Physical Geography
What river provides most of the water transportation for goods and people west of the Ural Mountains?
Volga River
How many countries border Russia?
14
The languages spoken by people living in Siberia are -
mostly Eastern European
To explain why Russia's climate is colder and drier in the east, you would need to mention -
westerly winds
What does the Bering Strait separate?
Russia and the United States
Russia stretches to these two continents
Europe and Asia
A strict, structured dance form that is a specialty of Russian dance schools.
ballet
What has been the biggest barrier to the development of infrastructure in Siberia?
permaforst
What separates Europe from Asia?
Ural Mountains
What is the name for all land in Russia west of the Ural Mountains?
European Russia
Nesting dolls that are usually in the shape of a mother and children -
matryoshka
What two elements makeup population distribution?
location and density
What seas links Russia to the Mediterranean?
Black Sea
What region contains the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan?
Central Asia
For what were Faberge eggs produced?
they were given as gifts for the wives of the royal family
What is the general pattern of an area's temperature and its proximity to a large body of water?
the closer to a large body of water, the less extreme the temperatures
Name the rivers of Russia.
Don River, Volga River, Amur River, Lena River
What is the best title for this list?
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
countries of Transcaucasia
When Russians serve tea, they are served in a -
samovar
Siberia is to permafrost as the Fertile Triangle is to -
chernozem