SS: Ch. 14.1 A Vast Land

Nearly treeless grassy plains are called

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Steppe

Vast rolling treeless plains in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in the summer are called

• taiga

• tundra

• permafrost

• steppe

Permanently frozen lower layers of soil in the tundra and subarctic regions is called

• taiga

• steppe

• tundra

• permafrost

Huge forests of evergreen trees that grow in the subarctic regions are called

• tundra

• steppe

• permafrost

• taiga

Which of the following is/are located on the North European Plain?

• Moscow and St. Petersburg

• Siberia

• Lake Baikal

• Caspian Sea

Two mountain ranges rise in western Russia, the Urals and the

• Caucasus

• Yablonovyy

• Kamchatka

• Sayan

What body of water holds almost 20% of the world's supply of unfrozen freshwater?

• Black Sea

• Baltic Sea

• Lake Baikal

• Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest

• wildlife preserve

• inland body of water

• lake above sea level

• frozen lake

What part of Russia has mountains that are part of the Ring of Fire?

• Kamchatka Peninsula

• North European Plain

• Southern Siberia

• Volga River Valley

The landform on which 75% of Russia's people live is called

• Ural Mountains

• Volga River Valley

• North European Plain

• South European Plain