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Russia Unit Flashcards

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1
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What is the name of the famous cathedral found in Moscow?

A

St. Basil’s Cathedral

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2
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What is fertile soil in Russia called

A

Chernozem

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3
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Where is the most arable land at?

A

Western russia

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4
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What body of water is shrinking

A

The Aral Sea

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5
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What is Russia’s longest river?

A

Volga

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6
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Cotton is grown where?

A

The Aral sea

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7
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What is the names of the little dolls that keep getting smaller

A

Matrioshka Dolls

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8
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Who is Russia ruled by?

A

Soviets

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9
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Russa has how many time zones

A

11 time zones

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10
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What is a place of worship for Muslims

A

Mosque

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11
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What type of infrusture does sibera have ?

A

Poor infrastructure

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12
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What are the five countries in Central Asia

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Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Turkmenista,Tajikistan and, Krygyzstan

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13
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What crop does central Asia grow

A

Cotton

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14
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What is the area called where the Kremlin and the St. Basil’s Church

A

Red square

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15
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What are the two types of resources that Russia and Central Asia use

A

Renewable and Non renewable

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16
Q

What is a site?

A

The physical location of a city

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17
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What climate zone covers most of Siberia?

A

Taiga

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18
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What is the capital of Russia?

A

Moscow

19
Q

True or False that Russia consumes more fossil fuels than produced

A

True

20
Q

Where is Lake Baikal located

A

Siberia

21
Q

What are Russia’s nonrenewable’s

A

Aluminum,Copper,Lead Zinc,Iron,Gold,and Silver

22
Q

What is the Name of the fertile soil also known as “Green earth”?

A

Chernozem

23
Q

Where is the Kamchatka Peninsula located

A

in Eastern Siberia

24
Q

How many rivers does Russia have?

A

3

25
Q

Why has the Aral Sea been shrinking?

A

Because of over irrigation in rivers that flow into it.

26
Q

What seas does Russia have fish in?

A

Black Sea, Caspian Sea,and the Pacific Ocean

27
Q

What are the mountains in the west or Russia called?

A

The Ural Mountians

28
Q

What is the cathedral in Moscow called

A

Saint basils cathedral

29
Q

Russia consumes more or less oil than it
extracts

A

Less

30
Q

What river in Russia flows South to North

A

The Volga River

31
Q

What kind of economy was Russia from 1917 to 1990?

A

Command Economy

32
Q

What is the dividing line between Europe and Asia

A

The Ural Mountains

33
Q

What mountain range in Russia is the largest

A

The Ural Mountains

34
Q

Who ruled Russia before 1917?

A

Tsar

35
Q

What are the three things that cause the shrinking of the Aral Sea

A

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

36
Q

What religion is Russia

A

Christianity

37
Q

Where is the Aral sea located

A

Central Asia

38
Q

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.

A

Economic

39
Q

Russia is what two latitudes

A

Russia is in the middle and high latitudes

40
Q

What is the part of Russia in Asia called?

A

Siberia

41
Q

What is the longest mountain range in Russia?

A

Ural

42
Q

What is the highest mountain in russia?

A

Mt Elbrus

43
Q

What is the deepest lake in Siberia?

A

Lake Baikal

44
Q

what kind of minerals does russa have

A

aluminum copper lead iron zinc gold and silver

World Geography S2023 (4 decks)

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