Russia Quiz

Russia is among the world's leaders in reserves of ________, which include oil, natural gas, and coal.

• pollutants
• renewable resources
• fossil fuels
• ores

Siberia lacks a(n) ______________, a system of roads and railroads for transporting materials.

• infrastructure
• trade barrier
• tariff system
• commercial sector

In Russia's northern tundra, cold temperatures and lack of precipitation result in a permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface called __________.

• taiga
• smog
• steppes
• permafrost

Russia has the world's largest coniferous forest called the _______________.

• tundra
• taiga
• Baikal
• steppe

The great majority of Russians live ___________.

• in Siberian Russia
• in European Russia
• east of the Urals
• in Asian Russia

Many of Russia's plentiful resources are difficult to obtain because of their location _____________.

• in European Russia
• west of the Urals
• in Siberia
• south of the Caucasus

Russia has a generally ________ climate.

• cool to cold
• warm to hot
• dry to desert
• low latitude

Russia's largest climate zone is called the ________ zone.

• tundra
• taiga
• arctic
• subarctic

The emperors of Russia were called _____________.

• serfs
• converts
• czars
• missionaries

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced ________, which was aimed at boosting the Soviet economy.

• perestroika
• collectivization
• Cold War
• glasnost