Geography 14

The philosopher Karl Marx believed in the principals of public ownership of all land and

A classless society with shared wealth

Which of the following events was NOT a cause of the Russian Revolution?

Adoption of Marxism

Which of the following is not a result of ongoing protest from concerned citizens and environmental organizations about population to Lake Baikal?

All oil drilling operations have been halted

Which of the following practices was not discouraged by the Soviet government

Atheism

Which of the following landlocked countries lies entirely on the Northern European Plain?

Belarus

The rich, black topsoil found in the Northern European Plain is known as

Chrernozem

Which of the following climate types can be found in Belarus?

Cool continental climate influenced by the Atlantic Ocean

Which of the following events was triggered by the hardships of World War I?

Czar Nicholas II and his family were murdered.

The sturgeon population has declined because of

Dams built on the Volga River

Full time employment of woman in the 1990s contributed to Russia's

Declining birthrate

What is the Russian term for new openness in areas of politics, social issues, and media?

Glasnost

The West Siberian Plain is known for its

Harsh climate and large swamps

Which of the following terms does NOT describe the Tundra?

It has broad expanses of coniferous evergreen trees

The new leader who emerges after Vladimir Lenin does was

Joseph Stalin

Who instituted perestroika and the plan for reforming the Soviet economy and government?

Mikhail Gorbachev

Materials contaminated by residue from the generation of nuclear energy and weapons is called

Nuclear waste

The pipeline from eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean is controversial because it will

Pass through a protected wilderness area

Which of the following terms refers to chemicals used to kill crop-damaging insects and rodents?

Pesticides

Russia's most important industry is

Petroleum extraction and processing

Russia's economy continued to change after Boris Yeltsin removed governmental price controls and encouraged

Privatization

Which of the following is NOT a result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster?

Quick public notification

The Ural Mountains likely attracted human settlement to the region because they are

Rich in iron or and mineral fuels

The widespread effects of global warming are becoming visible at a dramatic pace in western Siberia due to

Siberia location in higher northern latitudes

Which is the following uses of the Dnieper River is most important to the surrounding region?

Supplying water to Ukrainians

Which of the following gave the Soviet Union control of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Eastern Poland?

The Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

What forms a natural barrier between European Russia and Siberian Russia?

The Ural Mountians

Which is the following rivers is the longest in Europe?

The Volga River

The Caucasus Mountains form a natural barrier between Russia and

The countries to the south

After protest over the construction of a paper-pulp factory along Lake Bailkal's shores,

The factory was built anyway

Supertrawlers are controversial mainly because they cause

Unnecessary death to marine animals