People and Culture
and other cool facts
Climates, etc.
Landforms
Other facts!
Random Russia?
100
What are the four most popular religions in Russia?
What are Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism?
100
The ________ climate region is found in Russia’s far north, mostly above the arctic circle.
What is the tundra?
100
The __________ are considered the boundary between Europe and Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
100
When attacking Russia in 1941, why were German forces not successful?
What is they were defeated in part by Russia's harsh winter?
100
By the late 1400s, the Slavs drove out the Mongols led by this this Russian leader.
Who is Ivan the Great?
200
During Soviet times what did education emphasize during the Soviet era?
What is math, science, engineering, and military science?
200
Russia’s largest climate region is the _________
What is subarctic?
200
The world’s largest inland body of water
What is the Caspian Sea?
200
Ethnic group found in the SW part of Russia, in the Caucasus region.
What is Caucasians?
200
Gorbachev's more open approach to policy was known as
What is Glasnost?
300
Russia is the ___________ country in the world.
What is largest?
300
People don't live in the northernmost portions of Russia because ____________
What is it is COLD and INHOSPITABLE!
300
Most of the rivers in Siberia flow in what direction and into what body of water?
What is north into the Arctic Ocean?
300
Massive nuclear explosion and meltdown in Russia / Ukraine in 1985.
What is Chernobyl?
300
Current president of Russia
Who is Putin?
400
Russia spans ________ time zones.
What is eleven?
400
The climate zone found in the Northern European Plain where most of population lives is ___________
What is humid continental?
400
What is significant about Lake Baikal?
What is it is the deepest freshwater lake in the world?
400
Requiring everyone to speak Russian & follow Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
What is Russification?
400
What two countries are found in the Caucasus Mountains?
What are Georgia and Azerbaijan?
500
Russia spans two continents; ________ and ______.
What is Europe and Asia?
500
Daily Double! Wager up to $1000 or all of your money so far.
What climate zone would you find if you traveled beyond the steppe / southern Russian border into Mongolia and China?
500
Sea that allows Russia a warm water port and access to the Mediterranean and beyond
What is the Black Sea?
500
Name 4 European countries that border Russia to the West.
What is Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus or Ukraine?
500
What other country, that we have studied, has a population that lives in one portion of the country to avoid extreme climates?
What is Canada?
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