Russia/USA/Canada Flashcards
1
Q
How many people?
A
Russia-141 million
Canada-34 million
USA-313 million
2
Q
Ob river
A
North-into artic ocean
3
Q
Volger river
A
Southward-into Caspian Sea
4
Q
How many time zones does Russia have
A
9
5
Q
Stalin-Russia
A
Russification -took people from land and replaced with loyal Russians
6
Q
Architect of soviet communist state
A
Lenin
7
Q
Who was responsible for forward capital?
A
Czar Peter the great
8
Q
Which city is an ex of forward capital?
A
St Petersburg
9
Q
What is czarist?
A
A leader who rules territories that are already conquered
10
Q
What happened in 1991?
A
Soviet Union dissolves Stalinist Soviet Union ends Cold War ends Communism>capitalism Oligarchs-new rich/natural resource
11
Q
What train goes from Moscow to Vladivostok ?
A
Trans-Siberian rr
12
Q
What train goes from Moscow to vanino?
A
BAM-Baykal -Amur mainline
