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Geo Practice Test 16: Eastern Europe (B)
1. Which of these countries has coastline on the Caspian Sea: Philippines, Canada, Egypt,
Laos, or Russia?
4. What is the capital of Russia?
6. What is the highest mountain in Europe?
9. Name the longest river in the European part of Russia.
10. What is the name of the mountain range that splits Russia into two pieces, east (Asian
Russia) and west (European Russia)?
11. In Europe, the highest mountain is located in the Caucasus Mountains. Name this
mountain.
12. What city in Russia is Europe’s largest city?
14. Which country has mountains: Latvia, Belarus, or Bulgaria?
15. What country is called the “breadbasket of Europe”? (Hint: This country was a former
member of the Soviet Union).
17. What is the name of the river that flows near Moscow and into the Caspian Sea?
18. On which two continents is Russia located?
19. What large body of water is south of Ukraine and north of Turkey?
22. What is the name of the mountain range that separates the European part of Russia from
the Asian part of Russia?
23. What is the name of the strait that separates Russia from Alaska?
24. What body of water borders Ukraine on the south?
26. What large mountain range forms the eastern boundary of Europe?
27. What country would you cross if you traveled between Lithuania and Ukraine?
28. In what country is St. Petersburg?
29. What mountains form the northern boundary of Georgia and pass through Azerbaijan?
30. What is the longest river in Europe?
31. Mt. Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe. In what country is it located?
32. What mountain range forms the southern boundary between Europe and Asia?
33. Where is the Kremlin?
35. What is the Scandinavian nation whose eastern border is Russia?
36. What body of water forms the border of Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria?
38. Through what three countries lie the Carpathian Mountains?
39. What is the largest country in the world?
40. The tallest mountain in Europe is located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
What is the name of that mountain?
41. What country is north of Ukraine and east of Poland?
45. Which mountain range acts as a natural border between Europe and Asia?
46. St. Basil’s Cathedral is a famous church which is easily recognized by its distinctive
onion domes. To what city would I go if I wanted to see it?
48. What country shares a border with both Germany and Ukraine?
49. Which two European countries extend east into Asia?
50. What two mountain ranges separate Europe from Asia?
51. Moldova is landlocked between what two countries?
52. What lake has the greatest volume of water, holding more than three times the amount of
water than the second largest lake? (HINT: This lake is also classified as a sea).
53. The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea form part of the border between Europe and Asia.
What European countries are on the Black Sea?
55. What country will you cross if you travel from Georgia to the Caspian Sea?
56. What large country in Europe is also a large part of Asia?
57. What country would you cross if you traveled between the Czech Republic and Belarus?
58. What three Baltic countries are sandwiched between the Baltic Sea and Russia?
59. What was the name of the large country that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991,
and which comprised 15 smaller “republics”?