GS - Russia

This is the climate in which most Russians live

• Subarctic

• Mid-latitude

• Tundra

• Arctic

This is the largest religion in Russia

• Eastern Orthodox

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Islam

This is the second largest religion in Russia

• Eastern Orthodox

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Islam

Russia's air, water, and soil were damaged by

• The Russian Revolution

• Soviet disregard for the effects of industrialization

• The program called perestroika

• Free market forces for change from within the Soviet Union

What is the Black Earth Belt?

• An area in which the ground is frozen most of the year

• A region in which farming is difficult because of the infertile soil

• An area in which factories are most important to the economy

• An area of rich soil whose farms feed most of Russia

This region is known as the "sleeping land".

• St. Petersburg

• Novosibirsk

• Siberia

• Urals

The United States and the Soviet Union

• Avoided outright conflict during the Cold War

• Fought each other in the Battle of Moscow

• Both benefited from the Cold War

• Disbanded their nuclear arsenals during the Cold War

The conflict between the communism of the USSR and democracy of the US was called?

• World War 2

• The Cold War

• The Korean War

• The Vietnam War

Under the Soviet system, the government

• controlled all forms of communications

• allowed newspapers to print whatever they wanted

• controlled editorials but not the reporting of news

• encouraged access to a wide variety of news sources

This is the largest republic of the former Soviet Union

• Chernozem

• Siberia

• Steppe

• Russia

• Permafrost