World Regional Geography

1. Moscow's location near the headwaters of north- and south-flowing rivers and in the forests helped to make it the center of Muscovy.

True

False

2. Soviet planners often located industrial centers for political rather than economic reasons.

True

False

3. The collision of tectonic plates created high mountains and deep lakes.

True

False

4. Many of the ethnic conflicts in Central Asia are the result of Soviet policies.

True

False

5. Perestroika, or restructuring, under Gorbachev resulted in an economic crisis.

True

False

6. Collectivization attempted to make farmers like factory workers.

True

False

7. Moldova has not seen a sharp population decline because it is primarily agricultural.

True

False

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9. After 1991, public institutions and welfare support systems were the main losers.

True

False

10. Moldova has not seen a sharp population decline because it is primarily agricultural.

True

False

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13. Which of the following statements about environmental conditions in Russia is true?

The emphasis on heavy industry laid waste to vast areas.

The Chernobyl accident was the only incidence of radioactive pollution.

The Black Sea was unaffected by Soviet industrial development.

The Aral Sea is larger now than it was before the Communists came to power.

14. The city with the most polluted environment in Russia is...

Norilsk

Moscow

St. Petersburg

15. What was different about the Russian Empire from other European empires?

It contained land in the Americas

It was mainly composed of adjacent land, while other empires were separated from the ruling country by oceans.

It contained only people of a single language and ethnic group

It was formed in the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

16. The largest Central Asian country in area is

Kazakhstan

Kyrgystan

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

17. The czar who began the Westernization of Russia was Ivan the Terrible.

True

False

18. Massacres of Armenians were carried out in the late 1800s and early 1900s by

The Soviet government

The Ottoman government

The Assyrian empire

The Roman empire

19. Which of the following is a Southern Caucasus country in the CIS?

Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

20. Lenis formed the Soviet Union in what year?

1922

1919

1921

1924

21. Under central planning, how are decisions regarding production made?

Supply and demand

Profit potential

Government decree

Factory workers' experience

22. In what year did the Slavic countries become independent?

1990

1994

1991

1996

23. Which of the following is not true about Russia's role in the world?

It is a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations.

It has a strong capitalist economy.

It regular attends meetings of the Group of 8 (G8) informal consultative body on the world's economy.

It is a nuclear power.

24. The leader under whom the Soviet Union was organized in 1922 was

Joseph Stalin

Adolph Hitler

Vladimir I. Lenin

Czar Nicholas I

25. The river routeway that brought the Vikings (Varangians) to Russia was the

The Yenessey

The Dnieper

The Ob

The Volga

26. The greatest cluster of people in Russia lives in

Siberia

The steppes

The far north

Western Russia

27. The heartland of Russia is

Siberia

The North Caucasus

West of the Urals

The lowlands around the Caspian Sea

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29. The main problem in exploiting the oil around the Caspian Sea is drilling for it.

True

False

30. An unusual feature of the Russian population compared to other regions is that

Birth rates are rising

Birth rates are very high

Population is rising rapidly

Death rates are rising after having fallen

31. Mikhail Gorbachev highlighted the concept of glasnost, which means

Economic restructuring

Agricultural reclamation

Military strength

Informational openness

32. The rivers of Siberia are heavily used for transportation and hydroelectricity generation.

True

False

33. The first Russian Empire and the Soviet Union built manufacturing industries around consumer markets.

True

False

34. The most productive farming regions in the Slavic countries are in

Siberia

The central part, north of Central Asia

In the North, near the border with Finland

Western Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova

35. The most populous and dominant country in Central Asia is

Turkmenistan

Kyrgystan

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

36. In 1988 Gorbachev began reforming agriculture in the Soviet Union by

Instituting American-style agribusiness

Setting up Chinese-style communes

Permitting individuals and cooperatives to lease land

Increasing the number of collective farms

37. Which mountain range blocks the artic air from Georgia & Azer so it is warmer in those places?

Ural Mountains

Siberian Mnts

Caucasus Mnts

Russian Mnts

38. The part of Russia that is one of the most ethnically and linguistically complex in the world is

North European and Middle Volga

Siberia and the Far East

North Caucasus

Territories of the Far North

39. The South Caucasus country that will probably become a major oil producer for the world is

Georgia

Armenia

Osstia

Azerbaijan

40. The Southern Caucasus lies at the ancient contact zone between the Turkish, Persian, and Roman empires.

True

False

41. The five countries of Central Asia were once part of

Mesotamia

The Roman Empires

Turkestan

China

42. Which of the following statements about Communism is true?

By the end of the 1950s, the Soviet Union had caught up with the West in technological innovation.

