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100

What three countries make up the Baltic States?


What is Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania


100
Russia is so large it is part of these two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
100
This sea began to shrink when its water supply was diverted for irrigation.
What is the Aral Sea?
100

Due to irrigation in rain starved areas, what sea has been reduced by 80%?


What is the Aral Sea


100

Which russian leader gave more economic freedom to the people of the former USSR?


Who is Mikhail Gorbachev


200

What is the name of one of the longest rivers in Russia that empties into the Caspian Sea?


What is the Volga River


200
Russia is so large it crosses this many time zones.
What is eleven?
200
This railway eventually connected Moscow with Vladivostok, thus opening Siberia to economic development.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
200

In which economic system does the central government make all important economic decisions?


What is Command Economy


200

Who was the Russian leader during World War II?


Who is Joseph Stalin


300

Which region of Russia is covered in permafrost and has many resources?


What is Siberia


300
This soil type is also called the black earth belt.
What is chernozem?
300
Russia had difficulty transitioning from this type of government as the USSR to a democratic one.
What is communism?
300

What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?


What is Lake Baikal


300

What part of Russia has fought two wars to separate from Russia, but lost both?


What is Chechnya


400

Who led the Russian Revolution?


Who is Vladimir Lenin


400
These mountains divide Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
400
The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl is but one example of this type of economic problem in the region.
What is pollution?
400

The Soviet Union broke up into how many countries today?


What is 15


400

The famous trade route from the Mediterranean to China is known as what?


What is The Silk Road


500

What year did the Soviet Union collapse?


What is 1991


500
This massive land is the largest part of Russia and begins east of the Ural Mountains.
What is Siberia?
500
Limited transportation, the vast size of the country, and this, limits the development of the natural resources of Russia.
What is climate?
500

Who was the last Czar of Russia?


Who is Nicholas II


500

What is the geographic term that states that a regions enormous size has a major effect on its climate?

What is Continentality