Geography Chapter 17

Question 1

What are the main physical characteristics of the two huge areas west and east of the Ural mountains?

Answer 1

A West- Plains and Rivers
B East- Cold Climates with dry interior

Question 2

What are some resources that Russia has in large quantities?

Answer 2

Forests, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Diamonds, and Metals

Question 3

Across what physical region did early migrants come to Russia and its neighbors?

Answer 3

Across the steppe— Brought new ways of life, languages, and religion to the region

Question 4

Where do most of the region’s people live?

Answer 4

West of the Ural Mountains, Mostly in cities.

Question 5

What environmental problems remain from the Soviet era?

Answer 5

A- Large area are poisoned by pollution from industrial production
B- Chernobyl area is uninhabitable

Question 6

What is A on the diagram?

Answer 6

Volga River

Question 7

What is B on the Diagram?

Answer 7

Central Siberian Plateau

Question 8

What is C on the Diagram?

Answer 8

Keiv

Question 9

What is D on the diagram?

Answer 9

Vladivostok

Question 10

What is E on the Diagram?

Answer 10

Caucasus Mountains

Question 11

What is F on the Diagram?

Answer 11

Crimean Peninsula

Question 12

What is G on the diagram?

Answer 12

Moscow

Question 13

What is H on the diagram?

Answer 13

St. Petersburg

Question 14

What is I on the Diagram?

Answer 14

Ural Mountains