Unit 6 Review: Russia, The Caucasus, and Central Asia

The​ (a)   form a natural barrier between European Russia and Siberian Russia.

• Ural Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Rocky Mountain
• Swiss Alps

Belarus is a landlocked country that lies entirely in the area known as the ​ (a)   .

• Northern European Plain
• Siberian Steppes
• Artic Tundra
• The Silk Road

The vast stretches of plains and plateaus of eastern Russia that extend to the Pacific Ocean make up much of ​ (a)   .

• Siberia
• China
• Central Asia
• The Caucasus

The ​ (a)   River extends 2,293 miles (3,690 km), making it the longest in Europe.

• Danube
• Volga
• Nile
• Mississippi

The (a)   form a natural barrier between Russia and countries to the south.

• Caucasus Mountains
• Ural Mountains
• The Alps

Farmers use Russia's areas of rich chernozem (black soil) to grow

• Sugarcane, bananas, and pineapples

• Coffee, cotton, and soybeans.

• Wheat, barley, rye, and oats.

• Grapes, olives, and citrus fruits.

What type of climate is found along Russia's northern border?

• Subartic

• Temporal

• Tropical

• Tundra

What Russian lake holds one-fifth of all unfrozen freshwater found on Earth?

• Barents

• Baikal

• Laptev

• Okhotsk

T/F: Vladimir Lenin was the founder of modern communism.

• True

• False

T/F: About 80 percent of Russians live East of the Ural Mountains.

• True

• False