Russia Unit Flashcards
What is the name of the famous cathedral found in Moscow?
St. Basil’s Cathedral
What is fertile soil in Russia called
Chernozem
Where is the most arable land at?
Western russia
What body of water is shrinking
The Aral Sea
What is Russia’s longest river?
Volga
Cotton is grown where?
The Aral sea
What is the names of the little dolls that keep getting smaller
Matrioshka Dolls
Who is Russia ruled by?
Soviets
Russa has how many time zones
11 time zones
What is a place of worship for Muslims
Mosque
What type of infrusture does sibera have ?
Poor infrastructure
What are the five countries in Central Asia
Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Turkmenista,Tajikistan and, Krygyzstan
What crop does central Asia grow
Cotton
What is the area called where the Kremlin and the St. Basil’s Church
Red square
What are the two types of resources that Russia and Central Asia use
Renewable and Non renewable
What is a site?
The physical location of a city
What climate zone covers most of Siberia?
Taiga
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
True or False that Russia consumes more fossil fuels than produced
True
Where is Lake Baikal located
Siberia
What are Russia’s nonrenewable’s
Aluminum,Copper,Lead Zinc,Iron,Gold,and Silver
What is the Name of the fertile soil also known as “Green earth”?
Chernozem
Where is the Kamchatka Peninsula located
in Eastern Siberia
How many rivers does Russia have?
3
Why has the Aral Sea been shrinking?
Because of over irrigation in rivers that flow into it.
What seas does Russia have fish in?
Black Sea, Caspian Sea,and the Pacific Ocean
What are the mountains in the west or Russia called?
The Ural Mountians
What is the cathedral in Moscow called
Saint basils cathedral
Russia consumes more or less oil than it
extracts
Less
What river in Russia flows South to North
The Volga River
What kind of economy was Russia from 1917 to 1990?
Command Economy
What is the dividing line between Europe and Asia
The Ural Mountains
What mountain range in Russia is the largest
The Ural Mountains
Who ruled Russia before 1917?
Tsar
What are the three things that cause the shrinking of the Aral Sea
the collapse of the local fishing industry the increase in pollution due to fertilizer run off pesticides and industrial waste and the increase in respiratory illnesses in the region
What religion is Russia
Christianity
Where is the Aral sea located
Central Asia
What type of challenge is it if The resources in Siberia are difficult to develop due to climate, limited transportation links, and vastness of the
country.
Economic
Russia is what two latitudes
Russia is in the middle and high latitudes
What is the part of Russia in Asia called?
Siberia
What is the longest mountain range in Russia?
Ural
What is the highest mountain in russia?
Mt Elbrus
What is the deepest lake in Siberia?
Lake Baikal
what kind of minerals does russa have
aluminum copper lead iron zinc gold and silver
