Physical Geography
History and Culture of Russia
Russia Today
The Caucasus
Vocab
100

What is the vast area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean?

What is Siberia?

100

What famous Cathedral is in Russia? 

What is St. Basil's Cathedral?

100

What is the capital of Russia?

What is Moscow?

100

What is the capital of Georgia? (not Atlanta)

What is Tbilisi?

100

A vast forest of evergreen trees?

 What is taiga?

200

What are winters like in Russia?

What is dark and bitterly cold?

200

When did the Soviet Union collapse?

What is 1991?

200

What type of economy is Russia?

What is Market Economy?

200

What two seas border the Caucasus?

What are the Black Sea and Caspian Sea?

200

What is the name of a Russian Emporer?

What is a czar?

300

What valuable resource is in the Caspian Sea?

What is oil?

300

How many people live in Russia?

What is 140 million people?

300

What city was Russia's prior capital for 200 years?

What is Saint Petersburgh?

300

What challenges does the Caucasus Republic face?

What is ethnic unrest and conflicts?

300

Russian country houses?

What are dachas?

400

Is known for its volcanoes and earthquakes?

What is the Ring of Fire?

400

What is the main family holiday in Russia?

What is New Years Eve?

400

A republic in the Caucasus Mountains?

What is Chechnya?

400

What is Yerevan the capiotal of?

What is Armenia?

400

What are the Harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia called?

What is Gulags?

500

Where can you stand on two continents at once?

What is the Rural Mountains?

500

Who was the first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic?

Who is Vladimir Lenin?

500

What is a period during summer when it never gets totally dark?

What is White Nights?

500

What is the capiotal of Azerbaijan?

What is Baku?

500

This rail line runs from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast and is the longest single rail line in the world?

What is the Trans-Serbian Railroad?