Geography Flashcards
Which of the following statements about the fishing industry in Russia is true?
a) Salmon, herring, cod, and halibut support the fishing industry
b) The fishing industry is dependent solely on sturgeon
c) The demand for Russian caviar has declined.
d) Russia’s fishing exports double every year
a) Salmon, herring, cod, and halibut support the fishing industry
The ________ mark the traditional boundary between European Russia and Asian Russia.
Ural Mountains
The ________ climate region dominates the landscape in Russia’s far north.
Subarctic
Russia’s largest climate region is the _______
subarctic
________ form a natural boundary between Russia and China.
a) plateaus
b) canyons
c) mountain ranges
d) plains
c) mountain ranges
Russia has few ocean ports that are what?
free from ice-year round
The Volga-Don Canal connects
a) the Amur River and Siberia
b) Moscow to the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea
c) Moscow to the Baltic Sea
d) St. Petersburg and the West Siberian Plain
b) Moscow to the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea
Which statement about Russia’s size is true?
a) Russia spans 3 continents
b) Russia spans seven time zones
c) Russia is both a country and a continent
d) Russia spans 2 continents
d) Russia spans 2 continents
The rivers in Siberia flow
a) north and are warmer at the source than at the mouth
b) south and are colder at the source than at the mouth
c) east and are about the same temperature at the source and the mouth
d) west and are frozen throughout the year
a) north and are warmer at the source than at the mouth
Russia’s taiga is the world’s largest
a) deciduous forest
b) wheat belt
c) freshwater lake
d) coniferous forest
d) coniferous forest
Area in which Russia’s highest point is found
Caucasus Mountains
Forms part of the border between Russia and China
Amur River
Drains much of the eastern part of the Northern European Plain
Volga River
Body of water that has no outlet to the ocean
Caspian Sea
Area that is home to most of Russia’s people
Northern European Plain
T/F
Chernozem is a chemical used to make fertilizer
False
The Caspian Sea is
a) a saltwater lake with an outlet to the ocean
b) the world’s largest freshwater lake
c) a saltwater lake
d) a freshwater sea
c) a saltwater lake
The deepest freshwater lake in the world (located in southern Siberia)
Lake Baikal
Most of Russia’s longest rivers, which carry 84% of the country’s water, are located
a) west of he Ural Mountains
b) in Siberia
c) north of the Caucasus Mountains
d) in Kaliningrad
b) in Siberia
What is the average temperature of the Russian tundra?
below freezing
What is the second-largest religion in Russia today?
Islam
During the late 1700s, the Russian nobility
a) adopted the Muslim religion and customs
b) adopted western European ways
c) rejected western Europe as a decadent culture
d) embraced the ideas of Karl Marx
b) adopted western European ways
Ethnic _________ make up 80% of Russia’s population
a) Caucasians
b) Serbs
c) Turkic peoples
d) Russians
d) Russians
The uneven distribution of population in Russia is due to
a) government laws about housing
b) the country’s level of economic development
c) the physical environment
d) the country’s standard of living
c) the physical environment
As believers in communism, Bolsheviks
a) proposed a new society in which corporations had power
b) supported the czars
c) immigrated to Russia from other places
d) wanted a new society led by workers
d) wanted a new society led by workers
The Russian Revolution in 1917
a) installed the Eastern orthodox church as the center of power in Russia
b) forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne
c) immediately established the USSR
d) made Peter the Great the leader of the country’s new government
b) forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne
After the fall of the Soviet Union
a) ethnic conflicts and separatist movements threatened stability
b) most Soviet satellites chose to remain part of Russia
c) the nation achieved a level of stability never seen before
d) most Russians wanted to return to the Soviet system
a) ethnic conflicts and separatist movements threatened stability
The majority of Russia’s population lives
a) in Siberia
b) east of the Ura
c) between the Ural Mountains and Belarus and Ukraine
d) along the coastal areas of the North Sea
c) between the Ural Mountains and Belarus and Ukraine
The ideas of _______ are the basis for communism
Karl Marx
Why does the majority of Russia’s population live in western Russia?
a) There is rich soil, waterways, and a mild climate
b) they want to be closer to Europe
c) Government controls have placed people in the area
d) It is more scenic then eastern Russia
a) There is rich soil, waterways, and a mild climate
What did education emphasize during the Soviet era?
a) math, science, and engineering
b) language, history, and literature
c) dance, theater, and music
d) philosophy, religion, and politics
a) math, science, and engineering
Who made up the Soviet intelligentsia?
a) religious leaders and clergy members
b) government officials, educators, writers, and artists
c) professional athletes and actors
d) military personnel
b) government officials, educators, writers, and artists
The Soviet government believed that it was the artist’s duty to glorify the government’s achievements in their work, an approach known as
a) socialist realism
b) atheism
c) romanticism
d) impressionism
a) socialist realism
Expanded Muscovy into what became known as Russia
Ivan the Great
Set up communist government for the new country of the USSR
Vladimir Lenin
Became president if Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin
Overthrown by Russian people to end czarist rule forever
Czar Nicholas II
Modernized Russia and developed trade with Europe
Peter the Great