Exam 5: Russia and the Post-Soviet States

Due to Russia's physical geography, the country has found it relatively easy to build a sophisticated system of roads and highways.

What is the name for the people who have gotten wealthy through their acquisition of discounted government assets, such as factories and resources?

The relatively peaceful transitions to democracy that have taken place in some of the post-Soviet states, such as Georgia and Ukraine, are known as the:

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of life in the cities of the Russian region today?

In the Russian-Afghan War, the United States supported and trained the Afghan guerrilla fighters.

Which of the following is NOT a center of Muslim practice in the modern Russian region?

What fraction of Earth's land surface did the USSR cover?

The earliest permanent settlements in Russia arose near harbors along the Pacific Coast.

The Ukrainian presidential candidate who favored closer ties with the West and NATO membership for Ukraine was:

Russia does not border China.

The earliest towns in the Russian region arose in:

The term used to describe individuals whose great wealth allows them to wield enormous (and often clandestine) political control is:

Rapid industrialization under Stalin was made possible by a _____________ economy in which the government controls all land and means of production.

The Urals are an intimidating and almost impassable mountain range.

In general, into which category of income and human well-being do most of the countries of Russia and the post-Soviet states fall?

The term used to describe the fifty-year-long geopolitical rivalry between the Soviet Union and its allies against the United States and its allies is ___________.

The current president of Russia is:

What ocean formed the eastern edge of the Russian Empire?

Which is NOT a challenge being faced by the former states of the USSR?

Russia has not signed the Kyoto Protocol or Copenhagen Accord.