Technological innovation was used to raise worker productivity.

By becoming a closed society, the Soviet Union hid many weaknesses from the world.

There was incentive to conserve natural resources.

43. The last country to join the Commonweath of Independent States was

Kazakhstan

Russia

Armenia

Georgia

44. In the 700s and 800s A.D., the great center of learning of Bukhoro (Bukhara) benefited from its location on

An Interstate highway

The Volga River

The ocean

The Great Silk Road

45. Zoroastrianism originated in

Armenia

Russia

Georgia

Azerbaijan

46. 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

North Caucasus

North European and Middle Volga

Siberia and the Far East

Territories of the Far North

47. Woman dominate the population of Russia because of

The birth of far more girls than boys

Out-migration of men

Male infanticide

War deaths and persecutions under Stalin

48. The focal point of the earliest Russian culture was centered around Slavic principalities in the area of which two modern cities?

Stalingrad and Leningrad

Vladivostok and Irkutsk

Moscow and St. Petersburg

Novgorod and Kiev

World Regional Geography

1. Moscow's location near the headwaters of north- and south-flowing rivers and in the forests helped to make it the center of Muscovy.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Soviet planners often located industrial centers for political rather than economic reasons.

3. The collision of tectonic plates created high mountains and deep lakes.

4. Many of the ethnic conflicts in Central Asia are the result of Soviet policies.

5. Perestroika, or restructuring, under Gorbachev resulted in an economic crisis.

6. Collectivization attempted to make farmers like factory workers.

7. Moldova has not seen a sharp population decline because it is primarily agricultural.

8. Nikita Khrushchev's campaign to open new lands to farming was called the_________ _________ ____________.

9. After 1991, public institutions and welfare support systems were the main losers.

10. Moldova has not seen a sharp population decline because it is primarily agricultural.

11. Climates that are far from major bodies of water are affected by _____________.

12. 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.

13. Which of the following statements about environmental conditions in Russia is true?

14. The city with the most polluted environment in Russia is...

15. What was different about the Russian Empire from other European empires?

16. The largest Central Asian country in area is

17. The czar who began the Westernization of Russia was Ivan the Terrible.

18. Massacres of Armenians were carried out in the late 1800s and early 1900s by

19. Which of the following is a Southern Caucasus country in the CIS?

20. Lenis formed the Soviet Union in what year?

21. Under central planning, how are decisions regarding production made?

22. In what year did the Slavic countries become independent?

23. Which of the following is not true about Russia's role in the world?

24. The leader under whom the Soviet Union was organized in 1922 was

25. The river routeway that brought the Vikings (Varangians) to Russia was the

26. The greatest cluster of people in Russia lives in

27. The heartland of Russia is

28. An autonomous Armenian territory within Azerbaijan is?

29. The main problem in exploiting the oil around the Caspian Sea is drilling for it.

30. An unusual feature of the Russian population compared to other regions is that

31. Mikhail Gorbachev highlighted the concept of glasnost, which means

32. The rivers of Siberia are heavily used for transportation and hydroelectricity generation.

33. The first Russian Empire and the Soviet Union built manufacturing industries around consumer markets.

34. The most productive farming regions in the Slavic countries are in

35. The most populous and dominant country in Central Asia is

36. In 1988 Gorbachev began reforming agriculture in the Soviet Union by

37. Which mountain range blocks the artic air from Georgia & Azer so it is warmer in those places?

38. The part of Russia that is one of the most ethnically and linguistically complex in the world is

39. The South Caucasus country that will probably become a major oil producer for the world is

40. The Southern Caucasus lies at the ancient contact zone between the Turkish, Persian, and Roman empires.

41. The five countries of Central Asia were once part of

42. Which of the following statements about Communism is true?

43. The last country to join the Commonweath of Independent States was

44. In the 700s and 800s A.D., the great center of learning of Bukhoro (Bukhara) benefited from its location on

45. Zoroastrianism originated in

46. 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

47. Woman dominate the population of Russia because of

48. The focal point of the earliest Russian culture was centered around Slavic principalities in the area of which two modern cities?

8. Nikita Khrushchev's campaign to open new lands to farming was called the_____ _ ________.