Semester 1 Final (Russia, Europe, Latin America, and Intro)

Question 1

The majority of Russians live west of the —- ——–

Answer 1

Ural Mountains

Question 2

The —– —– is the longest river in Europe, but only the fourth largest in Russia

Answer 2

Volga River

Question 3

Russia has __ time zones

Answer 3

11

Question 4

It has the ______ _________ of any nation in the _____

Answer 4

largest coastline, world

Question 5

The nations is ____ in _______ resources like ___, _______ ___, and ________

Answer 5

rich, natural, oil, natural gas, minerals

Question 6

The _____ _____ ____ is an area of rich soil whose farms feed most of Russia

Answer 6

Black Earth Belt

Question 7

_______ accounts for about _____-_______ of Russia’s land area.

Answer 7

Siberia, three-quarters

Question 8

The ______ climate region dominates the landscape in Russia’s far north

Answer 8

Tundra’s

Question 9

____ ______ holds ___-_____ of the world’s freshwater.

Answer 9

Lake Baikal, one-fifth

Question 10

The largest religion in Russia today is

Answer 10

Eastern Orthodox

Question 11

______________ refers to the discrimination and mistreatment of non-Slavic Russians and encouraging people to speak Russian and follow Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Answer 11

Russification

Question 12

Most Russians (80%) are ethnically ______

Answer 12

Slavic

Question 13

Russia’s first leader (czar) was ____ ___ _______

Answer 13

Ivan the terrible

Question 14

The idea’s of ____ ____ are the basis for communism

Answer 14

Karl Marx

Question 15

________ ____ established the Soviet Union

Answer 15

Vladimir Lenin

Question 16

When attacking Russia in 1941, ______ forces were ________ in part by Russia’s _____ ______

Answer 16

German, defeated, Russia’s harsh winter

Question 17

Education emphasized ____, _______, and ___________

Answer 17

math, science, and engineering