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History Chapter 15--
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the first true national leader of a united Russia? | Ivan III |
| Who was the first czar of Russia? | Ivan the Terrible |
| Who was the last czar of Russia? | Nicholas II |
| Who was the French emperor who attempted to conquer Russia? | Napoleon |
| Who was the founder of Communism? | Marx |
| Who was the leader of the first Communist state? | Lenin |
| Who was the Communist leader who threatened to "bury" the United States? | Khrushchev |
| Who was the most powerful man in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union? | Yeltsin |
| Russia was named after the Viking tribe known as the _____. | Rus |
| The Russian title which means "emperor" is ______. | czar |
| Russian Communists were once also known as _________. | Bolsheviks |
| The system of government that says there is no God and allows people no freedom is ___________. | Communism |
| The mountains dividing European Russia from Asian Russia are the __________. | Urals |
| The extremely cold region in the north of Asian Russia once used as a prison by both the czars and the Communists is __________. | Siberia |
| Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov were Russian _________. | writers |
| A famous Russian food is _________. | cavier |
| The second largest country in Europe is ________. | Ukraine |
| What is Europe's longest river? | Volga |
| What is Europe's highest peak? | Mt. Elbrus |
| What is the largest level region in the world? | Western Siberian Plain |
| What is the world's deepest freshwater lake? | Lake Baikal |
| What is one of the two straits controlled by Turkey that gives Russia access to the Black Sea? | Bosporus and Dardanelles |
| The war Russia lost against England, France, Turkey, and Sardinia was the ________. | Crimean War |