Russia Physical Geography

What mountain range forms the border between Europe & Asia?

• Pyranees Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Ural Mountains
• Rocky Mountains

What river is by Western Russia?

• Volga River

• Lena River

• Yenisei River

• Ob River

What is the deepest lake in Russia?

• Ladoga
• Baikal
• Plescheevo Lake

Black topsoil in the plains of the region?

• Chromium
• Chernozem
• Pamirs
• Karakum

Why are Russia's natural resources difficult to gather?

• Russia struggles to find people willing to gather them because the resources aren't very valuable.
• Russia does not have many resources and the ones they do have are on the borders where it is dangerous to gather them.
• Russia is mountainous, the climate is very cold, and there is a lack of infrastructure.
• Russia's natural resources are not difficult to gather.

Permafrost is ______________.

• A thick haze of fog and chemicals.
• The world's largest coniferous forest.  It is roughly the size of the United States.
• A permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface.
• Chemicals and smoke particles that cause pollution.

Taiga is ______________.

• A thick haze of fog and chemicals.
• The world's largest coniferous forest.  It is roughly the size of the United States.
• A permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface.
• Chemicals and smoke particles that cause pollution.

The capital of Russia is

• St. Petersberg

• Moscow

• Omsk

Russia is

• nearly twice as large as the United States

• half as large as the United States

• about the same size as the United States

75% of Russia's population lives in

• Eastern/Asian Russia

• Western/European Russia