Russia and the Independent Republics Review

St. Cyril helped develop what alphabet to help the Slavs read and write in their own spoken language.

• English

• Latin

• Greek

• Cyrillic

What mountain range that makes up most of Kyrgyzstan?

• Tian Shan

• Alps

• Urals

• Himalyan

A person who speaks two languages fluently is...

• double talker

• bilingual

• multi-ethnic

• monolinguistic

The capital of Tajikistan is...

• Astana

• Tian Shan

• Dushanbe

• Ismail Samani

The capital of Russia is...

• Moscow

• Stalingrad

• Kiev

• St. Petersburg

The capital of Uzbekistan is...

• Baku

• T'bilisi

• Tashkent

• Ashgabat

This region of Russia holds its largest reserves of timber and minerals.

• Volga River Valley

• Ural Mountains

• Moscow Region

• Siberia

What dance dates back to 1738 and has inspired many Russian composers such as Peter Tchaikovsky, who wrote the Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty?

• Boombal

• Bergamask

• Ballet

• Hermitage

Russian stories passed down orally from one generation to the next are called...

• borscht

• babushka

• skazki

• shchi

On May Day, Russians honor _____________.

• Russian Women

• Peter the Great

• God

• Russian workers