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World Geography - R
Extra Credit - chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The chief political and economic architect of the 1917 Russian Revolution that created the Soviet Union was: | Lenin |
| The former Soviet Union lasted about _____ years. | 70 |
| The final leader of the Soviet Union was: | Gorbachev |
| Which of the following countries (USA, China, Australia, Canada) is close in territorial size to Russia today? | None of the above are the same as Russia |
| Most of the population of Russia is found in the: | Western part of the country |
| The term ______ is used to describe an inland climate that is remote from the moderating influences of large water bodies. | Continentality |
| A climatic condition that might benefit Russia in the future is: | Greenhouse effect |
| Which True? A. Climate refers to current conditions at a given location B. Weather refers to long term average conditions C. Russia’s climate may be described as tropical D. Climate refers to long term average conditions E. Russia has no E climates | Climate refers to long term average conditions |
| The majority of Russia falls within the humid cold climate region. In the Köppen-Geiger classification scheme, this is signified by the letter: | D |
| The vegetation on a treeless plain (mostly mosses, lichens, and grasses) is known as: | tundra |
| The vegetation of coniferous forest at the southern end of the treeless plains is known as: | taiga |
| Frozen ground is known as: | permafrost |
| Topography refers to the: | surface configuration |
| Which of the following physiographic subdivisions contains the heartland (and Moscow)? | the Russian Plain |
| Which of the following is not a Russian physiographic region? | Central Uplands |
| The mountain chain in west central Russia that is often regarded as the boundary between Europe and Asia is called the: | Urals |
| Which of the following is not a Russian physiographic region? | The western highlands |
| Princedoms were known as: | russes |
| The modern Russian state, which began as a forest-based empire launched by Czar Ivan the Terrible, was centered in the city of: | Moscow |
| Seward’s Folly refers to: | the purchase of Alaska |
| Which of the following statements about Russia and North America is false? | The Russians established forts and villages along the entire California coast. |
| __________ was responsible for consolidating Russia’s gains in the early 1700s and in making a European-style state out of the loosely knit country. | Peter the Great |
| The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg occurred so that the city could become a(n): | forward capital |
| Czarina Catherine the Great’s territorial acquisition thrust was aimed at: | the warm-water Black Sea |
| In the early twentieth century, the Russians lost which of the following pieces of territory? | Manchuria |
| Russian imperialism in the nineteenth century was aimed chiefly at: | Central Asia |
| A major difference between the colonial empire of Russia, on the one hand, and Britain and France on the other is that: | Russia’s empire is territorially contiguous |
| In the Russian revolution of 1917: | the Bolsheviks defeated the Mensheviks |
| The Soviet Union consisted of 15: | Soviet Socialist Republics |
| The movement of the Soviet capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow: | was symbolic of a new period in Russian political and economic history, whose chief architect was V. I. Lenin |
| Ethnic Russians constituted about ______ percent of the population of the former Soviet Union. | 50 |
| Following Lenin’s policy of the right of self-determination: | Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan declared their independence |
| By far the largest of the fifteen former Soviet Socialist Republics in population was the: | Russian SFSR |
| The Soviet central planning agency was known as the: | Gosplan |
| The term _________ refers to a huge state farm and literally means “a grain and meat factory” in which agricultural efficiency through mechanization and minimum labor requirements should be at its peak. | Sovkhoz |
| Which of the following is not found west of the Urals? | The Baykal-Amur (BAM) railroad |
| Which of the following Soviet programs was most successful? | Industrialization |
| Russia today: | B. Is a Federation composed of autonomous areas based upon ethnicity and C. is a “democracy” |
| Inside the Russian Federation are about _____ separate entities. | 21 |
| The former Soviet Republics with the largest Russian minorities are: | Tajikistan and Turkmenistan |
| The correct order of importance of the internal units of the former Soviet Union was: | SSRs, ASSRs, and Autonomous Regions |
| This Russian republic is between Ukraine and Romania and contains a Finno-Ugric people famous for their beekeeping. | Mordovian Republic |
| This Russian republic has been under Russian domination since the 16th century and is located in the Volga River region | Chuvash Republic |
| This Russian republic is inhabited by Russians and Mari peoples and is highly urbanized. | Mari Republic |
| Heir to the Muslim khanate by Ivan the Terrible and now undergoing a renewed Muslim fervor. | Tatar Republic |
| This Russian republic in the Caucuses would like to join with another part of its traditional territory which is today in the country of Georgia. | Tatar Republic |
| Which of the following Russian republics is located north of Kazakstan and is important for both its oil and natural gas resources and its oil refining capacity? | Bashkort Republic |
| This Russian republic contains 30 distinct nationalities, is located near the Chechen Republic, and is dominated by agriculture and oil | Dagestan Republic |
| This Russian republic is located north of the Caucasus, is important for its oil refining capacity, and was recently separated from the Ingush Republic. | Chechen Republic |
| This Russian republic fought a war for independence from Moscow during the 1990s. No final settlement of the independence issue is in sight. | Chechen Republic |
| Which of the following is not a Russian internal republic? | Armenia |
| This Russian republic is the smallest and least cohesive republic. Many refugees have entered this republic from the Chechen Republic and the North Ossetian Republic. Moscow has favored this republic with investment. | Ingush Republic |
| This Russian republic contains a population with affinities with an ethnic group in Georgia. | North Ossetian Republic |
| This Russian republic did not demand sovereignty or greater autonomy as the Soviet Union crumbled in 1992. One of the least troublesome Caucuses republics. | Kabardino-Balkar Republic |
