R&R Climate & Vegetation / HEI

The effect of this vast distance on climate in Russia and the Republics is called what?

• Regionality

• Continentality

• Climatality

• Distance Rationality

Most of Russia and the Republics' moisture comes from which ocean?

• Arctic

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

What is the name of the large forest that resides in Russia under the Tundra vegetation region?

• Amazon Rainforest

• Primorye Forest

• Taiga Forest

• Black Forest

This vegetation region is the temperate grassland that extends from Kazakhstan to southern Ukraine. Chernozem is found here.

• Forest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Steppe

Between 1960-Present, how much water has the Aral Sea lost?

• 90%

• 80%

• 50%

• 60%

What has been the main cause for the loss of water in the Aral Sea?

• Global Warming

• Irrigation

• Pollution

• War

What effects from runoff did the cotton fields of Central Asia have on rivers, lakes, and seas?

• Replenished them

• Helped them grow

• Polluted them

• Dried them out

This region receives moist air from the Mediterranean Sea. It helps give it its subtropical climate

• Russia

• Transcaucasia

• Central Asia

• Siberia

How long was the Trans-Siberian Railroad that linked Moscow to the Pacific coast?

• 8,000 miles

• 2,300 miles

• 6,400 miles

• 5,700 miles

How many different time zones does the Trans-Siberian Railroad pass through?

• 4

• 8

• 7

• 5