Geography Flashcards

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Georgia capital:

A

Tbilisi

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Russia capital:

A

Moscow

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Armenia capital:

A

Yerevan

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3
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Azerbaijan capital:

A

Baku

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¿What countries are between the Black and Caspian Sea?

A

Georgia, Armenia , Azerbaijan.

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5
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Who controlled the Caucasus during the 1800s?

A

Russians

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6
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Group of people were subject to ethnic cleansing during World War 1?

A

Turks

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7
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Is the vast area between the Urals and the Pacific ocean:

A

Siberia

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8
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Most important river in western Russia:

A

Volga River

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9
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Is a vast forest of evergreen trees:

A

Taiga

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10
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Is Russia’s most important farming area:

A

Steppe

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11
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What is Cyrillic ?

A

a form of the Greek alphabet

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12
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What is czar?

A

emperor

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13
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Kiev:

A

Ukraine

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14
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A radical Russian communist group

A

Bolsheviks

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15
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Is a harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia:

A

gulags

16
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What are Dachas?

A

Russians country houses

17
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What is smelters?

A

factories that process metal ores,

18
Q

What is trans-Siberian Railroad?

A

This rail line runs from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast, and is the longest single rail line
in the world.

19
Q

One of the worst ethnic conflict that Russia faces is:

A

Chechnya

20
Q

Capital of Cyprus:

A

Nicosia

21
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Capital of Syria:

A

Damascus

22
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Capital of Lebanon:

A

Beirut

23
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Capital of Israel:

A

Jerusalem

24
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Capital of Jordan:

A

Amman

25
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Capital of Turkey :

A

Ankara

26
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The waterway that separate Europe and Asia is made up the :

A

Dardanelles , Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara

27
Q

What river begins in Syria and flows south through Israel and Jordan?

A

Jordan River