Russia Test Review

Question 0

Why has the Aral Sea dried up?

Answer 0

The Soviet Government diverted the water of the two rivers that fed the Aral Sea to produce more agriculture.

Question 1

How much of the Aral Sea has dried up?

Answer 1

90%

Question 2

How much had the Aral Sea dropped by 1899?

Answer 2

15 feet

Question 3

Define: chernozem

Answer 3

black topsoil, one of the worlds most fertile soils

Question 4

Define: Ural Mountains

Answer 4

the mountain ranges that separate the Northern European and West Siberian plains and used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia

Question 5

Define: Eurasia

Answer 5

the combined continent of Europe and Asia

Question 6

Define: Transcaucasia

Answer 6

a region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; located between the Caucasus Mountains and the borders of Turkey and Iran

Question 7

Define: Central Asia

Answer 7

a region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Question 8

Define: Siberia

Answer 8

a region of central and southern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

Question 9

Define: continentality

Answer 9

a region’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea

Question 10

Define: taiga

Answer 10

nearly continuous belt of evergreen coniferous forest across the Northern Hemisphere, in North America and Eurasia

Question 11

Define: runoff

Answer 11

rainfall not absorbed by soil, which can carry pesticides and fertilizers from fields into rivers, endangering the food chain

Question 12

Define: Trans-Siberian Railroad

Answer 12

a railroad that would eventually link Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok; built between 1891 and 1903

Question 13

Define: Baltic Republics

Answer 13

the countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea

Question 14

Define: czar

Answer 14

the emperor of Russia prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent creation of the soviet Union in 1922

Question 15

Define: Russian Revolution

Answer 15

the revolt of 1917, in which the Russian Communist Party, led by V.I. Lenin, took control of the government from the czars

Question 16

Define: USSR

Answer 16

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union, formed in 1922 by the Communists and officially dissolved in 1991

Question 17

Define: Cold War

Answer 17

the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, called “cold” because it never escalated into open warfare

Question 18

Define: command economy

Answer 18

type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production. Also called a planned economy

Question 19

Define: collective farm

Answer 19

an enormous farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team of laborers were gathered to work together during Joseph Stalin’s reign

Question 20

Define: Red Army

Answer 20

the name of the Soviet Union’s military

Question 21

Define: Silk Road

Answer 21

the 4000 mile route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, named for the costly silk acquired in China

Question 22

Define: yurt

Answer 22

a tent of Central Asia’s nomads

Question 23

Define: Caucasus

Answer 23

a region that straddles the Caucasus Mountains and stretches between the Black and Caspian seas

Question 24

Define: Chechnya

Answer 24

one of the republics that remains a part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union despite independence movements and violent upheaval

Question 25

Define: Nagorno-Karabakh

Answer 25

the mountainous area of Azerbaijan, fought over by Armenia and Azerbaijan

Question 26

Define: privatization

Answer 26

the selling of government-owned business to private citizens

Question 27

Define: distance decay

Answer 27

a term referring to the concept that increasing distances between places tend to reduce interactions among them

Question 28

What three countries asked for independence from the USSR and in what year did this happen?

Answer 28

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia | Sept 1991

Question 29

Name at least 5 countries in the USSR.

Answer 29

Russia, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania Georgia, Uzbek, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan

Question 30

What was the name of the two players in | ESPN's "Once Brothers"?

Answer 30

Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic

Question 31

Where in Yugoslavia was Vlade Divac from?

Answer 31

Serbia

Question 32

Where in Yugoslavia was Drazen Petrovic from?

Answer 32

Croatia

Question 33

When did the War betwen Croatia and Serbia begin?

Answer 33

Christmas Day 1991

Question 34

What are the names of the 3 former Soviet Republics located on the Baltic Sea?

Answer 34

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Question 35

What does "Yugoslavia" mean?

Answer 35

Land of the South Slavs

Question 36

What is the name of the region crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railroad?

Answer 36

"Wild East"

Question 37

Which region is located south of the Caucasus Mountains?

Answer 37

d

Question 38

What is chernozem and where is it found?

Answer 38

d

Question 39

How can runoff affect the environment?

Answer 39

d

Question 40

What are the five republics located in Central Asia?

Answer 40

d

Question 41

Why are the Ural Mountains important for geographers?

Answer 41

d

Question 42

What is the name of the non-European part of Russia?

Answer 42

d

Question 43

Which vegetation region allows Russia to boast one-fifth of the world's timber resources?

Answer 43

d

Question 44

Why do Russia and the Republics receive limited precipitation?

Answer 44

d

Question 45

Which landmass is named after the continents of Asia and Europe?

Answer 45

d