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Worksheets7.11 Russia and the Caucasus
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 4mins
What is a region of Russia that occupies about 3/4 of Russia's land mass and is covered with pine forest?
Taiga
Caucasus Mountains
Siberia
Northern European Plain
What is the longest river in Europe located in Russia?
Baikal
Ob
Yenisey
Volga
Elbrus
What is the deepest lake in the world located in Russia and contains about 20% of the world's freshwater?
Baikal
Ob
Yenisey
Volga
Elbrus
Which mountains are a natural border separating the continents of Asia and Europe?
Caucasus
Ural
Altai
Kamchatka
Siberia
What is the highest peak in Europe also located in Russia?
Baikal
Kamchatka
Everest
Volga
Elbrus
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
St Petersburg
Yerevan
Baku
Tbilisi
Group that settled in the country of Russia during the 6th century and were part of the earliest human settlements in Russia.
Gulags
Slavs
The Bolsheviks
Mongols
Tatars
What place in Moscow is home to Russia's government and includes 4 cathedrals?
The Kremlin
St Petersburg Winter Palace
St Basil's Cathedral
Bolshi Theater Moscow
What is the longest single rail line in the world stretching from Moscow to Vladivostok?
Vladivostok Railway
Kremilin Railway
Russia Far East Railway
Trans-Siberian Railway
What is the estimated population of Russia according to the article by Learn Bright?
6.6 Million
13 Million
17 Million
145 Million
What peninsula is part of the Russian far East and contains many active volcanoes?
Kamchatka
Elbrus
Baikal
Siberia
What two czars built Russia into a world power?
Ivan the Great
Peter the Great
The Bolsheviks
Catherine the Great
Vladimir Lenin
What city was founded by Peter the Great and styled after those of Western Europe, currently the second largest city in Russia?
Moscow
St Petersburg
Kiev
Baku
Vladivostok
Communist group that seized power during the Russian revolution.
Gulags
Slavs
The Bolsheviks
Mongols
Tatars
Who was the first leader of the USSR often called the Soviet Union?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
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?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
What was a period of tense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II?
Bolshevik Revolution
Chechnya
Cold War
Chernobyl
What Soviet leader helped reduce government control and introduce some democracy?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
In what year did the Soviet Union collapse and break into 15 independent countries, including Russia?
1682
1924
1945
1980
1991
What famous place in Russia is this?
The Kremlin
The Red Square
St Petersburg Winter Palace
St Basil's Cathedral
Bolshi Theater Moscow
What famous place in Russia is this?
The Kremlin
The Red Square
St Petersburg Winter Palace
St Basil's Cathedral
Bolshi Theater Moscow
What famous place in Russia is this?
The Kremlin
The Red Square
St Petersburg Winter Palace
St Basil's Cathedral
Bolshi Theater Moscow
What famous place in Russia is this?
The Kremlin
The Red Square
St Petersburg Winter Palace
St Basil's Cathedral
Bolshi Theater Moscow
What famous place in Russia is this?
The Kremlin
The Red Square
St Petersburg Winter Palace
St Basil's Cathedral
Bolshi Theater Moscow
What three countries are found in the Caucasus?
Georgia
Armenia
Russia
Azerbaijan
Siberia
What links the Caucasus to the Mediterranean?
Baikal
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Ararat
Elbrus
What is the capital of Georgia?
Moscow
St Petersburg
Yerevan
Baku
Tbilisi
What is one of Armenia's most famous physical features?
Baikal
Black Sea
Mt. Ararat
Volga River
Mt. Elbrus
What is the capital of Armenia?
Moscow
St Petersburg
Yerevan
Baku
Tbilisi
What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
Moscow
St Petersburg
Yerevan
Baku
Tbilisi
