Geography Russia Questions

The treeless plain around the Arctic Ocean, in Russia's north.

taiga
turndra
steppe

The vast area of forest in Russia.

steppe
taiga
tundra

A Russian peasant that is bound to the land.

czar
Bolshevik
serf

The process of selling government-owned businesses to private individuals.

privatization
communism
propaganda

Title for the Russian rulers, prior to the early 1900s.

serf
icon
czar

A government that controls aspects of public and private life.

democracy
totalitarian
constitutional monarchy

Yeltsin's economic plan that made an abrupt shift from a command economy to a market economy.

shock therapy
privatization
cold war

Information that tries to influence opinions.

icon
propaganda
shock therapy

A grassy plain.

steppe
tundra
taiga

The economic system where production of goods and services is decided by supply and demand.

command economy
market economy
privatization

The religious paintings found in Russian Orthodox Churches.

serfs
icons
taiga

Longest river in Europer.

Volga
Danube
Seine

The group of revolutionaries that took control of Russia in 1917.

Republicans
serfs
Bolsheviks

The body of water that contains Russia's busiest port.

Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Lake Baikal

Deepest body of water in Russia is the___ .

Volga River
Lake Baikal
Dniepper River

What separates Asia Russia from European Russia.

Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Ural Mountains

Russia's landform that has about 20 active volcanoes.

Kamchatka Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Ural Mountains

What ruler tried to make Russia more European?

Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Stalin

Author of War and Peace?

Leo Tolstoy
Marc Chagall
Alexander Solzenitsyn

What group wants to separate from Russia?

Belarus
Chechnya
Ukraine

What ruler was a dictator who had millions of enemies executed?

Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Joseph Stalin

Which group first ruled Russia?

Communists
czars
Rus

What is a distinctive architectural feature of many Orthodox churches in Russia?

onion domes
stained-glass
gargoyles

What kind of economy is Russia changing to?

command
market
traditional

Why does European Russia have a larger population than Asian?

more resources
milder climate
longer coastline

What is the Russian alphabet?

cyrillic
roman
Russian

What do the initials U.S.S.R. stand for?

The tense, conflict between Russia and the U.S. after WW II was referred to as the ____

Bolshevik Revolution
World War III
cold war

Why did crime increase in Russia after 1991?

all the police were killed
economic & political changes reduced stability
people were mad about being free

Why did Joseph Stalin execute his enemies?

to restore power to the czar
to tighten his political control
to end a civil war

Which region is the coldest, has the smallest population, and has the most abundant resources in all of Russia?

Chechnya
Turkmenistan
Siberia

Why are so many rivers in Asian Russia useless for transportation?

frozen for much of the year
too polluted to use
too shallow

Why are root vegetables, such as potatoes, beets, and carrots, so popular in Russian cooking?

they love them
it's all they can afford to use
they grow well in the cold climate

Why didn't Catherine the Great free the serfs?

they grew the food to feed Russia
they were too uneducated
they were Mongols

Some geographers refer to the continents of Europe and Asia as ____ ?

What has happened to the powers of the Russian president?

they've been been decreased
they've increased
they got rid of the president

Capital of Russia?

What type of dance is Russia famous for?