Chapter 15

Question 0

Ural Mountains

Answer 0

The mountain ranges that separate the Northern European and West Siberian Plains and used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia

Question 1

Chernozem

Answer 1

Black earth, one of the world’s most fertile soils found on the Northern European plain.

Question 2

Eurasia

Answer 2

Continent that includes Europe and Asia

Question 3

Transcaucasia

Answer 3

Region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Question 4

Central Asia

Answer 4

region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Question 5

Siberia

Answer 5

Part of Russia that lies on the continent of Asia

Question 6

Continentality

Answer 6

The effect of distance on the climate

Question 7

Taiga

Answer 7

South of the tundra, nearly continuos belt of coniferous forests across the northern hemisphere, in the North America and Eurasia.

Question 8

Runoff

Answer 8

rainfall not absorbed by the soil that runs into streams and rivers

Question 9

Trans Siberian railroad

Answer 9

would eventually link Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok