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Russia/Central Asia/Caucasus Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two mountain ranges border the Caucasus region?

a)

Northern and Southern Caucasus

b)

Greater and Lesser Caucasus

c)

Left and Right Caucasus

d)

Upper and Lower Caucasus

2.

Which country listed below is located in two continents at the same time?

a)

Slovakia

b)

Kazakhstan

c)

Russia

d)

Uzbekistan

3.

What body of water listed below has salt water and is the largest inland body of water?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

The Caspian Sea

c)

Lake Baikal

d)

River Volga

4.

What is the northernmost area of Russia, known for freezing temperatures and the awful gulags, known as?

a)

Transylvania

b)

Kazahkstan

c)

Armenia

d)

Siberia

5.

Which of the statements below is FALSE?

a)

Central Asia is the crossroads of the world.

b)

Russia has the same ethnicity and culture across the country.

c)

The Black Sea and Caspian Sea are on either side of the Caucasus

d)

The River Volga is a very important river in the region

6.

How long did it take for Genghis Khan to build his empire?

a)

5 Years

b)

7 Years

c)

3 Years

d)

4 Years

7.

What mobile housing is popular in the steppes and was most famously used by Mongolians in Central Asia?

a)

Tents

b)

Townhomes

c)

Lean-To

d)

Yurts

8.

What was the main ethnicity that settled in Central Asia?

a)

European

b)

Turkic

c)

Arabic

d)

Asian

9.

What country conquered Central Asia and the Caucasus in the 1900s?

a)

The Federation of Russia

b)

China

c)

The Soviet Union

d)

Germany

10.

True or False: post-Soviet countries have thriving economies today.

a)

True

b)

False