Russia Review

Russia is the largest country in the world extending across 11 time zones and bordering fourteen other countries. What two continents does Russia span across

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

What is the region of Russia that composes all of northern Asia and stretches from the Ural mountains in the west to the Pacific ocean in the east? It is one of the most sparsely populated regions on earth and is considered one of the harshest climates where humans live.

• Steppe

• Taiga

• Siberia

• Tundra

What is the traditional and largest ethnic/linguistic group in Russia?

• Northern Germanic

• East Slavic

• Celtic

• Hellenic

Farm laborers in czarist Russia were called

• penants
• serfs
• oligarchs

Russia's federal republic government is a full democracy with checks and balances just like the United States. 

• true
• false

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What factor most explains why the majority of Russians live in the western part of the country?

• climate

• government regulations

• language

• natural resources

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Which of the following resources have been the main contributors to Russia’s wealth in recent years?

• gold and silver

• oil and natural gas

• hydropower and timber

• coal and iorn

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Which of the following made the Soviet Union a communist economy?

• Collectivization evenly distributed goods and services.

• The state controlled all economic decisions.

• Agriculture made up most of the economy

• The economy was driven by a heavy indusrty

What is Russia's Capital?

• Saint Petersburg

• Moscow

• Washington D.C.

• Shangahi

WHo is the ruler of Russia?

• vladimir llich Lenin

• Vladimir Putin

• Donald Trump

• Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov