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1
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_____ is the largest country on earth, spanning the continents of Europe and Asia.

A

Russia

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2
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_____ is the capitol of Russia.

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Moscow

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3
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_____ is considered the cultural epicenter of Russia.

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St. Petersberg

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4
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Most of Russia has a _____climate.

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Subarctic

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5
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True or False - Russia is known for its tropical forests.

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False

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6
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True or False - Uzbekistan’s, Turkmenistan’s, and Afghanistan’s vegetation is predominantly desert.

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True

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7
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True or False - Natural Gas is the primary resource for economic activity in Afghanistan.

A

Flase

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8
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True or False - Russia is comprised of many different ethnic groups.

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True

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9
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The _____ __________, which most geographers consider the border between Europe and Asia, run through Russia’s western portion.

A

Ural Mountains

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10
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The primary religion in Russia is _______ ________.

A

Eastern Orthodox

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11
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The area called _____ reaches from the Ural mountains to the Pacific Ocean .

A

Siberia

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12
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_______ remain two major exports from the Central Asia region.

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Oil and cotton

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13
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In 1812, the French emperor, _____ invaded Russia and successful captured.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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14
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The Ukrainian ______ power plant had a meltdown in 1986 resulting in the deaths of 32 people and causing radiation contamination to spread over millions of acres of land where may thousands of people had to be evacuated.

A

Chernobyl

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15
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True or False - Russia’s population is double the population of the United States.

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False

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16
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True or False - Northern Siberia is mostly tundra, a frozen, treeless area.

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True

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17
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True or False - Sweden lost The Great Northern War, which was fought between the countries of Sweden and Russia.

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True

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18
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True or False - The Aral Sea is shrinking because the main feeding rivers, the Amu and Syr, have been largely diverted for irrigation purposes.

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True

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19
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The large-scale movement of Siberian people began only after the completion of the ________________ in 1905.

A

Trans-Siberian Railroad

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20
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During the Cold War, in 1979, the Soviet Union invaded __________.

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Afghanistan

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21
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The tribe called Rus founded the state that became Russia at the city of _____.

A

Kiev

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22
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During the 1200s, ______ invaded parts of Russia and ruled these areas for several decades.

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Mongols

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23
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The USSR was governed according to _________ Ideas.

A

Communist

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24
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The Soviet Union survived until economic and political problems made the government end in ____.

A

1991

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25
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True or False - The diverse population in Russia resulted from centuries of geographic growth and political change.

A

True

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26
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True of False - The Soviet Union did not allow religious practice for nearly 20 years.

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False

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27
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True or False - Practicing Muslims make up between 50 and 55 percent of the population in Russia.

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False

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28
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True or False - Imperialists are political leaders who want to take over other countries to make their own country larger and more powerful.

A

True

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29
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When the Bolsheviks gained control of the country in 1922, the new nation was called______________________.

A

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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30
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As a response to the Soviet invasion and religious restrictions, the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan created a government using the teachings of ______.

A

Islam

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31
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In 1917, the people of Russia became so tired of fighting and dying in World War 1 that they overthrew their king, _________.

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Tsar Nicholas 2

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32
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A year after the new Russian Provisional Government promised democratic elections and equal rights for all, it was overthrown by radical ________ led by Vladimir Lenin.

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Bolsheviks

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33
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__________, the leader of Russia following Lenin’s death, completed Lenin’s process of creating a totalitarian state.

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Joseph Stalin

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34
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Following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, Afghanistan fell into civil war and from this emerged an intolerant, extreme Islamic movement called the______.

A

Taliban

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35
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True or False - Lenin based his Ideas on the theories of communism put forward by Karl Marx in the mid-1800s.

A

True

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36
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True or False - By the 1980s, relations between the United States and the USSR had gone from bad to worse as a nuclear arsenals on both sides grew during the Cold War.

A

True

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37
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True or False - The USSR and most of the rest of Central Asia based their economies on the principles of market capitalism.

A

False

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38
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True or False - The Russian Federation adopted its constitution in 2003.

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False

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39
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In 1999, Russian Prime Minister ________ _______, later made president, oversaw the invasion of Chechnya after a Chechen terrorist attack within Russia.

A

Vladimir Putin

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40
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Central Asia’s five former Soviet republics - _________, _________, _________, ________, and ___________ - have each established similar forms of government modeled on the system Russia created.

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Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

41
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________ has an average life expectancy of 49 and a literacy rate of less than 30 percent.

A

Afghanistan

42
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Throughout the 1800’s and into the 1900’s, Russia, Afghanistan, and Great Britain were involved in a tense dispute over boundaries known as ______________.

A

The Great Game

43
Q

With an extremely conservative Islamic government in control, Afghanistan became a headquarters for al-Qaeda and its leader.

A

Osama bin Laden

44
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__________ became the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan in 2004.

A

Hamid Karzai

45
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True or False - Afghanistan has access to many major bodies of water, such as oceans or seas.

A

False

46
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True or False - One of the few crops that grow well on Afghanistan’s limited farmland is the opium poppy which is used to produce several drugs.

A

True

47
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True or False - On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda operatives launched a successful attack on the World Trade Center, in New York City, and the Pentagon, near Washington, D.C., using civilian aircrafts as weapons.

A

True

48
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True or False - Dependence on foreign aid in Afghanistan has created a culture of compassion that makes economic thrive.

A

False

49
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Afghanistan was first formed in the middle of the 1700’s when a leader, _______________, United the Pashtun Peoples.

