CP 5 Retake

The most well known feature of the Russian climate is its very cold winter, brought about by the country's high latitude location (40-75°N).

Why do high latitudes produce cold weather? ​ (a)   ​

• The farther from the equator, the less sunlight.
• The closer to the equator, the colder it gets.
• The farther from the equator,the more sunlight.

Russia's ​ (a)   has served as protection from foreign invaders.

• harsh climate
• government
• population

The Sovied Union had a nuclear plant accident in 1986 called Chernobyl. As a result, ​ (a)  

• dangerous plants closed & nuclear safety improved.
• all nuclear plants were closed.
• many new nuclear plants were built.

Russia's lack of topographic obstructions to protect it from arctic winds sweeping across the long, northern coastline also contribute to its very cold winters. What is an example of a topographic obstruction?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• People

_____________________ are patterns of culture that make regions of the world distinctive.

• Roads and bridges

• Latitude and longitude

• Physical landscapes

• Language and religion

Water diverted from the Aral Sea made farming possible in the desert of Central Asia. Irrigated agriculture strongly impacted the region's ____________.

• forests

• vegetable crops

• economic growth

What is Subsistence Agriculture? Check all that apply.

• Small, one or two crop farming

• Small amount of crops are used to barter or trade

• Farmer markets crops and sells them for profit

• Farmer grows crops for personal use, to survive

What is Market-Oriented Agriculture? Check all that apply:

• Requires manual labor

• Requires mechanization

• Crops are grown for sale

• Large-scale cash crops

Which groups make up over 10% of the Kyrgyzstanic ethnic composition?

Select all that apply.

• Russian

• Uzbek

• Kyrgyz

• Other

What year did the GDP of Azerbaijan surpass the GDP of Ukraine?

• 2004

• 1999

• 2000

• 2002