Ch. 9

When was the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) Railroad completed?

1984

The radius of the Zone of Exclusion around the Chernobyl Power Plant is approximately:

30 kilometers.

After viewing the Norilsk placemarks, which of the following statements is not accurate?

All of the residents of Norilsk live in high-rise apartment buildings.

Which of the following fast-food chains does not currently have restaurants in the Moscow metropolitan area?

Arby's

Which area is NOT considered part of Eurasia?

Central Asia (Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan)

There is a growing series of connections, most notably within the energy sector, between Russia and which neighboring country?

China

How could Ukraine's government best address the problem of the "Outsiders"?

Create more educational and work opportunities.

Why have some children not been able to finish school in Ukraine in recent years?

Due to financial hardship.

What disease has reached epidemic levels in Ukraine?

HIV/AIDS

Indian McDonald's franchises do not serve:

Hamburgers

Why are HIV survival rates in Ukraine so low?

Lack of funds and medical technology.

Which body of water in Eurasia is the world's largest reserve of freshwater?

Lake Baikal

Which of the following is the primary factor that shapes Eurasia's climate, vegetation, and agriculture?

Latitudinal position

Identify the McDonald's regional menu item that is not properly matched with its location.

McD's D and McRib

What is the name of the structure being built to encase the original concrete sarcophagus containing Chernobyl Reactor £4?

New Safe Confinement

What city near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was completely evacuated following the nuclear disaster and remains a ghost town today?

Pripyat

In which region of Eurasia is permafrost a natural occurrence?

Siberia

Which of the following statements is not accurate?

Surface water is still present in the vicinity of Pripyat.

Which of the following statements is least accurate in reference to population distribution in the Russian Domain?

The higher density population corridor is generally located in a band between 50° and 60° north latitude.

Regarding sea ice extent from the period 1979 to 2008, which of the following statements is least accurate?

The year of minimum sea ice extent in the data set is 2007.

Concerning the road network of Moscow, which of the following statements is most accurate?

There are many highways, but none with cloverleaf-style interchanges.

Regarding the mikrorayons 1 urban landscape, which of the following statements is not accurate?

These are large parking lots to accommodate multiple-vehicle families living in the apartments.

Why is life so difficult for many children in the former Soviet Union?

They have no sense of belonging.

Studying the scenes contained in the Urban landscapes folder reveals that there is a Russian Orthodox church in:

Vienna, Austria.

Based on information gleaned from the Google video on Vladivostok, which of the following statements is not accurate?

Vladivostok is the site of Russia's defeat of Japan.

Based upon your analysis of total fertility rates and the rates of natural increase in 2008, which of the following statements about the region's countries is most accurate?

Women in Belarus are having the fewest children, but the population is declining most rapidly in Ukraine.

Which of the following features is visible at the mikrorayons 2 placemark that is more similar to what one might see in a North American urban landscape?

a trend toward the abandonment of mass transit alternatives, evidenced by the lack of a rail station

Under Soviet rule, where did many young people learn about the benefits of the communist system?

at pioneer camps

What type of government did the Soviet Union have until the early 1990s?

communist

Which of the following has not been an environmental issue in Eurasia?

desertification in Siberia

What is the purpose of Ukraine's youth volunteer movement?

encouraging personal and team development, as well as social service

Why is the HIV/AIDS rate so high in Ukraine?

intravenous drug use

Where did the former Soviet Union dump its nuclear wastes?

off the northern island of Novaya Zemlya, in the Barents Sea

The distinctive architectural feature associated with Russian Orthodox churches is the:

onion dome.

The manufacturing core of Eurasia is largely located in

the western third of Russia

What was one effect of the collapse of the Soviet Union?

widened gap between "haves" and "have-nots"