Category 1
This mountain range is in southwest Russia.
The Caucasus
Name three Russia's sea and tell where they are located, in the south, in the north, on the east, in the west.
The Baltic Sea in the west and the Black Sea in the south. The Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of water, is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the southwest, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast. The White, Barents, Kara, Laptev, East‑Siberian Seas wash Russia in the north.
How does Russia rank in size and population among the world's countries?
Northern most large and populous country in the world.
What were two cities named after Communist leaders? What are they called now?
Russians renamed Stalingrad and Leningrad. The cities are Volgograd and St. Petersburg respectively.
Call major cities of Siberia
Novosibirsk, Omsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk
Name at least three characteristics of Siberia lands.
This is the region of challenging environments and resource potentials
•VAST DISTANCES
•COLD TEMPERATURES
•ARCTIC WINDS
•POOR SOILS
•PRECIOUS MINERALS
•METALLIC ORES
•OIL AND NATURAL GAS
•TIMBER
Name at least three facts about the Ural Mountains.
2000 ml long (North-south);
Yield a variety of minerals;
Ural Mountains form a natural divide between Europe and Asia.
Russia contains several vegetation zones. Name at least three.
The tundra, taiga, steppe, temperate woodland, desert.
Name Russia’s main exports (fossil fuels in particular) and main trading partner right now.
Oil and gas. China is the largest buyer of Russian crude oil, purchasing 52%, followed by India (33%),
This is the body of water bordering Russia to the north.
The Arctic Ocean. Show on a map.
Southwestern Russia and Southwest Asia are separated by the what?
The Caucasus Mountains.
Call one of the largest flatland areas in the world, a plain that bounds on the west by the Ural Mountains and on the east by the Yennisey River.
West Siberian Plain.
Call at least three seas with major sea ports in Russia. Show them on a map.
The Baltic sea (Kaliningrad), the Black sea (Sevastopol), the Caspian Sea (Astrakhan), the Sea of Japan (Vladivostok), the White Sea (Arkhangelsk), the Barents Sea (Murmansk), Laptev Sea (Tiksi).
Call the world's deepest freshwater lake and in which part of Russia is located (think of a region and republic).
Lake Baikal is located in the southern part of eastern Siberia within the republic of Buryatia. Show it on a map.
Call the only Baltic port that remains free of ice year-round and used to be the capital of East Prussia till 1945.
Kaliningrad (an exclave of the Russian Federation) is now located in Russia but is detached from the rest of the country. Show this port on a map.
Call the highest mountain on the continent of Europe.
Mt. Elbrus.
Name at least three factors that limit agriculture in Russia.
extreme temperatures in winter and summer;
summer precipitation is low;
many regions of Russia experience six months of snow cover each year
erosion (accelerated via snow melt)
in these places the subsoil can often be frozen permanently (permafrost)
short growing seasons
drought prone
Where do most of Russia's citizens live and why?
Most people live in the west of the country. Around 75 per cent of Russia’s population live in cities, where there are jobs and opportunities. Few people live in the far north, where temperatures are very low.
This zone is the nearly treeless grassy plain in southern Russia is also known as the what?
The steppe.
Call the largest Russian port on the Pacific.
Vladivostok. Show it on a map.