World Geography Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the largest country in the world in area and approximately how big is it? | Russia, it extends more than 6,000 miles from east to west. |
| What are the two major moutain ranges found in Russia? | The Ural Mountains and the Caucasus Mountains. |
| What catastrophe happened in 1986 and what effect did it have on the environment? | Chernobyl exploded; it killed many plants and spread many diseases. |
| What is the capital of Russia? | Moscow. |
| Who was the first Czar of Russia? | Ivan IV. |
| What are Russia's two major natural resources? | Oil and gas fields. |
| What is the deepest lake in the world and what is it known as? | Lake Baikal |
| What was the group called that overthrew the Russian government in 1917 and what was the name of their leader? | Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin. |
| What is the capital of the Ukraine? | Kiev. |
| What city has been called the "Venice of the North"? | St.Petersburg. |
| Russia's industrial heartland is found in what river basin? | Volga River. |
| In what year did the Soviet Union collapse? | 1953. |
| What is the capital of Belarus? | Minsk. |
| What is Russia's only ice free port in the Atlantic Ocean? | Murmansk. |
| What do the initials USSR stand for? | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
| What German philosopher sketched out the idea of a communist society? | Adolf Hitler. |
| What are the five Central Asian countries? | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. |
| What are the five major physical features of Central Asia? | Atayshan, Tianshan, Pamirs, AmyDar'ya, Irtysh. |
| What are the main religions of Russia and Central Asia? | Islam |
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