geo 7.14 study set luao 8th

Which of the following are true about the climate in Central Asia? (choose all that apply)

The region receives little precipitation. Steppes dominate the landscape in the northern part of the region.

Vladivostok is the largest Russian port city on the Pacific coast

Vladivostok

Which of the following is a major difficulty in the Russian economy?

difficult transportation

Which of the following are major environmental issues in Russia and Central Asia? (choose all that apply)

overfishing deforestation river pollution

In two or three sentences, explain the results of the Muscovy Principality.

The results of the Muscovy Principality was the freedom of the Mongol's control, and started a new era of Russia. Russia also got a lot of territory from this.

In one sentence, explain how Stalin ruled Russia.

He ruled with an iron fist.

Who invaded Russia in the early 1200s and controlled the Russian states indirectly for over two hundred years?

Mongols

A large part of Central Asian culture and a portion of Russian culture is heavily influenced by which two cultures?

Mongols and Turks

Which of the following are rivers in Central Asia? (choose all that apply)

Syr Darya Amu Darya

Which mountain range divides Russia into its western and eastern sections and also serves as a boundary between Europe and Asia?

Ural Mountains

Who believed that communism should be adopted by the entire world and said, "Experience has proved that, on certain very important questions of the proletarian revolution, all countries will inevitably have to do what Russia has done"?

Vladimir Lenin

What area of Russia sprawls eastward from the Ural Mountains and is one of the world's largest areas of flat lands?

West Siberian Plain

What region of Central Asia was used as a testing ground for the nuclear arsenal of the Soviet Union?

deserts

Why has interest increased in investing in Central Asia? (choose all that apply)

its geographical location its natural resource wealth

Southwest and central Russia have vast expanses of unforested flat grasslands called _________.

steppes

A climatic region that has low temperatures and extensive coniferous forests is called a ____________.

taiga

A _________ economy is one in which the government makes all economic decisions.

command

Russia is famous for a set of ornately decorated jeweled eggs called ___________.

faberge eggs

What were camps built in Siberia that were used to punish political dissidents and to extract resources?

gulags

Why did the Aral Sea begin to dry up?

lack of water flow due to irrigation

The peoples of Central Asia descend from ______________.

merchants that traveled the Silk Road

Where are the heaviest populated regions of Russia?

mid-latitude regions

Which of the following was a main characteristic of Soviet rule in Central Asia?

the Soviet government seeking to industrialize and make Central Asia modern

What is the most overriding characteristic of Russian religious life?

the promotion of atheism and repression of religion by the Soviet Union

Which body of water in Central Asia used to be the fourth largest lake in the world but has now shrunk to only a fraction of the size it used to be due to extensive irrigation?

Aral Sea

Which body of water served as Russia's primary access to sea trade early in the nation's history?

Baltic Sea

What region of Russia accounts for most of its agricultural production?

Black Soil Belt

What gas crater in Turkmenistan has been burning since 1971?

Darvaza gas crater

Who became the first Russian czar?

Ivan the Terrible

What Soviet leader decided to relax government control of the economy and allowed for limited market economy?

Mikhail Gorbachev

Which of the following is a reason why most of Russia has cold temperatures?

Much of Russia's territory lies away from the oceans.

Which of the following is true about the apartment complexes built in the Soviet era

Rooms were small and confined.

What is the largest country on Earth by land area?

Russia

What city in Uzbekistan dates back to the eighth century BC and became a center of trade and learning because of its location on the Silk road?

Samarkand

What harsh landscape accounts for two-thirds of Russia's total landmass?

Siberia

"window on Europe."

St. Petersburg

Which of the following is a famous Russian composer?

Tchaikovsky

What railway in Russia, finished in 1916, crosses the entire nation and carries thirty percent of its export goods?

Trans-Siberian Railway

What city is Russia's primary port on the Pacific Ocean?

Vladivostok

What color is closely associated with communism?

red

What two primary crops were grown in Central Asia under Soviet rule but have begun to decline today?

cotton and wheat

The capital of Russia since 1918

Moscow

What leader of the Soviet Union helped to defeat Hitler and brutally repressed his people?

Joseph Stalin

What is the most spoken language in Russia?

Russian

Which river is located in the far eastern portion of Russia and forms a natural border between Russia and China?

Amur River

What power plant was the location for the worst nuclear disaster in history?

Chernobyl

What is the most common religion in Central Asia?

Islam

located on the Ob River

Novosibirsk

What is the largest and most important Siberian river that flows into the Arctic Sea?

Ob River

Which of the following groups conquered or controlled Central Asia at some point in history? (choose all that apply)

Ottoman Turks Arabs Persians

Although Central Asia has a variety of climates, most of the region is covered with _____________.

arid deserts

What form of dance is Russia renowned for?

ballet

An important Russian delicacy is caviar, which is ___________.

salted fish eggs

Which of the following resources can be found in Central Asia? (choose all that apply)

natural gas sulfates

During the early Medieval period, Central Asian architects built which of the following types of buildings that have stood for centuries? (choose all that apply)

minarets, mosques