Unit 6 Test Review - Russia & CA

What separates the Northern European Plain from the West Siberian Plain?

• Kamchatka Mountains

• Caucasus Mountains

• Kola Mountains

• Ural Mountains

Why does northern Russia have such a cold climate?

• high latitudes and arctic winds

• lack of sunlight year round

• the effect of ice in the Black Sea

• the influence of the North Atlantic Drift

What challenge keeps Russia from obtaining some of its minerals?

• Grain fields are located over the underground deposits.

• Permafrost makes it difficult to drill and build mines.

• Rebels hold the region where the resources are found.

• The resources lie in a desert where people refuse to work.

What economic activity is best suited to the arid regions of Central Asia?

• Citrus growing

• Cotton farming

• Egg production

• Livestock grazing

What is the best description of communism?

• One political party controls the government and economy.

• The citizens elect the government.

• The economy is privately owned by people.

• The constitution takes power from the government.

What human activity caused the Aral Sea to shrink?

• Construction

• Fishing

• Grazing

• irrigation

Where are Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia located?

• Caucasus Mountains

• Northern European Plain

• Siberian Plain

• Ural Mountains

What are the countries of Central Asia named for? 

• their highest mountain

• their largest ethnic group

• their oldest city

• their most famous hero

What are large circle-shaped tents made of animal skins that can be packed up and moved from place to place?

• Czar

• Taiga

• Peat

• Yurt

What is taiga?

• a fertile plain west of the Ural Mountains

• a forested area south of the tundra

• deep soils left by glaciers

• deposits of mineral resources