Glencoe World Geography

Chapter 15: The Cultural Geography of Russia

The Cultural Geography of Russia

1
Ethnic groups share a common __________.
A)way of earning a living
B)political system
C)economic system
D)ancestry and set of customs
2
Russia’s politics and culture are dominated by __________.
A)Russian Slavs
B)Turkic peoples
C)Caucasian peoples
D)Tatars
3
The average population density in Russia is __________ people per square mile.
A)about 77
B)about 120
C)about 22
D)less than 1
4
In the 1500s Ivan IV became Russia’s first __________.
A)prince
B)king
C)czar
D)communist
5
__________ was a policy forced on non-Russian people in the 1800s which required everyone to speak Russian and practice Orthodox Christianity.
A)Russification
B)Sovietization
C)Communism
D)Socialism
6
In 1917 a revolutionary group known as the __________ seized control of the Russian government.
A)Marxists
B)Socialists
C)Bolsheviks
D)Nationalists
7
For more than four decades, the United States and the Soviet Union were involved in __________.
A)perestroika
B)the Cold War
C)glasnost
D)establishing satellites
8
During most of Russia’s history, __________ was the dominant religion.
A)Islam
B)Eastern Orthodox Christianity
C)Judaism
D)Buddhism
9
Some of the problems threatening the well-being of Russia’s people include __________.
A)disease
B)poor lifestyle choices
C)an inefficient health-care system
D)all of the above
10
__________ was among the writers, painters, and composers who were punished by the Soviet government for not adhering to socialist realism.
A)Marc Chagall
B)Alexander Solzhenitsyn
C)Modest Mussorgsky
D)Boris Pasternak
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