Geography semester final

The Russian Plain stretches east from Belarus and Ukraine.

• True

• False

The southern coast of Ukraine is bordered by the Caspian Sea.

• True

• False

The Danube River has long been a major trade route.

• True

• False

Most of Russia’s vast coal, oil, and natural gas reserves are in Chechnya.

• True

• False

. The rivalry and conflict between the USSR and the United States following World War II was called the Cold War.

• True

• False

What is the political capital of Russia?

• St. Petersburg
• Novosibirsk
• Kazan
• Moscow

Who was the Soviet leader who allowed more social and political freedoms?

• Vladimir Lenin
• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin
• Leonid Brezhnev

Conflict among ethnic groups within a state, country, or region.

• Political rivalry
• Ethnic conflict
• balkanization

• Cultural assimilation

Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• Nikita Khrushchev
• Joseph Stalin
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Leonid Brezhnev

One of a small group of people who control the government.

• Bureaucrat
• Monarch
• Oligarch
• Democrat