Russia and the Central Asian Republics Review

What is the main reason why there are so few pipelines in the area above the Arctic Circle?

• It would be too expensive
• The deposits are too small
• It would harm the environment
• The area has a large population

What action will Russia need to take to develop the oil basins above the Arctic Circle?

• Build new roads
• Government officials will need to relocate the large population
• Endangered animals will need to be moved
• Oil companies will need to purchase land from farmers living in the Arctic Circle

What challenge keeps Russia from obtaining some of its minerals?

• Permafrost makes it difficult to drill and build mines
• Grain fields are located over the underground deposists
• The resources lie in a desert where people refuse to work
• Rebels hold the region where the resources are found

What is the best description of Communism?

• The economy is privately owned and controlled by market forces
• The citizens elect the government
• One political party controls the government and the economy
• The government controls the economy

What do the bars on a climograph represent?

• Bars
• A little bit of precipitation and temperature
• Precipitation
• Temperature

What do the lines on a climograph represent?

• Precipitation
• Temperature
• Age
• Lines

To travel from Asian Russia to European Russia, what direction would you travel?

• North
• East
• South 
• West

Which statement is true?

• Asian Russia is about half the size of European Russia
• Asian Russia is about the same size as European Russia
• Asian Russia is about three times larger than European Russia
• Asian Russia is about ten times larger than European Russia

What human activity caused the shrinking of the Aral Sea?

• Agricultural Production
• Grazing
• Fishing
• Construction

Why does radioactive fallout from Chernobyl still affect the area?

• Radioactive materials take so long to disappear
• The cleanup was too slow
• A second disaster happened
• Fallout from French nuclear plants also drifted there