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History Test #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eurasia | World's Largest Landmass |
| West Siberian Plain | One of the world's largest regions of continuously level land |
| Crimean War | Fought over Russia's attempts to invade Ottoman territory |
| Perestroika | Gorbachev's plan to restructure the Soviet Union's business and economy |
| Yakutsk | Coldest city in the world |
| Islam | Primary religion in the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia |
| Karakum Desert | Covers about 70% of Turkmenistan |
| Vladamir the Saint | Introduced Russians to Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Nicholas II | Last Czar of Russia |
| Karl Marx | His writings promoted Communism |
| Vladamir Lenin | Leader of first Communist state in history |
| Collectivism | Individuals give up control of all property to the government |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Soviet leader who supported the building of the Berlin Wall |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Last leader of the Soviet Union |
| Vladimir Putin | Russian president whose goal was to reclaim all the land that had ever been part of the Soviet Union |
| Kazakhstan | World's Largest Landlocked Country |
| Volga River | Europe's Longest River |
| Lake Baikal | Deepest Freshwater Lake in the World |
| Ivan III | First true national leader of a united Russia |
| Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader during the Great Purge |
| Bolshevik | "One of a Majority" |
| Siberia | "Sleeping Land" |
| Uzbekistan | "Land of the Free" |
| Kyrgyzstan | "Switzerland of Central Asia" |
| Pamir Mountains | "The Roof of the World" |
| Europe | Located in Eastern Hemisphere |
| North America | Located in Western Hemisphere |
| Australia | Located in Eastern Hemisphere |
| South America | Located in Western Hemisphere |
| Africa | Located in Eastern Hemisphere |