Map Skills
What direction is opposite of North?
South
What is the world's largest country, spanning 2 continents?
Russia
Russia is known for having very long, cold what?
Winters
Many people in Central Asia grow what crops because of the flat land and hot climate?
Cotton
Russia has the world’s longest railway. What is it called?
Trans-Siberian Railroad
What tool on the map shows cardinal directions?
Compass Rose
This mountain range separates European Russia from Asian Russia.
Ural Mountains
Central Asia is isolated because it does not have access to the world's oceans. T/F
True
This is the capital (and largest) city of Russia.
Moscow
Many of Russia's rivers flow ...
north and south
What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
This cold region of Russia is known for very long winters.
Siberia
A treeless Arctic region that has frozen subsoil is called
Tundra
The majority of Russia's population live _______ of the ______ Mountains.
west / Ural
Russia built a series of ______to facilitate the transport of natural gas and oil extracted from areas not easily reached.
pipelines
What is the tool on a map that tells you what the colors and symbols mean?
Map Key or Legend
This ocean borders Russia to the north.
Arctic Ocean
A large area of flat grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia is called...
Steppe
Because of the lack of resources, for generations people have moved from place to place in order to survive. We call them what?
Nomads
This giant lake in Siberia is the deepest in the world.
Lake Baikal
If you're using a map scale and 1 inch = 100 miles, how many miles is 3 inches?
300 miles
Once the 4th largest lake in the world, this Central Asian body of water has shrunk dramatically due to irrigation projects.
Aral Sea
This climate zone covers much of Siberia and is made up of pine forests.
Taiga
A desert plant that stores water beneath its bark, for drinking water is ...
Saxaul Tree
The name of the nuclear power plant in Ukraine that had a meltdown and caused major pollution and devastating impacts to human health
Chernobyl