1. Country Review Jeopardy Template Mr. Oakes Russia Review

2. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Factors Shaping Politics Political Process Political Institutions Public Policy Current Issues

3. Topic 1 100 Question What percent of Russia’s population is ethnically Russian?

4. Topic 1 100 Answer 80%

5. Topic 1 200 Question In what year did the USSR fall and the Russian Federation begin?

6. Topic 1 200 Answer 1991

7. Topic 1 300 Question What is Russia’s rank in land size compared to the rest of the world?

8. Topic 1 300 Answer #1

9. Topic 1 400 Question What was the name of the economic reform passed by Gorbachev that allowed some capitalist concessions in Russia?

10. Topic 1 400 Answer Perestroika

11. Topic 1 500 Question Who was the last tsar to rule Russia?

12. Topic 1 500 Answer Nicolas II

13. Topic 2 100 Question How is the president of Russia elected and how long is the term?

14. Topic 2 100 Answer He is elected by a vote and the term is six years due to the constitution of 1993. Each president can only serve up to two terms.

15. Topic 2 200 Question What kind of political system does Russia have?

16. Topic 2 200 Answer Federation

17. Topic 2 300 Question What is the largest political party in Russia?

18. Topic 2 300 Answer United Russia

19. Topic 2 400 Question During Soviet rule, 100% of the public participated in politics because it was forced. Now, what percent of Russian’s citizens are members of a political party?

20. Topic 2 400 Answer 1%

21. Topic 2 500 Question What are the three types of elections in Russia?

22. Topic 2 500 Answer Referendum, Duma Elections, and Presidential Elections

23. Topic 3 100 Question Which “interest group” is very involved in the KGB and sometimes used (unofficially) by the government to exercise power?

24. Topic 3 100 Answer Russian Mafia

25. Topic 3 200 Question Which region of Russia hasn’t signed the treaty that binds the regions?

26. Topic 3 200 Answer Chechnya

27. Topic 3 300 Question How many of Russia’s 89 regions are made up of a non-Russian majority?

28. Topic 3 300 Answer 21 regions

29. Topic 3 400 Question What does the government have major control over and therefore uses for propaganda purposes?

30. Topic 3 400 Answer Media

31. Topic 3 500 Question The Constitution of 1993 created a three branch government. What are the three branches and what are they made up of?

32. Topic 3 500 Answer 1.Executive: President and Prime Minister 2.Legislative: Duma and Federal Council 3.Judicial: Supreme Court and Constitutional Court

33. Topic 4 100 Question Who does the President appoint?

34. Topic 4 100 Answer The President appoints the Prime minister and cabinet

35. Topic 4 200 Question How did Russia resolve Checnya’s terrorism attacks in the early 2000s?

36. Topic 4 200 Answer Held a referendum that reintegrated Chechnya within Russia.

37. Topic 4 300 Question How does Russia keep its external safety from Chechnya’s terrorists?

38. Topic 4 300 Answer They have expanded anti-terrorist operations in the region of Chechnya

39. Topic 4 400 Question How did Russia try and resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

40. Topic 4 400 Answer They brought the two sides together and had them sign a cease fire

41. Topic 4 500 Question Name a way that Putin is able to regulate the behavior of citizens.

42. Topic 4 500 Answer Censorship laws Arrest with little real cause Youth camps Propaganda Indoctrination Use of the Russian Mafia

43. Topic 5 100 Question What were Yeltsin’s reforms that caused economic turmoil in the 1990s and early 2000s?

44. Topic 5 100 Answer “Shock therapy” reforms: changing rapidly to a market economy

45. Topic 5 200 Question Russia has had a strained relationship with the US. What did Russia recently cut the US off from?

46. Topic 5 200 Answer Adoption of Russian children

47. Topic 5 300 Question What is a current social cleavage in Russia?

48. Topic 5 300 Answer Ethnic, Urban vs. Rural, Putin Generation vs. Yeltsin, Communist vs. Capitalist, Religious

49. Topic 5 400 Question What is there a lack of in Putin’s administration?

50. Topic 5 400 Answer Transparency

51. Topic 5 500 Question Which region in Russia is a source of major ethnic cleavage today, causing political problems?

52. Topic 5 500 Answer Chechnya