Russia & Eastern Europe Physical Geography

The European part of Russia is separated by the Asian part of Russia by the ____.

• Himalayan Mountains
• Caspian Sea
• Ural Mountains
• Black Sea

Which biome in Russia can be identified in the picture above?

• Tundra
• Desert
• Taiga
• Grassland

Which physical landform forms a boundary between Europe and Asia?

• Ural Mountains
• Russian Upland
• Caucasus Mountains
• Siberian Plain

Parts of Russia are permanently frozen.  This is called:

• taiga
• tundra
• permafrost
• Steppe

The longest river in Russia is the

• Yenisey
• Volga
• Tiber
• Euphrates

The _____ helps move Russians out east to Siberia.

• Trans-Siberian Railroad
• Pacific Railway
• Atlantic Railway
• Gulag Railroad

Siberia is best described as a

• small region with a tropical climate.
• vast area with a harsh climate.
• flat, marshy land with a mild climate.
• barren plain with a dry desert climate.

Which of the following would be and example of how Russians adapt to the harsh, cold climate in which they live?  

• Wear heavy clothing
• Find leisure activities that can be done in the cold.  
• Burn large amounts of oil, gas, wood and coal to keep warm.  
• All of the above

rich, black topsoil found in the North European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine 

• tundra
• chernozem
• steppe
• hydroelectric power

Russian term for the vast subarctic forest, mostly evergreens, that covers much of Russian and Siberia 

• tundra
• taiga
• steppe
• permafrost