RUSSIA AND THE CAUCASUS & ISRAEL

Question 0

Capital of Georgia

Answer 0

Tbilisi

Question 1

Capital of Russia

Answer 1

Moscow

Question 2

The capital of Armenia

Answer 2

Yerevan

Question 3

Capital of Azerbaijan

Answer 3

Baku

Question 4

The capital of Turkey

Answer 4

Ankara

Question 5

Capital of Israel

Answer 5

Jerusalem

Question 6

Capital of Lebanon

Answer 6

Beirut

Question 7

Capital of Jordan

Answer 7

Amman

Question 8

Capital of Cyprus

Answer 8

Nicosia

Question 9

Capital of Syria

Answer 9

Damascus

Question 10

Took power ruling as a brutal & paranoid dictator. He set up a command economy

Answer 10

Joseph stanlin

Question 11

Soviet leader & brutal dictator.

Answer 11

Ivan the terrible

Question 12

What year did the Soviet Union collapse?

Answer 12

1991

Question 13

separate Russia from Asia.

Answer 13

The Ural Mountains

Question 14

Russia’s government:

Answer 14

Federal Republic

Question 15

The US opposed to communism & this led to the Cold war with Russia, this war was called the

Answer 15

The cold war

Question 16

Czar:

Answer 16

Emperor

Question 17

Russia’s climate: .

Answer 17

Cold

Question 18

Valuable resource is in the Caspian Sea: .

Answer 18

Oil

Question 19

A form of a Greek alphabet: .

Answer 19

Cyrillic

Question 20

Russia’s food: .

Answer 20

Caviar

Question 21

Caucasus country with an economy based on oil:

Answer 21

Azerbaijan

Question 22

The Jordan River empties in a large LAKE named

Answer 22

the Dead Sea.

Question 23

Its the lowest point in the world, the river is really salty & only bacteria lives there

Answer 23

Dead Sea

Question 24

2 deserts found in Eastern Mediterranean:

Answer 24

Syrian Desert & Negev Desert.

Question 25

What are phosphates? .

Answer 25

Are used to make fertilizers

Question 26

1st president of Turkey

Answer 26

Kemal Ataturk

Question 27

Turkey's largest city:

Answer 27

Istanbul

Question 28

What are some foods in Turkey? .

Answer 28

Kebabs

Question 29

Dispersal of jewish population.

Answer 29

Diaspora

Question 30

Israel's largest city:

Answer 30

Tel-Aviv

Question 31

Israel's 2 official languages:

Answer 31

Hebrew & Arabic.

Question 32

Land were there is 3 religions: Christianity, Judaism & Islam.

Answer 32

Holy Land

Question 33

What are the three religions that composed the Holy Land

Answer 33

Christianity, Judaism & Islam

Question 34

Israel's government:

Answer 34

Federal Republic.

Question 35

What mineral resource is produced by Israel, Syria, & Jordan?

Answer 35

Phosphates

Question 36

What Sea is in the west of the Caucasus?

Answer 36

Black Sea

Question 37

What sea is in the East of the Caucasus

Answer 37

Caspian sea

Question 38

border Russia and the Caucasus.

Answer 38

The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

Question 39

connects to the Mediterranean Sea and is important for trade.

Answer 39

The Black Sea

Question 40

holds saltwater and is the world’s largest inland sea

Answer 40

Caspian Sea

Question 41

The countries of the Eastern Mediterranean make up part of a larger region called Southwest Asia:

Answer 41

Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Syria & Lebanon.

Question 42

are narrow waterway separates Europe from Asia.

Answer 42

The Dardanelles, the Bosporus & the Sea of Marmara

Question 43

also splits the country of Turkey into two parts, a small part lies in Europe and the rest in Asia.

Answer 43

Bosporus

Question 44

begins in Syria and flows south through Israel and Jordan.

Answer 44

The Jordan River

Question 45

a vast forest of evergreen trees.

Answer 45

Taiga

Question 46

a radical Russian Communist group.

Answer 46

Bolsheviks

Question 47

harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia.

Answer 47

Gulags

Question 48

Russian country houses

Answer 48

Dachas

Question 49

factories that pro- cess metal ores

Answer 49

Smelters

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Trans-Siberian Rail Road

Question 51

means that religion is kept separate from government.

Answer 51

Secular

Question 52

a nationalist movement calling for Jews to establish a Jewish state in their ancient homeland, began in Europe in the late 1800s.

Answer 52

Zionism

Question 53

which means “fit” in Hebrew, is the term used for food allowed under Jew- ish dietary laws.

Answer 53

Kosher

Question 54

is a large farm where people share everything in common.

Answer 54

Kibbutz

Question 55

Arabic-speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of Southwest Asia.

Answer 55

Bedouins