Russia Review

All of the following are cultural items from Russia EXCEPT:

• Faberge Eggs

• Ballet

• Calypso Music

• Matryoshka Dolls

The dividing line between "European" Russia and Siberia is

• The Ural Mountains

• The Caucus Mountains

• The Volga River

• The Taiga

Russia is also known as the Soviet Union and the U.S.S.R. 

• True
• False

Most Russian cities are located in the

• North 
• South
• East
• West

What is Europe's longest river?

• Volga
• Ob
• Amur
• Yenisei

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

The largest freshwater lake in Russia is called Lake ____________.

• Volga

• Baikal

• Caspian

• Mediterranean

Which vegetation in Russia can be identified in the picture?

• Tundra
• Desert
• Taiga
• Grassland

Which of the following explains why the population of Russia is isolated to the west?

• Climate conditions in the region
• Trade organizations
• Voting patterns
• Border disputes

This is...

• St Basil's Cathedral

• Kremlin

• Hagia Sophia

• Dome of the Rock