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7.11 Russia and the Caucasus

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a region of Russia that occupies about 3/4 of Russia's land mass and is covered with pine forest?

a)

Taiga

b)

Caucasus Mountains

c)

Siberia

d)

Northern European Plain

2.

What is the longest river in Europe located in Russia?

a)

Baikal

b)

Ob

c)

Yenisey

d)

Volga

e)

Elbrus

3.

What is the deepest lake in the world located in Russia and contains about 20% of the world's freshwater?

a)

Baikal

b)

Ob

c)

Yenisey

d)

Volga

e)

Elbrus

4.

Which mountains are a natural border separating the continents of Asia and Europe?

a)

Caucasus

b)

Ural

c)

Altai

d)

Kamchatka

e)

Siberia

5.

What is the highest peak in Europe also located in Russia?

a)

Baikal

b)

Kamchatka

c)

Everest

d)

Volga

e)

Elbrus

6.

What is the capital of Russia?

a)

Moscow

b)

St Petersburg

c)

Yerevan

d)

Baku

e)

Tbilisi

7.

Group that settled in the country of Russia during the 6th century and were part of the earliest human settlements in Russia.

a)

Gulags

b)

Slavs

c)

The Bolsheviks

d)

Mongols

e)

Tatars

8.

What place in Moscow is home to Russia's government and includes 4 cathedrals?

a)

The Kremlin

b)

St Petersburg Winter Palace

c)

St Basil's Cathedral

d)

Bolshi Theater Moscow

9.

What is the longest single rail line in the world stretching from Moscow to Vladivostok?

a)

Vladivostok Railway

b)

Kremilin Railway

c)

Russia Far East Railway

d)

Trans-Siberian Railway

10.

What is the estimated population of Russia according to the article by Learn Bright?

a)

6.6 Million

b)

13 Million

c)

17 Million

d)

145 Million

11.

What peninsula is part of the Russian far East and contains many active volcanoes?

a)

Kamchatka

b)

Elbrus

c)

Baikal

d)

Siberia

12.

What two czars built Russia into a world power?

a)

Ivan the Great

b)

Peter the Great

c)

The Bolsheviks

d)

Catherine the Great

e)

Vladimir Lenin

13.

What city was founded by Peter the Great and styled after those of Western Europe, currently the second largest city in Russia?

a)

Moscow

b)

St Petersburg

c)

Kiev

d)

Baku

e)

Vladivostok

14.

Communist group that seized power during the Russian revolution.

a)

Gulags

b)

Slavs

c)

The Bolsheviks

d)

Mongols

e)

Tatars

15.

Who was the first leader of the USSR often called the Soviet Union?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

e)

Vladimir Lenin

16.

Who was a brutal and paranoid dictator of the Soviet Union and conducted military purges and had millions of people sent to gulags, harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

e)

Vladimir Lenin

17.

What was a period of tense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II?

a)

Bolshevik Revolution

b)

Chechnya

c)

Cold War

d)

Chernobyl

18.

What Soviet leader helped reduce government control and introduce some democracy?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

e)

Vladimir Lenin

19.

In what year did the Soviet Union collapse and break into 15 independent countries, including Russia?

a)

1682

b)

1924

c)

1945

d)

1980

e)

1991

20.

What famous place in Russia is this?

a)

The Kremlin

b)

The Red Square

c)

St Petersburg Winter Palace

d)

St Basil's Cathedral

e)

Bolshi Theater Moscow

21.

What famous place in Russia is this?

a)

The Kremlin

b)

The Red Square

c)

St Petersburg Winter Palace

d)

St Basil's Cathedral

e)

Bolshi Theater Moscow

22.

What famous place in Russia is this?

a)

The Kremlin

b)

The Red Square

c)

St Petersburg Winter Palace

d)

St Basil's Cathedral

e)

Bolshi Theater Moscow

23.

What famous place in Russia is this?

a)

The Kremlin

b)

The Red Square

c)

St Petersburg Winter Palace

d)

St Basil's Cathedral

e)

Bolshi Theater Moscow

24.

What famous place in Russia is this?

a)

The Kremlin

b)

The Red Square

c)

St Petersburg Winter Palace

d)

St Basil's Cathedral

e)

Bolshi Theater Moscow

25.

What three countries are found in the Caucasus?

a)

Georgia

b)

Armenia

c)

Russia

d)

Azerbaijan

e)

Siberia

26.

What links the Caucasus to the Mediterranean?

a)

Baikal

b)

Black Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Ararat

e)

Elbrus

27.

What is the capital of Georgia?

a)

Moscow

b)

St Petersburg

c)

Yerevan

d)

Baku

e)

Tbilisi

28.

What is one of Armenia's most famous physical features?

a)

Baikal

b)

Black Sea

c)

Mt. Ararat

d)

Volga River

e)

Mt. Elbrus

29.

What is the capital of Armenia?

a)

Moscow

b)

St Petersburg

c)

Yerevan

d)

Baku

e)

Tbilisi

30.

What is the capital of Azerbaijan?

a)

Moscow

b)

St Petersburg

c)

Yerevan

d)

Baku

e)

Tbilisi