Review Notes For
Unit 8 Test - Russia and Eurasian Republics
1. Peter the Great was the Czar of Russia who is given credit for westernizing the country.
2. Vladimir Lenin is a significant individual in Russia because he led the Bolshevik
Movement.
3. Under Lenin’s rule, Soviets were denied the following freedoms: Speech, Religion, and
Choice.
4. Unlimited government would apply to both the Czarist government of Russia and the
communist government of the Soviet Union.
5. In the 1980’s, scarcity forced the government to modernize the Soviet Union and gain
more interdependence among other nations.
6. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, a number of areas of Russia have
declared independence. Some areas, especially Chechnya, are still looking toward
independence because of political differences.
7. Civic participation is important to a democracy but not to a communist system of
government.
8. In the post-Soviet Union era, many farms and businesses were sold to private owners.
Many new industries have been developed, but the economy is still slow because the
labor force is untrained.
9. Throughout their history, Russians civil rights have rarely been respected by their
government.
10. Solzenitzen is a writer who exposed abuses of communism in Russia. His experience
came from years in forced labor camps called gulags.
11. U.S. = Rule by Many, Soviet Union = Rule by few
12. In 1960, Russia had a communist government. By 2000, Russia had become more
democratic.
13. Canals for irrigation have been built to increase agricultural land in Russia.
14. Under the Soviet Union’s economic structure, farmers and laborers and distributors of
goods worked for the state.
15. Russia has limited access to the sea and oceans to the north. Murmansk is the only icefree port in the Arctic region. Ocean currents keep this ice free.
16. Climate and geography explain why most of the population of Russia is located in the
West.
17. Russia’s harsh climate best explain patterns of settlement across the nation.
18. In Cultural Borrowing, different societies borrow others beliefs, foods, and holidays.
19. Tchaikovsky’s is a writer who wrote the story “Sleeping Beauty.” We enjoy this story all
over the world. This is an example of Cultural Borrowing.
20. Lake Baikal has been most damaged by erosion.
21. Today in Russia, there are modern and Western businesses such as McDonalds and
other companies where before there were breadlines. There are crime syndicates
where before there were government sponsored spying and repression. In Democracy,
people will make both good and bad choices in changing their interests.
22. Much of Russia’s major industry is located in the eastern portion of the country
because industry developed around large settlements that were founded in this region.
23. Coal is: non-renewable, finite, a fossil fuel, and formed from peat.