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Geography 15-17 Russia

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The largest country on earth.

a)

China

b)

Australia

c)

America

d)

Russia

2.

What is the dividing line between Europe and Asia.

a)

Steppes

b)

Caucus Moutains

c)

Urals

d)

Siberia

3.

What is west of the Urals?

a)

Siberian Lowlands

b)

North European Plain

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Tundra

4.

What is east of the Urals?

a)

Siberian Lowlands

b)

Caucus Mountains

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Black Sea

5.

Rivers flowing across these plains to the south?

a)

Dnieper

b)

Irtyish

c)

Don

d)

Ob

e)

Volga

6.

Rivers flowing across these plains to the east?

a)

Ob

b)

Irtyish

c)

Volga

d)

Don

e)

Dnieper

7.

What is the largest inland body of water?

a)

Lake Baikal

b)

Caspian Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Dead Sea

8.

Deepest lake in the work (1mile)

a)

Lake Ladoga

b)

Lake Onega

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Lake Baikal

9.

What is the Asian part of Russia?

a)

Siberia

b)

Eurasia

c)

Urals

d)

Taiga

10.

The Southern boarder consists of?

a)

Steppes

b)

Black Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Urals

e)

Caucus Mountains

11.

A term used to describe the temperate grasslands in Northern Eurasia.

a)

Forest

b)

Grasslands

c)

Steppes

d)

Tundra

12.

What is the climate influenced by?

a)

Location

b)

Size

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

13.

Climate types are?

a)

Tundra or Polar

b)

Sub Artic

c)

Humid Continental

d)

Semi Arid

e)

Arid

14.

The area is relatively dry, although some moisture is carried in by winds blowing from the?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Siberian Lowlands

c)

Caucus Mountians

d)

Atlantic Ocean

15.

4 bands of natural vegetation are?

a)

Prairie

b)

Forest

c)

Tundra

d)

Grassland

e)

Desert

16.

A northern region thinly scattered with coniferous trees.

a)

Steppes

b)

Taiga

c)

Glasnost

d)

Perestroika

17.

Soil in the Steppes is called______ or black earth?

a)

Chenozem

b)

Glasnost

c)

Perestroika

d)

Taiga

18.

Population density is heaviest in the __________ by rich soil?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East

d)

West

19.

Homelands for the 15 largest ethnic groups were designated as?

a)

Unions

b)

Democracies

c)

Republics

d)

Socialists

20.

All Republics are participating members of ?

a)

Union of Soviet Socialists Republics

b)

Socialists Union

c)

Union of Republics

d)

Union of Socialists

21.

Who was selected as head of the Communist party in 1985? a wave of reforms began.

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Boris Yeltsin

22.

Openness, permitted Soviet citizens to say what they wished.

a)

Reform

b)

Dominate

c)

Glasnost

d)

Republics

23.

The formation of a looser association came to be known as the ?

a)

Supreme Soviet of Moscow

b)

Reformation of Independent States

c)

Republic of Independent States

d)

Commonwealth of Independent States

24.

Russians dominate Northern Eurasia by what percent of the population?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

33%

25.

Does Russia has more or less resources than any other country?

a)

More

b)

Less

26.

What natural resources can be found in Russia?

a)

Coal

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Oil

d)

Gold

e)

Diamonds

27.

What are some of the obstacles to development of resources?

a)

Location

b)

Population

c)

Weather

d)

Fragile Natural Environment

e)

Distance

28.

What are some of the challenges of Russia's climate?

a)

Railroads are to slow

b)

Roads are of limited use

c)

River traffic for ships and barges is discouraged

d)

Air travel is expensive

e)

Oil and natural gas are brought out by pipeline

29.

What is the greatest movers of goods in Russia?

a)

Diesels

b)

Ships

c)

Railroads

d)

Airplanes

30.

Worlds longest railroad?

a)

Union Pacific

b)

Trans Siberian

c)

Norfolk Railway

d)

Reading Railroad

31.

Ideas or principles on which a political system is based

a)

Principles

b)

Ideology

c)

System

d)

Command System

32.

Economy where the government dictates what goods should be manufactured. (est. by Joseph Stalin)

a)

Command system

b)

Demand system

c)

Economic system

d)

Communist system

33.

production of goods such as steel and machines that are used by other industries.

a)

Demand system

b)

Command system

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Heavy industry

34.

Economic restructuring "a turning about"

a)

Economic reform

b)

Perestroika

c)

Ideology

d)

Soviet reform

35.

Production of goods is determined by people's demand for goods in the market place.

a)

Market system

b)

Production system

c)

Command system

d)

Demand system

36.

The former president of the Russian republic?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Boris Yeltsin

37.

Current president of Russia

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Vladimir Putin

38.

3% of farmland is in private plots, but produce 1/3 of all agricultural output also known as?

a)

Kitchen gardens

b)

Home gardens

c)

Agricultural gardens

d)

city gardens

39.

A rich black soil found in the Northern European Plain especially in Russia and Ukraine

a)

Russian Caviar

b)

Chernozem

c)

Black Gold

d)

Black earth

40.

What is important to Russians diet and economy?

a)

Cows

b)

Agriculture

c)

Fishing

d)

Farming

41.

What is Russian caviar?

a)

bird eggs

b)

Snell

c)

Cow tongue

d)

Salted fish eggs

42.

Caviar comes from?

a)

Sturgeon

b)

Bass

c)

Trout

d)

Carp

43.

Major industrial city and Russia's capital

a)

St. Petersburg

b)

Moscow

c)

Vladivostok

d)

Stalingrad

44.

Large city in Russia

a)

St. Petersburg

b)

Novgorod

c)

okrug

d)

Kazan

45.

a power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

a)

Atomic War

b)

Nuclear War

c)

Soviet Struggle

d)

Cold War

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