Places & Terms
A fertile soil found on the Northern European Plain.
Chernozem
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia make up what Republic?
The Baltic Republic.
Many geographers consider this range to be a major boundary line between Europe and Asia.
Ural Mountains
In the Russian part of Caucasus, where has the most serious conflict taken place?
Chechnya
How many time zones does Russia span?
11
The degree to which the climate of a region typifies that of the interior of a large landmass
Continentality
What 3 countries make up the Eastern European Republics?
Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus.
This landmass is named after the continents of Asia and Europe.
Eurasia
What term is used to describe the long distances between places that result in communication and transportation difficulties?
Distance Decay
How deep is the deepest part of Lake Baikal?
1642 meters (5, 387 ft)
An emperor of Russia before 1917.
Czar
Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are apart of what Republic?
Transcaucasia Republic.
This body of water has decreased by nearly 90% from 1960 to the 2000's.
The Aral Sea
Although Putin remained Prime Minister, who was elected as president of Russia in 2008?
Dmitry Medvedev
Russia is home to the worlds largest forest. What is the name of this forest?
The Boreal Forest (Taiga)
Intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict; sustained hostile political policies and an atmosphere of strain between opposed countries.
Cold War
Which countries make up the Central Asia Republic?
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Approximately, how many acres of forests had to be cleared to build the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
100,000 acres
By the end of the 1990's, how many Russians lived far below the poverty line?
40% of the population
What is the name of the largest plain in the world?
The Western Siberian Plain
One step a nation could take to move from a command economy to a market economy.
Privatization
Which counties broke away before the Soviet union fell?
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
What is the term for something that holds dangerous substances that affect rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water into which it flows?
Runoff
Why might ethnic tensions in the Caucasus be stronger than in other regions?
Because there are about 50 different ethnic groups in a region the size of California.
What was the name of the first person (also Russian) to ever reach space?
Yuri Gagarin