Unit 5 pre test world geography

In addition to the Volga, the _________ and the Dnieper are also prominent rivers in European Russia.

Don

Russian art and culture have been most impacted by Roman Catholicism and Slavic customs. As an energy superpower, Russia is a world leader in the production of nuclear weapons. Much of Russia's natural resources are difficult to exploit because they are located far from its major cities.

False, False, True

The Slavs have had the ________ influence on Russian culture.

Greatest

Fish and timber are natural resources _______ to Russia's economy.

Important

A large majority of Russians live __________.

In urban areas

Match the names with the correct locations on the map. West Siberian Plain North European Plain Ural Mountains Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean Black Sea Moscow St. Petersburg Baikal Caspian Sea

Letter answers are A, D, E, C, B, F, H, G, J, I

Russia's _______ populated cities are located in European Russia.

Most

The ______ important economic sector in Russia today is industry.

Most

Czar _________ wanted to make Russia more like Western Europe.

Peter the Great

The taiga is a vast forest that covers most of ________.

Siberia

Vladimir Putin helped the Russian economy to achieve industrial production higher than that of _________.

The USSR

The three major ethnic groups in Russia include Indo-European, Caucasian, and _________ peoples.

Turkic

Oil production has been important to the ________ of the Russian economy.

Turnaround

During the __________ century, Russian rulers adopted Christianity.

10th

leading cause of destruction of the taiga important military port to Russia former economy of the USSR soil found in the Black Earth belt of Russia continent on which Russia is located primary source of water and air pollution in Russia most populated city in Russia along with the Central Siberian Plateau, this has also left Russia vulnerable to attack over the years located in central Russia first people of Russia divides European Russia from Asian Russia largest river system to the east of the Ural Mountains in R

Acid rain, Central Siberian Platue, Command, Chernozem, Eurasia, Industry, Moscow, North European Plain, Black sea, Slavs, Ural Mountains, Volga

Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of __________.

Area

The ________ temperature in Russia is located in Siberia.

Coldest

Economic failure was the primary reason for the _______ of the USSR.

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