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huge, subarctic evergreen forests
What is taiga?
production of consumer goods
What is light industry?
Mildest climate in Russia is here
Where is North European Plain
This city is the political and cultural center of Russia
What is Moscow?
Separates Europe and Asia
What are the Ural Mountains?
dry, treeless plains in the high latitudes
What is tundra?
electricity generated by water
What is hydroelectric power?
Longest river in Europe
What is the Volga River?
Russia's economic regions is the greatest potential source of minerals for the country.
What is Siberia?
Number of time zones in Russia
What are 11?
dry, treeless grasslands
What is steppe?
production of industrial goods
What is heavy industry?
Bonus: 300
Bonus: 300
Important means of transportation for people in Russia
What are railroads and subways?
Percentage of Russian land in Asia
What is 75%?
What is permafrost?
mineral from which aluminum is made
What is bauxite?
tallest peak in the continent of Europe
What is Mt. Elbrus?
Bonus: 400
Bonus: 400
Percentage of Russian land in Europe
What is 25%?
land with water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
products for personal use, such as clothing
What is consumer goods?
active volcanic zone that forms the western, eastern, northern, edges of the Pacific Ocean, including Kamchatka in Russia
What is the Ring of Fire?
Russia's economic regions
What are The Moscow Region, Port Cities, the Volga and Ural Region, and Siberia?
Percentage of Russia's population in Asia and percentage of Russia's population in Europe
What is 25%? and
What is 75%?