Trans-Siberian Railroad

Question 1

What is the world’s largest continuous railroad?

Answer 1

the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Question 2

What does Trans-Siberian Railroad mean?

Answer 2

Across Russia

Question 3

What 2 places does the Trans-Siberian Railroad link?

Answer 3

Moscow and Eastern Russia

Question 4

What does the Trans-Siberian Railroad carry, and to where?

Answer 4

Goods and people to east asia and Europe

Question 5

When did the construction start and end?

Answer 5

1891~1916

Question 6

What was Trans-Siberian Railroad designed to connect?

Answer 6

Moscow with a busy port on the pacific ocean

Question 7

How did the labors make Trans-Siberian Railroad?

Answer 7

They started from both ends of the route and worked their way toward the centers

Question 8

What made the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad so difficult?

Answer 8

The climate and terrain

Question 9

Who was enlisted to labor?

Answer 9

Russian peasants, convicts, and soldiers

Question 10

How many people immigrated to Siberia because of the Trans-Siberian Railroad?

Answer 10

5 million

Question 11

What did the Soviet leaders do to Siberia?

Answer 11

They started to industrialise Siberia and mine its plentiful resources

Question 12

What is container cargo, and from where to where does it travel?

Answer 12

Goods packed in large steel boxes ,travels from China & other parts of Asia to Europe

Question 13

What’s a problem with these container cargos?

Answer 13

The gauge (width of tracks) in Russia is wider than in Europe or china
Thus, containers need to be transferred to different trains at the borders

Question 14

Despite this problem, shipping containers by land across Russia is?

Answer 14

faster and cheaper than any sea