Vocab Questions
What means "to become less in amount or number"?
Decline
This is where the majority of Russia's population lives?
Northern Eurpoean plain
Russia is rich in iron, ore, and what else?
Mineral Fuels
What was Russia part of for most of the last century?
Soviet Union
what is "Russia's warm water outlet to the Mediterranean sea?"
The Black Sea
What does "to set off" mean?
Trigger
What are rivers in Russia sometimes used for?
Transportation
Russia has what amount of the world's forrests?
1/5
Who is the president of Russia?
Vladmir Putin
What is "actually a saltwater lake with no outlet to the ocean?"
Caspian Sea
What does "illegal trade of scarce or illegal goods, usually sold at high prices" mean?
Black Market
What is Russia's 2 most notable mountain ranges?
Caucasus
What river in Russia is one of the world's greatest?
Volga river
What's the second-largest country in Europe?
Ukraine
What is the "fourth-largest river in Russia and the longest river in Europe?"
The Volga River
What does "in Russian, "restructuring"; part of Gorbachev's plan for reforming the Soviet economy and government" mean?
Perestroika
The west siberian plain covers this much of siberia.
One-third
How far does the Volga river travel?
2,293
Out of the 3 Salvic republics that were once part of Soviet Union, the Belarus was what size?
Smallest
What is "often blocked by ice and difficult to navigate? ( these rivers flow north to the Arctic Ocean)"
Siberian River