Russia and Its Neighbors (Russia Study Set)
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia
After its collapse, the Soviet Union broke into how many countries?
15
When did the Soviet Union collapse?
1991
In Kazakhstan the city of Aral is about how many miles from Astana?
500 miles
How much of the wheat Russians use is grown in their own country?
96%
What is the national capital of Turkmenistan?
Ashgabat
What is the national capital of Kazakhstan?
Astana
What is Azerbaijan's capital? That is on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
Baku
Why is so much of Russia north of the Arctic Circle so sparsely populated?
Because that part of Russia is very cold.
T/F: Kazakhstan is the largest country of the former Soviet Union.
False
T/F: Mongolia was part of the Soviet Union.
False
T/F: St. Petersburg is the national capital of Russia.
False
What four Asian countries border Russia between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Japan?
Kazakhstan; China; Mongolia; North Korea
The Russian cities of Vorkuta and Norilsk are _____ of the Arctic Circle.
North
What two European countries border Russia between the Baltic Sea and the Barents Sea?
Norway and Finland
In Uzbekistan the city of Samarqand is _________ in size than the city of Tashkent.
Smaller
What is the national capital of Uzbekistan?
Tashkent
What is the national capital of Georgia?
Tbilisi
T/F: Almaty is Kazakhstan's largest city.
True
T/F: Minsk, Belarus, is less than 500 miles from Kiev, Ukraine.
True
T/F: The continental boundary between Europe and Asia crosses Azerbaijan.
True
How many times larger is Russia in land area than the contiguous 48 states? (U.S.A without Hawaii and Alaska)
Two times
What four European countries border Russia between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea?
Ukraine; Belarus; Latvia; Estonia
What country is less than a hundred miles from the northeastern tip of Russia?
United States of America (U.S.A.)
The European part of Russia is separated from the Asian part of Russia by the what mountains?
Ural Mountains
What is the national capital of Armenia?
Yerevan
