This landform separates the Northern European Plain from the West Siberian Plain.
What are the Ural Mountains?
100
This greenhouse gas contributes to global warming. It is a problem in Siberia.
What is methane?
100
This was mostly built by peasants, convicts and soldiers. It links Moscow to eastern Russia?
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
100
This is forested area just south of the tundra?
What is the taiga?
100
The separate republics wanting independence is one thing that led to the fall of the Soviet Union in this year.
What is 1991?
200
France used lessons learned from this nuclear disaster to help develop more advanced nuclear technology.
What is Chernobyl?
200
These are people who travel from place to place to find food according to the seasons.
What are nomads?
200
In 2003, Vladimir Putin wanted this city to become a center for world diplomacy.
What is St. Petersburg?
200
This is permanently frozen ground. It makes it difficult to drill and build mines.
What is permafrost?
200
The Mongols destroyed this city.
What is Kiev?
300
Which part of the US government is most like Russia's Federal Assembly?
What is Congress or the legislative branch?
300
This is used to produce metals that are often used in construction of buildings, roads and railways.
What is iron ore?
300
This Soviet leader tried to reform the economy and government. He worked to end the Cold War.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
300
Central Asia has an arid climate. Because of that fact, this is the main type of agricultural activity practiced in Central Asia.
What is livestock grazing?
300
When Napolean Bonaparte invaded Russia, the Russians used this tactic to prevent Napolean's troops from getting supplies.
What is scorched earth policy?
400
Much of the oil from this body of water is transported to other countries by pipelines. Many believe this body of water has more energy resources than the Persian Gulf.
What is the Caspian Sea?
400
This world leader ordered the invasion of Russian in 1941.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
400
Ivan the Terrible passed laws to tie the peasants to the land. The peasants then became known by this term.
What are serfs?
400
Mikhail Gorbachev working with this US president to end the Cold War.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
This Russian empress worked to reform Russia's educational system.
Who is Catherine the Great?
500
Genghis Khan established this empire.
What is this Mongols?
500
This body of water has almost completely disappeared in the last 30-40 years.
What is the Aral Sea?
500
This Russian czar wanted to modernize Russia and make it more like Western Europe.
Who is Peter the Great?
500
This is an economic system in which the government controls economic resources.
What is Socialism?
500
Why is methane escaping into the environment in Siberia?