Grade 5 Old World History and Geography Chapter 15 Checkup
Third International
A group dedicated to causing a worldwide revolution in order to make the whole world a Communist state.
Communism
A system of government that says there is no God and allows the people no freedom.
Atheism
Belief that their is no God
Under Lenin, the government took control of all of the land and all banks and industries. Workers were forced to join government-controlled unions. Food was distributed as the government pleased; no private trade was allowed. All churches were controlled by the government.
Describe what Lenin did to gain control of the Soviet Union.
Gorbachev
I tried to maintain Communist power by introducing Perestroika and Glasnost
Mt. Elbrus
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: Europe's highest peak
Russia
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: largest country in the world
Ukraine
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: second largest country in Europe
Bulgaria
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: the "garden of Europe"
Siberia
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: the cold region in the extreme north of Asian Russia
West Siberian Plain
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: the largest LEVEL region in the world
Bosporus and Dardanelles
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: the two straits that control access to the Black Sea
Lake Baikal
IDENTIFY THIS PLACE: world's deepest freshwater lake
first true national leader of united Russia
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT: Ivan III
Founder of communism
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT: Karl Marx
First Czar
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT: Nicholas II
introduced the Russians to a form of Christianity
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT: Vladimir the Saint
Krushchev
WHO AM I? Communist leader who shouted to America "bWe will bury you."
Marshal Tito
WHO AM I? I was a strong Communist ruler of Yugoslavia
Trotsky
WHO AM I? I was overthrown by Stalin and exiled from Russia
Boris Yeltsin
WHO AM I? I won the release of Gorbachev and became the most power man in Russia
Lech Walesa
WHO AM I? I worked to restore Polish freedom by founding Solidarity
Stalin
WHO AM I? When Lenin died, I took control of the Soviet union; I am known for the Great Purge.
Lenin
WHO AM I? founder of the first Communist state
Napoleon
What dictator tried to conquer Russia but was instead conquered by the Russian winter?
Gypsies
What is the name given to the nomadic people of Eastern Europe?
United Nations
What is the name of the organization founded after World War II to promote world peace?
Communist or Bolsheviks
What was the name given to the Russian followers of Marx?
free enterprise
another name for capitalism
Marxism
another name for communism
Glasnost
openness; seeking peace with the free nations
Perestroika
restructuring; allowing some free enterprise
caviar
salted fish eggs, especially of the sturgeon
Soviet Union
the empire that the Communists built in Eastern Europe
Propaganda
using deceptive means to try to convince people of something
Capitalism
a way of running businesses and handling money that allows for individual freedom and responsibility
