Russia

Why does northern Russia have such a cold climate?

• lack of sunlight
• the effect of ice in the Black Sea
• high latitudes and arctic winds
• the influence of the North Atlantic Drift

What challenge keeps Russia from obtaining some of its minerals?

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

What is the best description of communism?

• The government controls none of the economy
• One political party controls the government and the economy
• The citizens elect the government
• The economy is privately owned and controlled by market forces

What leader tried to reform the Soviet Economy?

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Vladamir Putin
• Ronald Reagan
• Josef Stalin

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

• north
• east
• south
• west

What divides European Russia from Asian Russia?

• Arctic Circle
• Siberia
• Caspian Sea
• Ural Mountains

Who built the Trans-Siberian Railroad?

• farmers, nomads, and herders
• workers from China and Europe
• peasants, convicts, and soldiers
• volunteers from across Russia

How does the Trans-Siberian Railroad help the world economy?

• gives jobs to railroad workers from Europe
• make Russia the world's tourism leader
• links east Asia to Europe for trade
• replaces slow ships as transportation

What was one cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• The separate republics wanted independence
• Europe stopped trading with it
• The United States defeated it in a major battle
• The president was assassinated

What was one of Mikhail Gorbachev's ideas for reform?

• get rid of ethnic groups
• change the borders and spread Russian language
• make himself more powerful
• reduce government control of economy