<p> Russia CCA Review Sheet</p><p>1. How does the climate of Russia affect the rivers and waterways? (p. 404)</p><p>2. Why is the Northern European Plain called the Russian heartland? (p. 402)</p><p>3. Define Cyrillic. (p. 406)</p><p>4. Define czar. (p. 407)</p><p>5. What kind of government does Russia have? What are the characteristics of this type of government? (p. 412)</p><p>6. Describe Russia’s economy. Include Russia’s exports (p. 413)</p><p>7. Which czar was responsible for the construction of St. Basil’s cathedral? According to legend, what did he do to its architect? Brutality such as this gave him a particular nickname. What was it? (p. 409)</p><p>8. Building the Soviet Union as an industrial power was of great importance to communist leaders such as Lenin and Stalin. What negative side effect of industrialization is Russia working to improve? (Reread what the book said about Lake Baikal on page 404)</p><p>9. Name the first man-made space satellite launched by the Russians. (p. 410)</p><p>10. Name the composer of the famous ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. (p. 410)</p><p>11. Define monotheism. </p><p>12. Give examples of major monotheistic religions. (p. 408)</p><p>13. What is the difference between a political and a physical map?</p><p>14. Who were the Bolsheviks? (p. 407) 15. List some elements of Russian culture (think Achievements and Religion). (GRAPES chart)</p><p>16. The capital of Russia and its largest and most important city is ______. (p.402)</p><p>17. Who is Yuri Gagarin? </p><p>18. Describe Vladimir Putin’s (Russia’s current president) views on the changing government in Russia.</p><p>19. What is Chernobyl?</p><p>20. Compare a Free Enterprise System to a Communist Economic System.</p>