World Geography Chapter 13
T or F. In area, Russia is the largest country in the world.
True
Study the map
Baltic Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Kuril Islands Kamchatka peninsula Moscow Murmansk Vladivostok
What name did Russia and the other former soviet republics assume after the fall of communism?
CIS
What was the name of the post World War II period of tension between Russia and America?
Cold war
Fiercely independent nomads of Russia who were feared for their elite Calvary are the?
Cossacks
What title refers to the rulers of Russia from 1547-1917?
Czars
The breakaway republic that has caused trouble for Russia since 1991 is?
Czechnya
The second most important river in Russia is the?
Don River
T or F. Russia has many excellent seaports offering easy access for year round world trade.
False
The legislative branch of Russia's national government is the?
Federation assembly
Last ruler of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
First Russian ruler
Ivan the terrible
Which peninsula in Pacific Russia includes twenty nine active volcanoes?
Kamchatka peninsula
What massive fortress in Moscow represents Russian political power and influence?
Kremlin
Which islands are a source of dispute between Russia and Japan?
Kuril Islands
Led 1917 Russian revolution
Lenin
Who was the Russian ruler responsible for reforms that led to the fall of the soviet empire?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Capital of Russia
Moscow
Arctic seaport
Murmansk
First Russian city
Novogord
What does glasnost mean?
Openness
Instead of a Vice President, Russia's executive branch has what?
Premier
Second president of post communist Russia
Putin
What is the large, open space, once a marketplace, in which Lenins tomb is located?
Red square
What is the new official name of the country of Russia?
Russian federation
What is the dominant religion in Russia?
Russian orthodoxy
The second largest city in Russia is?
St Petersburg
Linked to Arctic Coast by the White Sea - Baltic Canal
St. Petersburg
Russian dictator during World War II
Stalin
Hate vast grasslands of Russia in the black earth region are the?
Stepppes
What name describes the great coniferous Orestes if Siberia?
Taiga
What railroad links Russia's European and Pacific ports?
Trans Siberian
T or F. Asiatic Russia is sparcely populated and has few large population centers.
True
T or F. Russia is bordered by 14 countries.
True
T or F. Russia leads the world in the production of nickel.
True
T or F. The Soviets were poor stewards of their God given resources.
True
Which mountain range divides European Russia from Asiatic Russia?
Ural mountains
Main pacific port that is accessible year round thanks to huge ice breakers
Vladivostock
Which Russian river is the longest longest river in Europe?
Volga River
Which Russian city was known as Stalingrad during the Soviet era?
Volgograd
What Russia historically lacked that has influenced its foreign policy?
Warm seaports
The first president of the post communist Russia
Yeltsin