Question 1

Russia and Ukraine have a strained history involving tensions over the control of the Crimean Peninsula and Ukrainian independence. How did Josef Stalin's actions in the 1930s affect current relations? ​

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Question 2

What led to the classification of the Soviet Union as a "misdeveloped" country? ​

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Question 3

Russia and then the Soviet Union repeatedly triumphed over powerful invaders, often losing territory and battles early on, but eventually inflicting a crushing and decisive defeat to invaders. What are four reasons for their success? ​

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Question 4

What were Soviet citizens complaints with the command economy system prior to the Second Russian Revolution? ​

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Question 5

Why have the Chechens long resisted Russian rule, and what actions has Russia taken under Putin to gain control of Chechnya?

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Question 6

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                        Premises: capital and largest city in Ukraine

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Question 7

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                        Premises: capital and largest city in Russia

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Question 8

What does it mean to have a command economy, and what were two ways in which it proved inefficient and unwieldy? ​

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Question 9

What were the problems with the rapid replacement (economic shock therapy)of the command economy with the free-market economy after the Second Russian Revolution? ​

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Question 10

Why do many countries feel Russia's supply of oil and natural gas to be unreliable?  ​

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Question 11

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                        Premises: modern-day Saint Petersburg

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Question 12

Explain why the neighboring countries of Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic communications and closed borders. ​

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Question 13

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                        Premises: formerly Stalingrad and the site of a ferocious WWII battle

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Question 14

Give three reasons Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula are strategically important to Russia.

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Question 15

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                        Premises: city in Ukraine where a nuclear disaster occurred

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Quiz 5: Russia and the Near Abroad

Russia and Ukraine have a strained history involving tensions over the control of the Crimean Peninsula and Ukrainian independence. How did Josef Stalin's actions in the 1930s affect current relations?

What led to the classification of the Soviet Union as a "misdeveloped" country?

Russia and then the Soviet Union repeatedly triumphed over powerful invaders, often losing territory and battles early on, but eventually inflicting a crushing and decisive defeat to invaders. What are four reasons for their success?

What were Soviet citizens complaints with the command economy system prior to the Second Russian Revolution?

Why have the Chechens long resisted Russian rule, and what actions has Russia taken under Putin to gain control of Chechnya?

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

What does it mean to have a command economy, and what were two ways in which it proved inefficient and unwieldy?

What were the problems with the rapid replacement (economic shock therapy)of the command economy with the free-market economy after the Second Russian Revolution?

Why do many countries feel Russia's supply of oil and natural gas to be unreliable?

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Explain why the neighboring countries of Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic communications and closed borders.

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Give three reasons Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula are strategically important to Russia.

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Quiz 5: Russia and the Near Abroad

Russia and Ukraine have a strained history involving tensions over the control of the Crimean Peninsula and Ukrainian independence. How did Josef Stalin's actions in the 1930s affect current relations? ​

What led to the classification of the Soviet Union as a "misdeveloped" country? ​

Russia and then the Soviet Union repeatedly triumphed over powerful invaders, often losing territory and battles early on, but eventually inflicting a crushing and decisive defeat to invaders. What are four reasons for their success? ​

What were Soviet citizens complaints with the command economy system prior to the Second Russian Revolution? ​

Why have the Chechens long resisted Russian rule, and what actions has Russia taken under Putin to gain control of Chechnya?

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

What does it mean to have a command economy, and what were two ways in which it proved inefficient and unwieldy? ​

What were the problems with the rapid replacement (economic shock therapy)of the command economy with the free-market economy after the Second Russian Revolution? ​

Why do many countries feel Russia's supply of oil and natural gas to be unreliable? ​

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Explain why the neighboring countries of Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic communications and closed borders. ​

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Give three reasons Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula are strategically important to Russia.

Cities of Russia and the Near Abroad - match the city below to the correct description

Russia and Ukraine have a strained history involving tensions over the control of the Crimean Peninsula and Ukrainian independence. How did Josef Stalin's actions in the 1930s affect current relations?

What led to the classification of the Soviet Union as a "misdeveloped" country?

Russia and then the Soviet Union repeatedly triumphed over powerful invaders, often losing territory and battles early on, but eventually inflicting a crushing and decisive defeat to invaders. What are four reasons for their success?

What were Soviet citizens complaints with the command economy system prior to the Second Russian Revolution?

What does it mean to have a command economy, and what were two ways in which it proved inefficient and unwieldy?

What were the problems with the rapid replacement (economic shock therapy)of the command economy with the free-market economy after the Second Russian Revolution?

Why do many countries feel Russia's supply of oil and natural gas to be unreliable?

Explain why the neighboring countries of Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic communications and closed borders.