Geography of Russia & Central Asia

What is the capital of Russia?

• Moscow

• St. Petersburg

• Nizhny Novgorod

• Vladivostok

From 1917 to 1991, Russia had a different name. It was called what?

• Union of Russian Soviets (URS)

• Russian Federation (RF)

• Confederation of Russian States (CRS)

• Soviet Union (USSR)

If you want to cross Russia by railway, what is the name of the famous railway that will take you across Russia?

• Trans-Siberian Railway

• Russian Railroad

• Russian Express

• Shinkansen

From 1917-1991, Russia was the Soviet Union. What economic system did they follow?

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Fascism

This region is too dry to support a forest, but not dry enough to be a desert. It is often mistaken for a prairie; however, it cannot support the tall grasses found there. What is the region in the photograph above?

• Steppe

• Rain forest

• Tundra

• Savanna

What is chernozem?

• Semi-Arid Grassland
• Petroleum
• World's largest forest
• Fertile Soil

The agricultural sectors of Central Asia rely heavily on the production of which crop?

• Cotton
• Rice
• Corn
• Wheat

What feature divides Europe from Asia?

• Ural Mountains
• Caucuses Mountains 
• Amur RIver
• Ob River

What large sea has shrank to at least 25% of its original size?

• Aral Sea
• Caspian Sea
• East Sea
• Black Sea

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia moved from

• a command economy to a market economy

• a market economy to an economy controlled by the government

• an economy dominated by criminal organizations to a command economy

• a market economy to an economy controlled by its trading partners.