True or False - St. Petersburg is the capital of Russia.

True or False - Vladimir Putin was the leader of the

Bolshevik Revolution.

True or False - Most Russians descend from the Slavic

people.

True or False - Mining is the largest industry of the

Russian economy.

Russia is a transcontinental country; it is located in both _____________________________ and

_____________________________

The _______________________________________________ covers most of western Russia.

_____________________________ is Russia’s highest point.

The southern portion of Russia is primarily made up of _________________________, one of the world's largest forests.

The ______________________ is Russia’s longest river.

A mountain range along the Mongolian border.

The world’s deepest lake known for its scientific exploration of prehistoric fish species.

A mountain range in eastern Siberia.

What is a tsar?

Who was the first tsar of Russia?

Who was the last Tsar and how did his reign

come to an end?

True or False - The Soviet Union was a communist

country.

True or False - Before the Soviet Union, Russia was

ruled by tsars.

True or False - Joseph Stalin was the founder of the

Soviet Union.

True or False - Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of

the Soviet Union.

A group of Russian communist

revolutionaries.

A series of policies by Gorbachev to

modernize the economy of the Soviet Union and give the people some rights.

What was the first satellite launched into space during the Cold War's Space Race?

A period Stalin killed many of his opponents.

The army of the Soviet Union.

A proxy war, is a war ..

The Space Race was a competition for who ..

Which country did not belong to the Western World during the Cold War?

A romantic ballet composed by Piotr Tchaikovsky in 1876.

A Turkic language that is mostly spoken in central Siberia.

Clothing worn mostly in northern Russia. It is a loose dress that is worn over a long linen shirt and is always worn with a belt underneath.

About 70% of the Russian people identify themselves

as __________________ ________________.

The three republics of the Caucasus region are (check ALL that apply)?

The capital of Armenia is....

Nearly 70 percent of Armenians live in cities which makes the country .....

Armenia sits uneasily on top of many ______________, or cracks in the earth’s crust. It often suffers serious earthquakes.

Azerbaijan is split in two by the country of _______________.

Azerbaijan's economy is based on _________ ________________ and ______________________.

A cash crop is.....

The capital city of Georgia is....

The republics in Central Asia include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and ............

The largest of the Central Asian republics is .........

Toward the center of the Kazakhstan lie the range known as the .....

People who move from place to place with herds of animals.

The capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city and industrial center in Central Asia.

This country is one of the world’s largest cotton producers.

Most of this vast country of Turkmenistan is part of a huge desert which means "black sand."

The mountain range that makes up most of Kyrgyzstan.

The highest mountain in Central Asia.

The capital city of Tajikistan is......