| This Russian republic is sometimes called the “Switzerland of Russia." | Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic |
| This Russian republic contains a population which was exiled by Stalin to Soviet Central Asia during World War II amid much loss of life, alleging that the population was collaborating with the Germans. The people adhere to the Tibetan-Buddhist faith. | Kalmyk Republic |
| This Russian republic contains territory gained from Finland, although the population is today about 70 percent Russian. | Karelian Republic |
| This Russian republic is located at the Arctic Circle and is known for its forest resources. It is inhabited by a Finnic people, although the majority are Russian | Komi Republic |
| This Russian republic is the largest of the republics within the Russian Federation. It is a permafrost-ridden, lightly populated area with significant mineral resources. | Sakha Republic |
| Which of the following Russian republics was first settled by Buddhist Mongols, but is today more than 70 percent Russian? | Buryat Republic |
| This Russian republic was once part of China and was, for a brief period, an “independent” state. | Tyva Republic |
| This proclaimed Russian republic has its capital at Vladivostok. | Primorskiy Kray (Maritime Region) |
| Russia today is governed by a _________ system. | Federal |
| The term that is used to indicate decreasing levels of spatial interactions with increasing distances is : | Distance decay |
| The Russian Republics have organized themselves in 8: | Regional Economic Association |
| Which of the following is not one of the areas of internal challenge to Russia identified in the textbook? | Overpopulation |
| The geopolitical theory that indicates that the rimland is the key to control of the world was forwarded by: | Spykman |
| A Russian word that entered the international vocabulary meaning openness is: | glasnost |
| Which of the following is not one of the areas of external challenge to Russia identified in the textbook? | Claims by Romania on territory in the Dagestan Republic |
| A national core area: | displays all of the characteristics listed above |
| St. Petersburg: | was formerly called Leningrad and Petrograd after Peter the Great |
| The core area of the Soviet Union: | Incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow |
| Which of the following is not an important manufacturing region of the Soviet Union? | The Muslim region of central Asia |
| Which of the following cities is the Soviet Detroit? | Nizhniy Novgorod |
| The railroad network of the Soviet Union radiates from Moscow, providing the city with a high degree of: | centrality |
| The ________ River is most closely associated with the region known as the Povolzhye. | Volga |
| The Povolzhye has been helped by all of the following except the: | Virgin Lands Scheme |
| A mountain range located between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is the: | Caucasus |
| The Transcaucasian area includes all of the following except: | Kirghizstan |
| The former Soviet Republic on the Black Sea containing the birthplace of Stalin is: | Georgia |
| This former Soviet Republic, with capital at Yerevan, lies near the Turkish border and has recently experienced both an earthquake and ethnic upheaval between its Christian and Muslim population. | Armenia |
| Armenia is in conflict with which other former Soviet Socialist Republic? | Azerbaijan |
| This region is 75 percent Armenian, but is located within Muslim Azerbaijan. | Nagorno-Karabakh |
| Which of the following cities is an oil center in the Azerbaijan? | Baki (Baku) |
| The break-away section of Georgia, originally supported by the Russians, is: | Abkhazia |
| This former Soviet Republic contains the oil city of Baki (Baku) and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran. Recently, the Armenian population of this area became refugees. | Azerbaijan |
| Stalin was the Soviet state's first Marxist leader. | False |
| Lenin led the former Soviet Union during World War II | False |
| Gorbachev was the last communist dictator. | True |
| The five former Central Asian Soviet republics now constitute Turkestan. | False |
| Russia is the world’s largest state in population size. | False |
| The north‑south mountain range in the central USSR which is often regarded as the “boundary” between Europe and Asia is called the Ural Mountains. | True |
| The great majority of the Soviet Union’s inhabitants are concentrated to the east of the Ural Mountains. | False |
| Continentality is used to describe many of the climates of Russia. | True |
| Russia is about twice as large as the United States in area. | True |
| The Russian population today is about 145 million. | True |
| The mountain ranges in the north of Russia act as a significant barrier to the flow of Arctic air masses, resulting in a warmer climate than might otherwise be expected. | False |
| In general, the north and west of Russia are flat, the south and east are mountainous. | True |
| The Russian Plain is essentially an eastward continuation of the North European Lowland. | True |
| The Ural Mountains, which run north-south across the Russian republic, are a formidable obstacle to east-west transportation. | False |
| Permafrost is a barrier to settlement in the Central Asian Ranges. | False |
| Following the fall of Kiev to the Tatars, the principality of Leningrad became the center of Russian power. | False |
| At one point in history, the Lithuanians competed with the Russians for hegemony over much of Eastern Europe. | True |
| The Cossacks were frontier people who originally came from Ukraine and eventually reached North America. | True |
| The real territorial expansionism we associate with Russia came with communism. | False |
| Moscow has continually served as the Russian/Soviet capital city since the rule of Peter the Great. | False |
| Murmansk was established as a forward capital on the Barents Sea | False |
| In their eastward drive, the Russians were always careful not to annex any Chinese territory. | False |
| The Russians were forced out of Manchuria as a result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. | True |
| The Russians, in their eastward push, even reached Alaska—but they never did enter the territory of the contiguous United States. | False |
| In the 1917 revolution, the Bolsheviks defeated the Mensheviks. | True |
| Following the 1917 revolution, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, and several other areas proclaimed their independence. | True |
| The political arm of the old Soviet communist party was known as the Gosplan. | False |
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