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Physical Geography
Anything Goes...
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100
I know the Ural Mountains divide Russia, but what mountains lie between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea?
What are the Caucasus Mountains?
100
What were the political and military tensions between the US and Russia from the years of 1947-1991?
What is the Cold War?
100
What are the Kyzylkum and Karakum?
What are deserts in Central Asia?
100
What were the names of the two races that took place during the Cold War?
What is the Space Race and the Arms Race?
100
China was the only nation that was finally able to defeat Russia as it was expanding its empire.
FALSE. Japan conquered Russia.
200
I know that in a communist government everyone is equal, but what is a country called that doesn't trade with any other nations either?
What is an autarky?
200
What is the difference between Vladimir Lenin and Mikhail Gorbachev?
Lenin started communism in Russia, and Gorbachev ended communism in Russia.
200
In Chinese, the word shan means this.
What is mountain?
200
Name the 5 countries of Central Asia.
What is Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan?
200
The Russians once owned Washington and Oregon in the USA.
FALSE. The Russians once owned Alaska and part of California.
300
I know the serfs were the poor peasant farmers before communism, but who were the working class poor after communism?
Who are the proletariats?
300
What is the difference between the Rus and the Slavs?
The Rus were Vikings that settled and named Russia; the Slavs are the modern mix of ethnicities in Russia today.
300
In Persian, the word dar'ya means this.
What is "sea"?
300
Which mountains are NOT in Central Asia: the Tian Shan, Altai Shan, Urals, or Pamirs?
Urals- the others are in Central Asia (the "stans")
300
The Taiga is an open permafrost plain that covers much of Russia.
FALSE. The Taiga is a dense, evergreen forest that covers Russia.
400
I know after the USSR split up, many nations got their independence- but how many new nations did the USSR become?
What is 15 nations?
400
This is the name for media advertising put out by the government used to rally national support behind a cause.
What is propaganda?
400
Siberia went mostly unexplored until this was built.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
400
Explain what the Red Scare was.
The time when Americans were paranoid about Communism leaking into the US?
400
Another name for Central Asia is Turkmenistan.
FALSE. Another name for Central Asia is Turkistan.
500
I know that the Volga is the longest river in Russia (and Europe), but what are Russia's other 2 major rivers?
What are the Don and the Dneiper?
500
Russian words for "openness" and "restructuring," these two ideas helped bring an end to communist Russia.
What is glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring)?
500
2 part question: What is the world's largest lake? And the world's fastest shrinking lake?
What is the Caspian Sea? (largest) and the Aral Sea (fastest shrinking)
500
What are the two symbols of communism? How do these symbols represent communism?
What is the hammer and the sickle. The hammer= industry and the sickle= agriculture.
500
The word "soviet" is a Russian word describing independent groups that lived in Communist Russia.
FALSE. Soviets were decision making bodies in Russia.
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