Social Studies lesson 1 unit 6 (The Largest Country)

23) ACTIVITY - The Arctic Circle What is the latitude of the Arctic Circle? 66° 32´ S 32° 66´ S ✓ 66° 32´ N 32° 66´ N

66° 32´ N

10) At over 5,300 feet deep, Lake __________ is the deepest lake in the world. Ural Baikal Ob Volga

Baikal

12) Russia's easternmost point ends at the __________. Ural Strait Bering Strait Volga Strait Kamchatka Strait

Bering Strait

18) The __________ are a rugged land of mountains, tundra, and taiga. Russian Plain West Siberian Plain East Siberian Uplands Central Siberian Plateau

East Siberian Uplands

Got this wrong 17) Most of the __________ is a vast expanse of taiga. East Siberian Uplands West Siberian Plain Russian Plain Central Siberian Plateau

I don't know

11) Mount Klyuchevskaya is one of 160 volcanoes on the __________ Peninsula. Volga Ural Baikal Kamchatka

Kamchatka

4) __________ is Russia's capital and largest city. Saint Petersburg Murmansk Volgograd Moscow

Moscow

8) The __________ River is Russia's longest river. Volga Ob Kremlin Ural

Ob

19) Why were price controls a bad idea under Russia's communist economy? Price controls led to increased demand. Customers often had to wait in line in hopes of getting some of the scarce goods. Price controls led to decreased supply. Customers often did not have to wait in line. Price controls led to decreased demand. Customers often had to wait in line in hopes of getting some of the scarce goods. Price controls led to increased supply. Customers often had to wait in line in hopes of getting some of the scarce goods.

Price controls led to increased demand. Customers often had to wait in line in hopes of getting some of the scarce goods.

15) The __________ is home to about 75% of Russians. Central Siberian Plateau West Siberian Plain Russian Plain East Siberian Uplands

Russian Plain

5) __________ is a port city on the Baltic Sea. Saint Petersburg Murmansk Moscow Volgograd

Saint Petersburg

What causes the long days and nights above the Arctic Circle? The tilt of the moon's axis accounts for the long days and nights. The tilt of the sun's axis accounts for the long days and nights. The tilt of Mars' axis accounts for the long days and nights. The tilt of the earth's axis accounts for the long days and nights.

The tilt of the earth's axis accounts for the long days and nights.

14) Today the __________ Railway connects Moscow with Vladivostok. Trans-Siberian Transcontinental Soviet Siberian

Trans-Siberian

7) The __________ Mountains separate Europe and Asia. Caspian Volga Ural Kremlin

Ural

6) The __________ River is Europe's (but not Russia's) longest river. Ob Volga Kremlin Ural

Volga

16) Novosibirsk, Siberia's largest city, is in the __________. West Siberian Plain Central Siberian Plateau Russian Plain East Siberian Uplands

West Siberian Plain

9) Russia's national symbol, the __________, is found in the taiga. polar black bear grizzly bear brown bear

brown bear

13) For most of the 20th century, the Russian government controlled all aspects of the __________. economy military education system space program

economy

3) Russia is almost __________ the size of the world's second-largest country, Canada. ten times three times two times five times

two times