World Regional Geography

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Collectivization attempted to make farmers like factory workers.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

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.

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.

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

• Norilsk

• Moscow

• St. Petersburg

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.

The largest Central Asian country in area is

• Kazakhstan

• Kyrgystan

• Uzbekistan

• Turkmenistan

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

• True

• False

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

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

• Kazakhstan

• Azerbaijan

• Tajikistan

• Uzbekistan

Lenis formed the Soviet Union in what year?

• 1922

• 1919

• 1921

• 1924

Under central planning, how are decisions regarding production made?

• Supply and demand

• Profit potential

• Government decree

• Factory workers' experience

In what year did the Slavic countries become independent?

• 1990

• 1994

• 1991

• 1996

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

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolph Hitler

• Vladimir I. Lenin

• Czar Nicholas I

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.

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

• The Yenessey

• The Dnieper

• The Ob

• The Volga

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

• True

• False

The heartland of Russia is

• Siberia

• The North Caucasus

• West of the Urals

• The lowlands around the Caspian Sea

The greatest cluster of people in Russia lives in

• Siberia

• The steppes

• The far north

• Western Russia

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

An autonomous Armenian territory within Azerbaijan is?

Mikhail Gorbachev highlighted the concept of glasnost, which means

• Economic restructuring

• Agricultural reclamation

• Military strength

• Informational openness

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

The most populous and dominant country in Central Asia is

• Turkmenistan

• Kyrgystan

• Uzbekistan

• Kazakhstan

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

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

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

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

• True

• False

The five countries of Central Asia were once part of

• Mesotamia

• The Roman Empires

• Turkestan

• China

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

• Georgia

• Armenia

• Osstia

• Azerbaijan

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.

The last country to join the Commonweath of Independent States was

• Kazakhstan

• Russia

• Armenia

• Georgia

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

Zoroastrianism originated in

• Armenia

• Russia

• Georgia

• Azerbaijan

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

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

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