Russia & Eurasian Republics

Question 1

-major ethnic groups

Answer 1

nationalities

Question 2

What language was taught in Russian schools during the Soviet era?

Answer 2

Russian

Question 3

What language does each republic now speak?

Answer 3

Their own language

Question 4

Most in the region have a ____ background & speak an ____ language.

Answer 4

Slavic background
Indo-European language

Question 5

_____ people are mostly Muslims and live in the republics of Central Asia

Answer 5

Turkic

Question 6

-mainly in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan

Answer 6

Caucasians

Question 7

The region has ____ people.

Answer 7

285

Question 8

-largest with 146 million pepel

Answer 8

Russia

Question 9

-smallest with 3.7 million

Answer 9

Armenia

Question 10

What is the region’s population density?

Answer 10

33 people/square mile

Question 11

Why do most people live in the west of the Ural Mountains?

Answer 11

Good climate
Fertile farmland
Most minerals are found there

Question 12

What are the largest cities of the region located west of the Urals?

Answer 12

Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev

Question 13

-among first people of the region; came from NE Europe

Answer 13

Slavs

Question 14

-warrior traders from Scandinavia; adopted Slavic customs and language

Answer 14

Varangians

Question 15

Who founded the city of Kiev?

Answer 15

Varangians

Question 16

-warriors from Central Asia; invaded and destroyed Kiev

Answer 16

Mongols

Question 17

Who eventually started the city of Moscow?

Answer 17

Slavs who fled the Mongol invasion

Question 18

-supreme rulers of Russia

Answer 18

Czars

Question 19

-first czar of Russia in the 1400s

Answer 19

Ivan the Great

Question 20

-people with their own heritage, customs, beliefs, and language

Answer 20

Ethnic groups