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Test Review- Russia/
Test Review- Russia/Former Soviet Republics/Central Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First President of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union | Boris Yeltsin |
| Fertile soil known as "Black Earth" | Chernozem |
| Most of Serbia is covered with permanently frozen soil called | Permafrost |
| Largest physical forst region in the world, full of coniferous tress in the northern parts of Russia | Taiga |
| Direction in with the Ob, Yenisey, and Lena Rivers flow to the Arctic | North |
| German philoshopher who inspired Vladimir Lenin to have a communist revolution in Russia in 1917 | Karl Marx |
| Meaning of USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Deepest lake in the world | Baikal |
| Largest country in the world that covers 11 time zones | Russia |
| Moutain range that lies between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea | Caucasus |
| What some tractor trailer trucks use as a road during the Winter in Siberia | Frozen Rivers |
| Part of Russia known as the "sleepy land" | Siberia |
| Natural boundary that divides Europe from Asia | Ural Mountains |
| Landmass of Europe and Asia | Eurasia |
| Site of the worst nuclear power accident in history- Ukraine region of the Soviet Union | Chernobyl |
| Water that flows into this sea has been diverted for irrigation of cotton fields but is now drying up | Aral |
| The three dominant climates of Russia | Subarctic, Tundra, and Humid continental |
| This happens to many harbors and rivers in Russia and makes transportation a problem | Freezing |
| How most people travel in Russia | By train |
| Type of economy where the government makes all decisions regarding the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products | Communist |
| Type of economy where the suppy and demand of the consumers determines what is bought and sold in the country | Free market |
| Name of the reflgious structure in the Red Square of Moscow that has nine colorful domes | St. Basil's Cathedral |
| Most people in the Orthodox Christian religion call a sacred religious painting in their himes and cathedrals an-- | icon |
| Name of the fortress in Moscow that now houses Russia's government buildings | Kremlin |
| Largest country in the world | Russia |
| Cause of pollution crisis in Russia | Neglect for the environment |
| Snow is common in this region for 8 months a year | Sub-Arctic |
| Covers almost 1/6 of the land on earth | Russia and Central Asia |
| Most people in Russia belong to this church | Christian Orthodox |
| One timy part of Russia, the Former Soviet Republics and Central Asia has this type of climate | Mediterranean |
| Peninsula with a mediterranean climate | Crimean |
| Building of this transportation rought made a significant increase in the population of sub-arctic Siberia | Trans-Siberian Railway |
| Biggest economic challenge for Russia and the Former Soviet Republics | Moving from a Communist to a Capitalist economy |
| Another name for a communist economy | Command economy |
| Another name for a free market economy | Capitalist economy |
| Reason most buildings in Siberia are six feet above the ground | So they are not build on permafrost which can cause a building to collapse |
| Sea important to Russia because the ports d not freeze, also gives Russia access to the Mediterranean Sea leading to the Atlantic Ocean | Black Sea |
| Transportation route that links Moscow to the east coast city of Vladivostok near the Sea of Japan | Trans-Siberian Railway |
| Mode of transportation the moves the greatest amount of goods and natural resources such as oil and natural gas | Railroad |
| Two dominant climates in Siberia | Subarctic Tundra |
| Vast grassland plains of Central Asia | Steppe |
| Part of Russia that is the most densely populated | West (Europe side) |
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