Country ReviewJeopardy Template
Mr. Oakes
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Factors ShapingPolitics
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Topic 1100 Question
What percent of Russia’s population is ethnically Russian?
Topic 1 100 Answer
80%
Topic 1200 Question
In what year did the USSR fall and the Russian Federation begin?
Topic 1 200 Answer
1991
Topic 1300 Question
What is Russia’s rank in land size compared to the rest of the world?
Topic 1 300 Answer
#1
Topic 1400 Question
What was the name of the economic reform passed by Gorbachev that
allowed some capitalist concessions in Russia?
Topic 1 400 Answer
Perestroika
Topic 1500 Question
Who was the last tsar to rule Russia?
Topic 1 500 Answer
Nicolas II
Topic 2100 Question
How is the president of Russia elected and how long is the term?
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.
Topic 2200 Question
What kind of political system does Russia have?
Topic 2 200 Answer
Federation
Topic 2300 Question
What is the largest political party in Russia?
Topic 2 300 Answer
United Russia
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?
Topic 2 400 Answer
1%
Topic 2 500 Question
What are the three types of elections in Russia?
Topic 2 500 Answer
Referendum, Duma Elections, and Presidential Elections
Topic 3 100 Question
Which “interest group” is very involved in the KGB and sometimes used (unofficially)
by the government to exercise power?
Topic 3 100 Answer
Russian Mafia
Topic 3 200 Question
Which region of Russia hasn’t signed the treaty that binds the regions?
Topic 3 200 Answer
Chechnya
Topic 3 300 Question
How many of Russia’s 89 regions are made up of a non-Russian majority?
Topic 3 300 Answer
21 regions
Topic 3 400 Question
What does the government have major control over and therefore uses
for propaganda purposes?
Topic 3 400 Answer
Media
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?
Topic 3 500 Answer
1. Executive: President and Prime Minister2. Legislative: Duma and Federal Council
3. Judicial: Supreme Court and Constitutional Court
Topic 4100 Question
Who does the President appoint?
Topic 4 100 Answer
The President appoints the Prime minister and cabinet
Topic 4 200 Question
How did Russia resolve Checnya’s terrorism attacks in the early 2000s?
Topic 4 200 Answer
Held a referendum that reintegrated Chechnya within Russia.
Topic 4300 Question
How does Russia keep its external safety from Chechnya’s terrorists?
Topic 4 300 Answer
They have expanded anti-terrorist operations in the region of Chechnya
Topic 4 400 Question
How did Russia try and resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?
Topic 4 400 Answer
They brought the two sides together and had them sign a cease fire
Topic 4 500 Question
Name a way that Putin is able to regulate the behavior of citizens.
Topic 4500 Answer
Censorship lawsArrest with little real cause
Youth campsPropaganda
IndoctrinationUse of the Russian Mafia
Topic 5100 Question
What were Yeltsin’s reforms that caused economic turmoil in the 1990s
and early 2000s?
Topic 5 100 Answer
“Shock therapy” reforms: changing rapidly to a market economy
Topic 5 200 Question
Russia has had a strained relationship with the US. What did Russia recently cut the US off from?
Topic 5 200 Answer
Adoption of Russian children
Topic 5300 Question
What is a current social cleavage in Russia?
Topic 5 300 Answer
Ethnic, Urban vs. Rural,
Putin Generation vs. Yeltsin, Communist vs. Capitalist,
Religious
Topic 5 400 Question
What is there a lack of in Putin’s administration?
Topic 5 400 Answer
Transparency
Topic 5500 Question
Which region in Russia is a source of major ethnic cleavage today, causing
political problems?
Topic 5 500 Answer
Chechnya