Russia Flashcards
• Where is the Crimean Peninsula?
• In the Black Sea
• What is the climate like on the Crimean
Peninsula?
• Temperate Grassland
• What products grow on the Crimean
Peninsula?
• Citrus fruits, winter grains, vegetables.
• What sea in central Asia is drying up and
severely polluted?
• Aral
• What is causing this sea to dry up?
• Diverting the water to irrigate cotton
and rice
• Why are cotton and rice important?
• For food and income received from the
export of the products
• What religion is mostly practiced in the
Eurasian Republics that end with "stan"
and Azerbaijan?
• Muslim
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Russia and the Eurasian Republics cover
1/6 of all the land on the earth
How many time zones are in Russia
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In 1917, the Bolsheviks set up a new
government led by
• Vladimir Lenin
• What was celebrated on May 1 in the
former Soviet Union
• The first day of spring , which honored
the workers
• Under the Soviet system, most farmers
worked
• on collective farms owned and
operated by the government
• The border between Europe and Asia is
formed by what mountain range?
• The Ural Mountains
• The border between China and Russia is
formed by what?
• The Amur River
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The largest country is the world is
Russia
What is Chernobyl?
The site of a nuclear reactor accident in
1986
• The fortress that houses the government
of Russia is the
• Kremlin; it is located in Red Square
• What is the large nine domed cathedral in
Red Square?
• St. Basil's
• What is the name of the railroad that goes
across Russia?
• Trans Siberian
• Why does Russia have a difficult time
transporting goods?
• The rivers are frozen over for ½ of the
year
• Who was Lenin?
• The Father of Communism and the first
Communist leader of the USSR
• Who was Stalin?
• The leader of the USSR after Lenin. He
conducted a reign of terror. He led
Russia through WWII
• Who was Gorbachev?
• Leader of Russia during the fall of
Communism
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Who is Vladimir Putkin
President of Russia today
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
First elected President of Russia after
the fall of Communism
• Who was Nicholas II?
• Last Ramanoff Czar. He and his family
were executed
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In Russia and Central Asia, most
people who practice a religion belong
to the
Orthodox
The fertile soil found in the fertile
triangle is known as.
chernozem
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The oldest and deepest lake in the
world is
Lake Baikal
The largest forest region in the world
is the
Coniferous or the Taiga of Russia
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The process of turning fertile land into
a desert or drying up a lake that
becomes a desert is called
desertification
The pollution crisis in the former
Soviet Union and central Asia was
caused by:
Focus on production of consumer goods
• Because of the many rivers in Russia
and Central Asia there is an abundance
of
• hydroelectric power
• If a person wanted to travel across
Russia, what would be the most logical
means of travel?
• Trans Siberian Railroad
• The city that provided an ice-free port
for Russia and known as the “window
to the west” was
• St. Petersburg
• Farming and industry is located in
which region?
• The Fertile Triangle.
• The cities that developed along the
Trans Siberian Railroad are
• Novosibirsk and Vladivostok
• The climate of Russia and the countries
of Central Asia can best described as
• extreme cold weather over the region