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Name _________________________________ I.D. Number _______________________ Unit 5 Evaluation World Cultures 1: North and South America and Europe (SSTH 053 057) When you feel you are adequately prepared, complete this Unit Evaluation. It is important that you do your own work. You may use your textbook and course materials for help in answering the questions. After you have completed this evaluation, you will submit it for grading. Multiple Choice Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question. _____ 1. Which geographic feature in Russia is 92 feet below sea level? a. Lake Baikal b. Caspian Sea c. West Siberian Plain d. Black Sea _____ 2. In what part of Russia is most of the commercial farming done? a. Southern and Western Russia b. Eastern and Southern Russia c. Central Russia d. Northern and Eastern Russia _____ 3. Russia is ____________________ as the United States. a. nearly twice as large b. half as large c. three times as large d. about the same size _____ 4. What is the largest source of fresh water in Russia? a. Caspian Sea b. Black Sea c. Lake Baikal d. Volga River Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053 _____ 5. The capital of Russia today is a. St. Petersburg. b. Grozny. c. Omsk. d. Moscow. _____ 6. Russia has a warm-water route to the ___________________ through the Black Sea. a. Atlantic Ocean b. Mediterranean Sea c. Caspian Sea d. North Sea _____ 7. Russia is rich in natural resources. Which of the following is not one of the major natural resources in Russia? a. fossil fuels b. iron ore c. timber d. diamonds _____ 8. In what type of climate zone is most of Russia? a. humid continental b. tundra c. subarctic d. taiga _____ 9. What do we call the permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface in many regions of the far northern latitudes? a. taiga b. permafrost c. tundra d. kolkhoze Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053 _____ 10. Kievan Rus prospered from river trade between Scandinavia and the a. Mongol Empire. b. Byzantine Empire. c. Roman Empire. d. Ukraine. _____ 11. In A.D. 988, missionaries brought a new religion to Kievan Rus. What else did they bring? a. the plantation system b. a new form of government c. food and clothing d. a written language _____ 12. Which Russian czar freed the serfs? a. Peter the Great b. Ivan the Terrible c. Czar Alexander II d. Catherine the Great _____ 13. When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) was created, how many republics made up this nation? a. 15 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30 _____ 14. Which Russian leader established the first communist state in Russia? a. Czar Nicholas II b. Peter the Great c. Vladimir Lenin d. Ivan the Terrible Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053 _____ 15. What type of economy did the Soviet leaders set up in Russia during the early 1900s? a. command economy b. market economy c. collective economy d. communal economy _____ 16. What did Mikhail Gorbachev call his policy of “openness”—where Soviet citizens were free to say and write what they thought without fear of punishment? a. glasnost b. perestroika c. cold war d. collectivization _____ 17. Which policy aimed to rebuild the Soviet economy? a. glasnost b. collectivization c. krasnoyarsk d. perestroika _____ 18. What is Russia’s largest ethnic group? a. Tatars b. Slavs c. Ukrainians d. Yakut _____ 19. What is the most popular religion in Russia today? a. Muslim b. Protestant c. Roman Catholic d. Eastern Orthodox Christianity _____ 20. Which ethnic group herd reindeer and cattle in Eastern Siberia? a. Slavs b. Tatars c. Yakut d. Mongols Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053 _____ 21. Which Russian artist wrote War and Peace? a. Peter Tchaikovsky b. Igor Stravinsky c. Alexander Solzhenitsyn d. Leo Tolstoy _____ 22. The Trans-Siberian Railroad connects Moscow with a. Kiev. b. St. Petersburg. c. Vladivostok. d. Chechnya. _____ 23. The transfer of ownership of businesses from the government to individuals is called a. privatization. b. consumerism. c. collectivism. d. market economics. _____ 24. Which Russian leader was President both when it was a Soviet Republic and after it became the new Russian Federation? a. Mikhail Gorbachev b. Vladimir Putin c. Boris Yeltsin d. Joseph Stalin _____ 25. Approximately how many ethnic Russians chose to return to Russia after the Soviet republics gained their independence? a. 2 million b. 3 million c. 4 million d. 5 million Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053 _____ 26. Valuable stands of timber and deposits of iron ore, uranium, gold, and coal make which region an important source for these natural resources? a. Volga b. Urals c. Baltic d. Siberia _____ 27. Vladimir Putin has limited the power of some of Russia’s oligarchs by a. putting them in jail. b. strengthening government authority. c. taking their businesses from them. d. encouraging other business start-ups. _____ 28. As president, Vladimir Putin a. took control of Russia’s newspapers. b. allowed television news stations to operate with no government control. c. did away with issuing decrees. d. strengthened presidential powers. _____ 29. Which of the following is not one of the challenges that Russia has faced in its shift to a free market economy? a. The prices for Russia’s oil and natural gas exports have increased. b. There has been an increase in crime and business corruption. c. The wealth has been garnered by a few, and many benefits have not reached most of the people. d. Most people do not trust the banks. _____ 30. What was the outcome of the struggle between the Chechens and the Russian government? a. It is unresolved. b. The government was victorious. c. The Chechens won their independence. d. A truce was declared. Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053 True or False Determine whether each statement is true or false. _____ 31. Russia is the second-largest single country in the world. a. True b. False _____ 32. Russia is a federal republic, with the power divided between national and regional governments. a. True b. False _____ 33. Russia benefits from its long coastlines just as Europe does; with open seaports most of the year and temperate conditions along the coast. a. True b. False _____ 34. More than half of the people in Russia do not have safe drinking water due to chemicals pollutants and poor sewer systems. a. True b. False _____ 35. Only one language is spoken in Russia today. a. True b. False Carefully check your answers on this evaluation and make any corrections you feel are necessary. When you are satisfied that you have answered the questions to the best of your ability, transfer your answers to an answer sheet. 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Name _________________________________ I.D. Number _______________________

Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053

Unit 5 Evaluation
World Cultures 1: North and South America and Europe
(SSTH 053 057)
When you feel you are adequately prepared, complete this Unit Evaluation. It is important that you
do your own work. You may use your textbook and course materials for help in answering the
questions. After you have completed this evaluation, you will submit it for grading.

Multiple Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
_____ 1. Which geographic feature in Russia is 92 feet below sea level?
a. Lake Baikal
b. Caspian Sea
c. West Siberian Plain
d. Black Sea
_____ 2. In what part of Russia is most of the commercial farming done?
a. Southern and Western Russia
b. Eastern and Southern Russia
c. Central Russia
d. Northern and Eastern Russia
_____ 3. Russia is ____________________ as the United States.
a. nearly twice as large
b. half as large
c. three times as large
d. about the same size
_____ 4. What is the largest source of fresh water in Russia?
a. Caspian Sea
b. Black Sea
c. Lake Baikal
d. Volga River Unit 5 Evaluation SSTH 053

_____ 5. The capital of Russia today is
a. St. Petersburg.
b. Grozny.
c. Omsk.
d. Moscow.
____...


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