Russia Asia Quiz

Eastern Russia is divided from Western Russia by the

• Ural Mountains
• Great Dividing Range
• Nile River
• Volga River

Which region in Russia has the HIGHEST population density

• the East
• the West
• the North
• Asian Russia

Some of Russia's natural resources aren't used because

• Russia's economy is already flooded with wealth.
• Russians prefer to import resources.
• neighboring countries claim some resources and Russia hopes to avoid conflict.
• it is too cold and too distant to access or transport some materials.

Russia's population distribution (where people live within the country) is most influenced by

• neighboring countries.
• natural resources.
• climate.
• Mao Zedong.

What is Siberia?

• a tropical island
• an extremely cold region in Eastern Russia
• an active volcano
• a low mountain range

The permanently frozen portion of land found below the surface is a Tundra climate is called __________.  

• Permafreeze
• Terra Fria
• Permafrost
• Glacier soil

rich, black topsoil found in the North European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine 

• tundra
• chernozem
• steppe
• hydroelectric power

electrical energy generated by falling water 

• tundra
• chernozem
• steppe
• hydroelectric power

wide, grassy plains of Eurasia; also, similar semiarid climate regions elsewhere 

• tundra
• chernozem
• steppe
• hydroelectric power

What is the most populated city in Russia?

• St. Petersburg

• Perestroika

• Moscow

• Kazakhstan