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The Caucasus
100
Name the longest river in Europe.
Volga
100
What is the Russian term for its emperor?
czar
100
What are smelters?
Factories that produce metal ores.
100
What are dachas?
Russian country houses
100
Name the capital of Georgia.
Tbilisi
200
In these mountains you can stand in both Europe and Asia at the same time.
The Ural Mountains
200
harsh labor camps where millions of Russians were forced to work if they opposed the Communist Party
gulags
200
What is the center of government in Moscow called?
The Kremlin
200
What form of government does Russia have today?
Federal Republic
200
Name the smallest of the Caucasus countries.
Armenia
300
A vast evergreen forest that covers nearly half of Russia
taiga
300
Name the form of the Greek alphabet used in Russia today.
Cyrillic
300
Name the primary seaport and fishing center in the Russian Far East.
Vladivostok
300
Where are most cities in Siberia located?
Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad
300
What is Azerbaijan's economy based on?
Oil
400
The Caucasus Mountains form a border between Russia and _____________________ and ______________________.
Georgia, Azerbaijan
400
Who were the Bolsheviks?
The radical Communist group that took over Russia in the Russian Revolution.
400
What form of power is produced from the Ural Mountains and Volga River?
Hydro-electric
400
What is the Federal Assembly?
The elected president and legislature which govern the Russian Federation.
400
Name the three countries of the Caucasus?
Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia
500
Name the two continents that meet in Russia's Ural Mountains.
Europe and Asia
500
Who was leader of the Soviet Union when it fell in 1991?
Mikael Gorbachev
500
How has Russia's economy changed as the country moved toward democracy?
It began shifting to a market economy with reduced government controls and privately owned businesses. Economic growth has occurred, however, most of the wealth is in the hands of a small number of people.
500
Identify Russia's six culture regions.
Inflation Shrinking population Pollution Ethnic conflicts
500
How are the countries of the Caucasus region similar?
Armenia-Yerevan Azerbaijan-Baku Georgia-Tibilisi