Russia And The Caucausus

Question 1

The vast area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 1

Siberia

Question 2

What is the Russia’s climate like?

Answer 2

Cold

Question 3

A vast area of evergreen trees

Answer 3

Taiga

Question 4

A form of the Greek Alphabet

Answer 4

Cyrillic

Question 5

What is the main religion in Russia?

Answer 5

Orthodox Christian

Question 6

Who was the leader of Russia when it became a communist country?

Answer 6

Vladimir Lenin

Question 7

A radical communist group

Answer 7

Bolsheviks

Question 8

Why was Ivan IV called “Ivan the terrible”?

Answer 8

He was cruel and savage ruler

Question 9

Harsh soviet labor camps often located in Siberia

Answer 9

Gulags

Question 10

What ethnic groups besides ethnic Russians, or slavs, live in Russia?

Answer 10

Tatars and Ukranians

Question 11

Capital of Georgia:

Answer 11

Tbilisi

Question 12

Capital of Armenia:

Answer 12

Yerevan

Question 13

Capital of Azerbaijan:

Answer 13

Baku

Question 14

Natural resources of Russia:

Answer 14

Oil and gas

Question 15

Valuable resource of the Caspian Sea:

Answer 15

Oil and hydrocarbon

Question 16

Russian country houses

Answer 16

Dachas

Question 17

Factories that process metal ores

Answer 17

Smelters

Question 18

Viking traders of Scandinavia

Answer 18

The Rus

Question 19

A period of tense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Answer 19

Cold war

Question 20

What Russians delicacy comes from a fishery on the Caspian Sea?

Answer 20

Caviar

Question 21

What’s the most important industry in the Urals Region?

Answer 21

Machinery and Metals

Question 22

What type of government does Russia now have?

Answer 22

Russian federation

Question 23

What year did the Soviet Union collapse and break apart into is independent republics?

Answer 23

1991

Question 24

What was the name of the second leader, who ruled as a brutal dictator?

Answer 24

Joseph Stalin

Question 25

The majority of Russians are descended from the…

Answer 25

EastSlavic states

Question 26

Capital of Russia:

Answer 26

Moscow

Question 27

This rail line runs from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast

Answer 27

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Question 28

What three countries make up the Caucasus?

Answer 28

Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia