Exploring Our World: People, Places, and Cultures

Chapter 15: Russia Today

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Who was Russia's first democratically elected leader?
A)Vladimir Putin
B)Boris Yeltsin
C)Vladimir Lenin
D)Boris Karloff
2
Which of the following was NOT an economic result of the fall of communism?
A)Price controls were eliminated.
B)Businesses could compete.
C)Government introduced privatization.
D)Company stocks lost value.
3
What is an example of how Russian society changed after communism fell?
A)Imported music CDs were available.
B)Men and women received equal pay.
C)Intellectuals were forced to work on farms.
D)The serfs were freed.
4
If a Russian doctor is underemployed, she might be working as a _____.
A)medical researcher
B)surgeon
C)receptionist
D)psychiatrist
5
Russian troops have recently fought the _____
A)Tatars.
B)Chechens.
C)Kazakhs.
D)Ukrainians.
6
Which of the following is NOT a reason Russian life expectancy has declined?
A)poor nutrition
B)more accidents
C)reduced health care spending
D)alcoholism
7
Which Russian economic region contains an important port?
A)Volgas and Urals
B)Siberia
C)Moscow
D)St. Petersburg and Baltic
8
What is one similarity between Communist Russia and Russia today?
A)Separatist movements exist.
B)Banks are going out of business.
C)Television news is government controlled.
D)There is a command economy.
9
Russia's shift to a free market economy has brought _____.
A)a decrease in crime
B)an increase in income
C)an increase in tourism
D)a decrease in new businesses
10
Russia's current banking system could be described as _____.
A)underused
B)successful
C)unorganized
D)bankrupt
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