika
Vladimir Lenin was brought to power through the ______________ Revolution in Russia.
October
___________ is the capital of Poland.
Warsaw
___________ is Russia’s capital and largest city.
Moscow
Genghis Khan was a __________ leader who conquered Russia and China to form a large empire.
Mongol
Athletes compete in archery, horse-riding, and wrestling during Mongolia’s ___________ festival.
Naadam
An international force led by the United States overthrew Afghanistan’s _______ government in 2001.
Taliban
Kiev is the capital of __________.
Ukraine
Finland’s capital, Helsinki, is on the coast of the __________ Sea.
Baltic
________ has an ancient tradition of Everyman’s Right whereby public and private lands may be used without permission or cost.
Finland
The __________ Marshes are Europe’s largest wetlands.
Pripet
Mongolia’s national symbol is the ______________.
wild takhi
Gustaf Mannerheim was honored as the Marshall of _________ for his leadership in resisting Russia during the Winter War.
Finland
After World War II, the United States and Soviet Union engaged in the ________ War.
Cold
The brown bear is the national symbol of _______.
Russia’s
Lake __________ is a lake that is over 5,300 feet deep.
Baikal
The _______ (trident) is the national symbol of Ukraine.
tryzub
A catastrophic explosion at the ________ power plant hurled ten tons of radioactive material into the air.
Chernobyl
Lapland is a region north of the ____________ Circle in Finland.
Arctic
____________ was the setting for Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
The eastward expansion of Russia under Catherine the Great.
