Map Questions: Russia & the Republics
Goal:
 Demonstrate ability to use maps to answer questions about
Russia & the Republics.
 Be able to locate key physical features of this region.
Directions: You may work individually or with a partner to answer the following
questions. Desk maps are available to use as a reference. Assignments are due at the
end of the class.
1. Russia is located on which 2 continents?
2. Which mountain range, rising to the west of the Western Siberian Plains, separates Europe
from Asia?
3. Russia and the Republics have a number of large cities (over 1 million). Are there more large
cities to the east or to the west of the Ural Mountains?
4. Which mountain range would you have to cross to travel by land from northern Iran to
Moscow?
5. What is the enormous peninsula in eastern Siberia that extends into the Bering Sea?
6. Which ocean lies north of Russia?
7. What body of water borders Sweden, Russia & Poland?
8. Which inland body of water borders both Iran & Russia and is actually below sea level?
9. In which body of water are islands of the United States and Russia separated by only a few
miles?
10. This body of water is shrinking and lies east of the Caspian Sea…what is its name?
11. Which plateau lies east of the Ural Mountains?
12. Which river flows through the middle of the Western Siberian Plains?
13. Which plateau lies east of the Ob River?
14. Which major Russian city (population over 1 million) borders the Baltic Sea?
15. What is the capital of Russia?