World Geography Review Unit 14
The region of this lake is home to how many animal species?
1,500
How long is the Ural Mountain range?
1,600 miles
How many time zones does Russia have?
11
When did Russian forces assume control of Siberia?
1640
How thick must ice be on the lake to support a military tank?
17 inches
When did work start on a railroad line between Moscow and Vladivostok?
1892
When did the Trans-Siberian railroad open?
1904
How many ethnic groups are in Russia?
200
What is the straight-line distance between Moscow and Vladivostok?
3,986 miles
What percentage of Russia's population lives within this river's basin?
40%
About how long does traveling the entire length of the Trans-Siberian Railroad take today?
6 days
What was built during the Communist era in Russia to connect the river to Moscow?
A canal
What were the government's instruction to the civil engineers in charge of the project turning the cost of it?
As cheap as possible
What is the fourth largest city in Russia and a major center for heavy industry?
Ekaterinburg
What is the other major industry in this city?
Expert stone cutting for jewelry
What kind of issues beset this lake?
Industrial Waste
What has been the negative effect of scientific activity there?
It is radioactive and lots of people died young due to how high the radioactivity was
How long was the railroad adequate for the demand placed on it?
It was immediately inadequate
What role did it have in the history of the Soviet Union?
It was where the secret nuclear weapons were tested
What is the deepest lake in the world?
Lake Baikal
What is the largest lake located entirely in Europe
Lake Ladoga
What is the Russian population compared to that of the United States?
Less than half
The former member countries of the Warsaw Pact (except Russia) are now members of the European Union of what international mutual defense organization?
NATO
What two attempted invasions did the Russian winter help defeat?
Napoleon's in 1812 and Hitler's during WWII
What is the name of City 40?
Obzersk
What is the largest country in the world in term of land area?
Russia
What was the medieval practice of farm laborers being tied to the land on which they lived and worked?
Serfdom
Why was the 2018 race canceled?
Strong winds blew causing snow to stir up, lowering visibility
What is this country's symbol?
The Bear
What race is run on the lake's surface every March?
The Clean Water Preservation Run
What ethnic group has its homeland in the Ural Mountains?
The Mansi people
What is the distinguishing role that geographers attribute to the Urals in world geography?
The Urals is the dividing line of Europe and Asia
What is the longest river in the world
The Volga River
How did the Soviet government keep it secret?
The city wasn't shown on any maps
What has been Russia's population growth rate for the last several years?
The population has been shrinking
What did the workers do to transport supplies to both sides of Lake Baikal?
They laid rail around the southern side of the lake
Why were some piers holding up the tracks over rivers built with triangular buttresses?
To break up ice
What is the swampy, grassy land that covers most of northern Siberia
Tundra
Russia accounts for what fraction of the world's oil production?
one-fifth
What fraction of the world's freshwater is in Lake Baikal?
one-fifth
