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5 Written Questions

1. a forest of evergreen trees growing south of the tundra in Russia
2. a single people in central Europe who divided into 3 major groups: western, southern, and eastern
3. the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea
4. grassy plains, found south of the taiga in Russia,Ukraine, and parts of Eastern Europe.
5. free groups and outlaw armies of peasants who fled the tzar and service nobility

5 Matching Questions

1. Chernozem
2. Siberia
3. Gulag
4. Kremlin
5. Ural Mountains

1. a the rich black topsoil found in the North European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine
2. b citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government
3. c a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
4. d a mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
5. e a Russian prison camp for political prisoners

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. peasants that belong to the land
   1. Siberia
   2. Slavs
   3. Czars
   4. Serfs
2. a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (16 April 1986)
   1. Chernozem
   2. Chernobyl
   3. Serfs
   4. Czars
3. Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
   1. Abdicate
   2. Vladivostak
   3. Vladimir Lenin
   4. Kremlin
4. Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
   1. Lake Baikal
   2. Cossacks
   3. Joseph Stalin
   4. Kremlin
5. a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation
   1. Czars
   2. Eurasia
   3. Borscht
   4. Cossacks

5 True/False Question

1. Trans-Siberian Railroad → a railroad running from Murmansk to Vladivostak
   

   True        False

2. Heavy Industry → industry that produces manufactured goods such as machinery
   

   True        False

3. Rus → the medieval Russian state established by Scandanavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
   

   True        False

4. Czars → a single people in central Europe who divided into 3 major groups: western, southern, and eastern
   

   True        False

5. Murmansk → a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
   

   True        False