World Geography Week 12

The Russian Plain extends from ________ in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east.

Belarus

Which of the following is the largest inland sea in the world?

Caspian

Massive water diversions irrigated what crop grown in Central Asia:

Cotton

The Aral Sea is located mostly in which country?

Kazakhstan

Which two of the following rivers flow north from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean?

Lena and Ob'

The Russian Federation has claimed what part of the Arctic "Frontier"?

Lomonosov Ridge

The Siberian timber industry has transformed from government extraction to:

Privatization

This is the collective name given to a network of overland trade routes that connected China with Mediterranean Europe.

Silk Road

In which region is the wheat belt of the Russian Federation found?

Steppe

This vegetation type of drought-resistant grasses also refers to a very dry climate, characteristic of southern Russia, Ukraine, and northern Central Asia.

Steppe

Which vegetation type found in the Russian Federation represents a cold-resistant, coniferous forest?

Taiga

This Russian physiographic region is flat, contains extensive wetlands, and tens of thousands of small lakes.

West Siberian Plain

The original resource base of the Urals region include:

iron ore, copper, nickel

The Köppen Climate Classification is based on:

latitude, temperature, precipitation

What is permafrost?

permanently frozen subsurface material

Which of the following is true about Indigenous people in the Russian Arctic?

seasonal ice is integral to life the tundra environment influences culture Dolgan people herd reindeer ^^^ All of the above