Physical Geography
True or False: Central Asia and Russia account for 1/3th of the world’s land surface
What is False? 1/6th
True or False: Russia has had three capitals, St. Petersburg, Kyiv, and Moscow
What is True?
True or False: Armenia and Georgia are two of the world's oldest Christian countries
What is True?
Central Asia is (as its name suggests) at the very _________ of Asia
What is the Center?
True or False: Most of the population in this unit lives in the South.
What is False?
This massive part of Russia is home to some of the coldest temps in the world.
What is Siberia?
Used a __________ or an economy in which the government is in control of all economic systems
What is a Command Economy?
Transcaucasia has long been a pathway between these two continents.
What is Europe and Asia?
A famous trade route ran through central Asia, connecting Asia to Europe
What is the Silk Road?
Since the fall of the Soviet Union in ________the leaders of Russia and the Western Republics have tried to put the economy back into the hands of private individuals and businesses
What is 1991?
This Mountain Range separates Transcaucasia from Russia.
What are the Caucuses Mountains?
The Russian Revolution and Vladimir Lennon start the Soviet Union and bring this type of government to Russia.
What is Communism?
These two seas surround Transcaucasia.
What is the Black and Caspian sea?
The Russian and British Empires competed for control of this region in what they called the__________?
What is the Great Game?
Leaders in Central Asia hope to use _____ to help get their economies back on track.
What is Oil/Petroleum?
This plain extends from France, through Northern and Eastern Europe, and into Russia until it meets the Ural Mountains. It is known for its mass amounts of population and it's Black Soil which allows for agriculture.
What is the Northern European Plain?
These two civilizations ruled over Russia early in its history.
Who are the Mongols and Vikings?
In the modern day over _________ different peoples can be found living in Transcaucasia
What is Fifty?
When the Soviets drew the borders of the Stans they intentionally made sure that each country had.....
What is a sizable population of other ethnic groups to make sure that the countries would forever be in conflict and thus easier to control.
During the rule of Josef Stalin alone _________ amount of people died due to Famine and the Authoritarian Government
How many is 14 million?
These are the five major climates in this region.
What are Tundra, Subarctic, Humid Continental, Desert, and Semiarid?
__________ kicked the Mongols out of Russia. Starting the Tsardom of Russia, where the country experienced explosive growth, and under the Czars they would push their borders all the way across Siberia.
Who is Ivan the Great?
Name three of the outside forces that controlled Transcaucasia.
What are the Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Parthians (Persians again), Russians, and Islamic Caliphates?
These are the five independent countries in Central Asia.
What is Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan?
Russians are known for their art, religion, and music, these two Ballets are some of the most famous in the World.
What is Swan Lake and the Nutcracker?