World Regional Geography
52 Questions I 228 Attempts I Created By breevarley 1710 days agoWorld Regional Geography
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| Q.1) | The city with the most polluted environment in Russia is... |
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| Q.2) | The main problem in exploiting the oil around the Caspian Sea is drilling for it. |
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| Q.3) | The Russian region that is rich in resources and was the destination of many Russian people during Soviet times so that the local ethnic groups were outnumbered is |
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| Q.4) | The czar who began the Westernization of Russia was Ivan the Terrible. |
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| Q.5) | After 1991, public institutions and welfare support systems were the main losers. |
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| Q.6) | Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan constituted a major industrial area under the Soviets. |
| Q.7) | Moscow's location near the headwaters of north- and south-flowing rivers and in the forests helped to make it the center of Muscovy. |
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| Q.8) | The part of Russia that is one of the most ethnically and linguistically complex in the world is |
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| Q.9) | Moldova has not seen a sharp population decline because it is primarily agricultural. |
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| Q.10) | Which of the following is a Southern Caucasus country in the CIS? |
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| Q.11) | The largest Central Asian country in area is |
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| Q.12) | The collision of tectonic plates created high mountains and deep lakes. |
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| Q.13) | What was different about the Russian Empire from other European empires? |
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| Q.14) | The heartland of Russia is |
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| Q.15) | Zoroastrianism originated in |
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| Q.16) | In the country of ____________ the government decided to move its capital to the northern, Russian-dominated part of the country and renamed the chosen city Astana. |
| Q.17) | Nikita Khrushchev's campaign to open new lands to farming was called the_________ _________ ____________. |
| Q.18) | Collectivization attempted to make farmers like factory workers. |
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| Q.19) | The first Russian Empire and the Soviet Union built manufacturing industries around consumer markets. |
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| Q.20) | Under central planning, how are decisions regarding production made? |
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| Q.21) | Soviet planners often located industrial centers for political rather than economic reasons. |
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| Q.22) | Internal boundaries in Russia are drawn so that each ethnic group has its own political unit. |
| Q.23) | The greatest cluster of people in Russia lives in |
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| Q.24) | The most productive farming regions in the Slavic countries are in |
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| Q.25) | The most populous and dominant country in Central Asia is |
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| Q.26) | Perestroika, or restructuring, under Gorbachev resulted in an economic crisis. |
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| Q.27) | Mikhail Gorbachev highlighted the concept of glasnost, which means |
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| Q.28) | Which of the following statements about environmental conditions in Russia is true? |
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| Q.29) | The rivers of Siberia are heavily used for transportation and hydroelectricity generation. |
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| Q.30) | The Southern Caucasus lies at the ancient contact zone between the Turkish, Persian, and Roman empires. |
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| Q.31) | Moldova has not seen a sharp population decline because it is primarily agricultural. |
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| Q.32) | The focal point of the earliest Russian culture was centered around Slavic principalities in the area of which two modern cities? |
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| Q.33) | The last country to join the Commonweath of Independent States was |
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| Q.34) | The leader under whom the Soviet Union was organized in 1922 was |
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| Q.35) | The five countries of Central Asia were once part of |
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| Q.36) | An unusual feature of the Russian population compared to other regions is that |
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| Q.37) | The Mongol state that stretched from Siberia to Central Asia to the steppes was called |
| Q.38) | Woman dominate the population of Russia because of |
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| Q.39) | Which of the following is not true about Russia's role in the world? |
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| Q.40) | Which of the following statements about Communism is true? |
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| Q.41) | In the 700s and 800s A.D., the great center of learning of Bukhoro (Bukhara) benefited from its location on |
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| Q.42) | In 1988 Gorbachev began reforming agriculture in the Soviet Union by |
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| Q.43) | The average total fertility rate needed to maintain a population at its current level is |
| Q.44) | The South Caucasus country that will probably become a major oil producer for the world is |
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| Q.45) | The river routeway that brought the Vikings (Varangians) to Russia was the |
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| Q.46) | Many of the ethnic conflicts in Central Asia are the result of Soviet policies. |
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| Q.47) | Climates that are far from major bodies of water are affected by _____________. |
| Q.48) | Massacres of Armenians were carried out in the late 1800s and early 1900s by |
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| Q.49) | In what year did the Slavic countries become independent? |
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| Q.50) | An autonomous Armenian territory within Azerbaijan is? |
| Q.51) | Lenis formed the Soviet Union in what year? |
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| Q.52) | Which mountain range blocks the artic air from Georgia & Azer so it is warmer in those places? |
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