Russia and Asia Test

The border between European Russia and Asian Russia is the _________________________.

• Caspian Sea

• Aral Sea

• OB River

• Ural Mountains

Russia has lots of coastline but still struggles to trade because

• its navy is underdeveloped

• its ports sometimes freeze up

• its coastline is all beaches so there is no access to ports

• its coastline is all mountains

The capital of Russia is

• St. Petersburg

• Moscow

• Ufa

• Leningrad

The thick subsurface layer of soil that stays frozen. throughout the year, making it very difficult to grow vegetation.

• permafrost

• boughton clay

• coniferous

• frozen silt

Saint Petersburg was founded by...

• Czar Nicholas II

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

Sea trade routes to Russia are difficult because...

• it has no coastline

• many of its ports are frozen for part of the year

• it doesn't have any ships for trading

• it has nothing to offer other nations in trade

A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.

• steppe

• taiga

• tundra

• muh backyard

What happened to the Aral Sea?

• Overgrown with Algae 
• Massive Flooding
• Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the Ukraine
• Dried up due to poor irrigation techniques

The longest river in Russia is the

• Yenisey
• Volga
• Tiber
• Euphrates

Most of Russia's natural gas, coal, and oil can be found where?

• Moscow

• Kazan

• Siberia

• Sochi