RUSSIA'S PEOPLE, NATURE, & GOVERNMENT

Multiple Choice

What number is Russia?

• 3

• 5

• 6

• 11

Multiple Choice

There are about ____ ethnic groups in Russia who speak more than a hundred languages.

• 50

• 120

• 1,000

• 500

Multiple Choice

Roughly ____ % of Russians trace their ancestry to the Slavs who settled in the country 1,500 years ago.

• 50

• 95

• 80

• 20

Multiple Choice

ALL of the following animals may be found living in Russia: Asiatic black bears, snow leopards, polar bears, and small, rabbit-like mammals called pikas.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Currently, about ____ % of Russia's land area is protected in preserves, known as zapovedniks.

• 5

• 15

• 1

• 50

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Multiple Choice

Indigenous to the forests of eastern Russia, the siberian tiger is an endangered giant that can be 10 feet long, not including their tail, and weigh up to ________ pounds.

• 400

• 1,000

• 5,000

• 600

Multiple Choice

Russia's first election was in ________ .

• 1920

• 1917

• 1930

• 1915

Multiple Choice

The 1917 election was quickly reversed by the Bolsheviks, and it wasn't until the _______ election of Boris Yeltsin that democracy took hold.

• 1991

• 2000

• 1996

• 1985

Multiple Choice

Russia is a federation of ______ republics, provinces, territories, and districts, all controlled by the government in Moscow.

• 100

• 96

• 86

• 56

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