Geography of Russia
This is the largest country in the world.
What is Russia?
This word was taken from Latin, and is the Russian word for "king" or "emperor."
What is "Czar?"
This is a type of government where the govenment own all the land and property.
What is communism?
This is the length of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, making it the longest railroad on Earth.
What is 6,000 miles?
This means that something gives off energy when its atoms break apart.
What is radioactive?
Common in the dry areas of Central Asia, many nomadic peoples live in these felt tents.
What are yurts?
This French general tried to invade Russia and was forced to retreat by the cold Russian winter weather.
Who was Napoleon?
The Soviet Union competed with this country during the Cold War to see which country was better.
What is the United States?
This is the city at the far WESTERN end of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
What is Moscow?
A fire and explosion at this nuclear power plant caused the worst nuclear disaster in history.
What is Chernobyl?
This is the area of flat grasslands covering most of western Russia.
What are the Steppes?
These people were farmers who were not allowed to leave their lands, or find new jobs.
Who were the serfs?
This happened a lot to people who criticized Russia's communist government.
What is prison?
This happened to the towns and villages built along the railway.
What is more people moving there?
These are radioactive particles from a nuclear explosion that fall through the atmosphere.
What is fallout?
This large inland sea was completely dried up when the Russian government redirected the rivers that kept it filled with water.
What is the Aral Sea?
This is the main product of the Caspian Sea.
What is oil and natural gas?
The Soviet government used this a lot to try and influence people to agree with them.
What is propaganda?
This is what "trans-Siberian" means.
What is "across Siberia?"
Thousands of people who survived Chernobyl have gotten sick with this because of the radiation.
What is cancer?
This is an area of thick evergreen forests right below the Siberian tundra.
What is the Taiga?
This is the name of the violent attack that killed the czar and his family, brining communism to Russia.
What is the Russian Revolution?
The Soviet Union fought with this country in World War II.
What is Germany?
This is the city at the far EASTERN end of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
What is Vladivostok?
This area around Chernobyl has become filled with rare animals ever since the people had to leave.
What is the exclusion zone?