A

Ahmad shah Durrani

50
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In response to the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., U.S. and British forces began air strike against targets in Afghanistan and began providing support for a local resistance group called ________ ________.

A

Northern Alliance

51
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Thousands of Years ago, the first civilizations in China grew from farming communities which developed in the valley surrounding ______, also known as the Yellow River

A

Huang

52
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_______ people have lived in cold, mountainous west region more than 12,000 years ago. ______ people move with their animals, usually yak, sheep, goats, and cattle from pasture to pasture.

A

Tibetan

53
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Although the provinces along the eastern coast of China are less than one-third the size of the rest of the country that are home to about ________ of China,s population

A

90 percent

54
Q

__________ has made Japan wealthy but has created a manufacturing for humans and the environment

A

Manufacturing

55
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True or False - South Korea has energy stores of its own (oil, natural gas, or coal) to fuel its industry.

A

False

56
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True or False - Before 1948, North and South Korea were known simply as Korea.

A

True

57
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True or False - China has the world’s largest population

A

True

58
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True or False - About two-thirds of China’s energy comes from hydroelectric energy.

A

False

59
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To construct the _____ ______ ____ builders had to create a deep trench of water for more than 400 miles long, which drowned mare than 100 towns, and More than 1.2 million people had to be moved

A

Three Gorges Dam

60
Q

The ________ ______ appears to be yellow color as a result of the pollution and silt.

A

Yangtze River

61
Q

The desert in the western portion of China is called the _______________.

A

Taklamakan Desert

62
Q

______ is the capital of China.

A

Beijing

63
Q

Mongolia’s main economic activity is _____________.

A

Nomadic Herding

64
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The _________ is the fifth largest desert in the world and the largest in Asia.

A

Gobi desert

65
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True or False - The elevation of Mt. Everest is 29,035 ft (8,850 m) above sea level.

A

True

66
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True or False - Japan’s population density is more than double the population density of Mongolia.

A

True

67
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True or False - North Korea and South Korea’s primary vegetation is Tropical forest.

A

False

68
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True or False - The dominant climate in Taiwan is Tropical Monsoon.

A

Flase

69
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The majority religion in China is _________.

A

Buddhism

70
Q

China’s deserts are getting bigger due to ______________.

A

Desertifacation

71
Q

_______ was likely first grown by humans in the Yangtze Valley in China 11.500 years ago.

A

Rice

72
Q

_______ Focuses on peace and order in society

A

Confucianism

73
Q

Laozi, who many believe to be the founder of _______ taught that people should live simple and natural lives and be in balance with nature.

A

Daosim

74
Q

________ religions have religious leaders who claim magical powers and a connection with the gods.

A

Shamanism

75
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True or False - Tai chi is a form of Mongolian martial arts.

A

False

76
Q

True or False - Throat singing is traditional to China.

A

False

77
Q

True or False - Haiku is a traditional form of Korean poetry that is known for its simplicity.

A

False

78
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True or False - From 1633 to 1853, foreigners could not enter Japan because of the Japanese closed door policy

A

True

79
Q

_____________ means “the process of becoming a citizen.”

A

Naturalization

80
Q

A ________ is a series of rulers from the same family

A

Dynasty

81
Q

Beginning with the reforms of 1868, Japan took on a _______with a powerful Monarch. This is called the Meiji restoration.

A

Constitutional monarchy

82
Q

The United States enter the Korean War to prevent the spread of _______ throughout Asia

A

Communism

83
Q

______ is the least populated nation in East Asia

A

Mongolia

84
Q

In 1949, the communist leader Mao Zedong take control of _______.

A

China

85
Q

True or False - By 1910, Korea became part of the nation of Japan and living under harsh Japanese rule.

A

True

86
Q

True or False - The division along the 38th parallel separates the Korean Peninsula into the countries of East Korea and West Korea

A

False

87
Q

True or False - From 1392 to the early 1900s, the Korean Peninsula was ruled by monarchy under the Joseon dynasty.

A

True

88
Q

True or False - A recession is a period when economic growth increases.

A

False

89
Q

After Korean war ended in 1953, South Korea became a republic in North Korea officially called the __________ became a totalitarian communist state

A

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

90
Q

__ _______Is the current president of the People’s Republic of China and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

A

Xi Jinping

91
Q

______ was not prepared for the force of the 30 foot waves on March 2011 tsunami, which left 15,854 people dead and 3,203 people missing.

A

Japan

92
Q

in 1976, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history occurred in_______, killing more than 240,000 people.

A

China

93
Q

Many of the world’s earthquakes, volcanoes,and tsunamis occur around the edges of the Pacific Ocean called the_____, Where the six strongest earthquake ever measured have occurred.

A

Ring of Fire

94
Q

True or False - Most coastal cities in Japan have high, concrete walls to keep most tsunamis from flooding cites.

A

True

95
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True or False - Japan is the least prepared country in the world for a typical tsunami.

A

False

96
Q

True or False - The Pacific Plate is the smallest of all tectonic plates.

A

False

97
Q

True or False - On March 11, 2011, the fourth strongest earthquake in recorded history hit Japan.

A

True

98
Q

In 1923, a great earthquake struck Japan and destroy the capital city,_____ and killed more than 140,000 people.

A

Tokyo

99
Q

________are large waves that are mainly caused by earthquakes, underwater landslides, or volcanic eruptions.

A

Tsunamis

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