Question 1

Russia's level of urbanization today is greater than that of Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Russia's railroad network radiates outward from Moscow,thereby providing the city with a high degree of ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  inaccessibility 
B)  centrality 
C)  diversity 
D)  continentality 
E)  complementarity 
A)  inaccessibility 
B)  centrality 
C)  diversity 
D)  continentality 
E)  complementarity B

Question 3

Most of the population of Russia is found in the ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  western part of the country 
B)  Pacific coastal zone 
C)  southern tier of the country 
D)  zone of C climates 
E)  area just south of the Ural Mountains 
A)  western part of the country 
B)  Pacific coastal zone 
C)  southern tier of the country 
D)  zone of C climates 
E)  area just south of the Ural Mountains A

Question 4

According to figure 5-7 which ethnic group is most heavily concentrated around Lake Baykal:

Accepted Answer

A)  Armenian 
B)  Buryat 
C)  Caucasus 
D)  Kalmyk 
E)  Turkic 
A)  Armenian 
B)  Buryat 
C)  Caucasus 
D)  Kalmyk 
E)  Turkic

Question 5

What was a prime motivation for Russia's colonial expansion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  access to mineral wealth 
B)  access to warm-water ports 
C)  access to trade routes with China and Japan. 
D)  access to the commercial wealth of Western Europe. 
E)  access to the Western Hemisphere. 
A)  access to mineral wealth 
B)  access to warm-water ports 
C)  access to trade routes with China and Japan. 
D)  access to the commercial wealth of Western Europe. 
E)  access to the Western Hemisphere.

Question 6

Which region is not part of the territory of the Russian Federation?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Russian Core 
B)  the Southeastern Frontier 
C)  Siberia 
D)  the Far East 
E)  Transcaucasia 
A)  the Russian Core 
B)  the Southeastern Frontier 
C)  Siberia 
D)  the Far East 
E)  Transcaucasia

Question 7

Russia is about twice as large as Canada in area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Moscow lies at the heart of Russia's Central Industrial Region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The former Soviet Union dissolved in ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  1917 
B)  1923 
C)  1945 
D)  1989 
E)  1991 
A)  1917 
B)  1923 
C)  1945 
D)  1989 
E)  1991

Question 10

St.Petersburg _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  lies on the doorstep of Siberia, a binding force between the eastern and western halves of Russia 
B)  was always a competitor for Moscow but did not become the capital of Russia until the 1917 Revolution 
C)  was formerly called Leningrad 
D)  lies at the head of the Sea of Okhotsk 
E)  has always been the country's most important Black Sea port 
A)  lies on the doorstep of Siberia, a binding force between the eastern and western halves of Russia 
B)  was always a competitor for Moscow but did not become the capital of Russia until the 1917 Revolution 
C)  was formerly called Leningrad 
D)  lies at the head of the Sea of Okhotsk 
E)  has always been the country's most important Black Sea port

Question 11

This former Soviet Socialist Republic borders Turkey and remains in conflict with an oil-rich neighboring state over its exclave of Nagorno-Karabakh:

Accepted Answer

A)  Greece 
B)  Azerbaijan 
C)  Georgia 
D)  Armenia 
E)  Turkmenistan 
A)  Greece 
B)  Azerbaijan 
C)  Georgia 
D)  Armenia 
E)  Turkmenistan

Question 12

The coniferous forest vegetation found to the south of the tundra is known as: _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  taiga 
B)  Mediterranean 
C)  permafrost 
D)  tundra 
E)  steppe 
A)  taiga 
B)  Mediterranean 
C)  permafrost 
D)  tundra 
E)  steppe

Question 13

The so-called "Mississippi of Russia," and its most important navigable river,is the ___________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The so-called "Mississippi of Russia," and its...

Question 14

The _____ Mountains lie in the corridor between the Black and Caspian seas.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ural 
B)  Central Asian 
C)  Crimean 
D)  Siberian 
E)  Caucasus 
A)  Ural 
B)  Central Asian 
C)  Crimean 
D)  Siberian 
E)  Caucasus

Question 15

Under the Soviet economic system,assignment by Moscow,rather than market forces,controlled the development of local areas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The vegetation that dominates a high-latitude treeless plain (mostly mosses,lichens,and sparse grasses)is known as _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  tundra 
B)  oligarctic biomass 
C)  permafrost 
D)  taiga 
E)  steppe 
A)  tundra 
B)  oligarctic biomass 
C)  permafrost 
D)  taiga 
E)  steppe

Question 17

__________ was responsible for building a new Russian capital on the Gulf of Finland during the eighteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A)  Catherine the Great 
B)  Peter the Great 
C)  Ivan the Terrible 
D)  Vladimir Rasputin 
E)  Vladimir Lenin 
A)  Catherine the Great 
B)  Peter the Great 
C)  Ivan the Terrible 
D)  Vladimir Rasputin 
E)  Vladimir Lenin

Question 18

The Urals are Russia's tallest,most dominant mountain range.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Russia's core area ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  includes the great cities of the Far East 
B)  centers on St. Petersburg and includes such urban places as Vladivostok and Kiev 
C)  incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow 
D)  has now shifted eastward into Siberia beyond the Urals 
E)  extends into recently absorbed Eastern Europe and now includes Poland and Hungary 
A)  includes the great cities of the Far East 
B)  centers on St. Petersburg and includes such urban places as Vladivostok and Kiev 
C)  incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow 
D)  has now shifted eastward into Siberia beyond the Urals 
E)  extends into recently absorbed Eastern Europe and now includes Poland and Hungary

Question 20

Moscow has continually served as the Russian/Soviet/Russian capital city since the rule of Peter the Great.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Russia's level of urbanization today is greater than that of Europe.

Russia's railroad network radiates outward from Moscow,thereby providing the city with a high degree of ___________.

Most of the population of Russia is found in the ______________.

According to figure 5-7 which ethnic group is most heavily concentrated around Lake Baykal:

What was a prime motivation for Russia's colonial expansion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Which region is not part of the territory of the Russian Federation?

Russia is about twice as large as Canada in area.

Moscow lies at the heart of Russia's Central Industrial Region.

The former Soviet Union dissolved in ______.

St.Petersburg _______________.

This former Soviet Socialist Republic borders Turkey and remains in conflict with an oil-rich neighboring state over its exclave of Nagorno-Karabakh:

The coniferous forest vegetation found to the south of the tundra is known as: _________________.

The so-called "Mississippi of Russia," and its most important navigable river,is the ___________.

The _____ Mountains lie in the corridor between the Black and Caspian seas.

Under the Soviet economic system,assignment by Moscow,rather than market forces,controlled the development of local areas.

The vegetation that dominates a high-latitude treeless plain (mostly mosses,lichens,and sparse grasses)is known as _______________.

__________ was responsible for building a new Russian capital on the Gulf of Finland during the eighteenth century.

The Urals are Russia's tallest,most dominant mountain range.

Russia's core area ____________.

Moscow has continually served as the Russian/Soviet/Russian capital city since the rule of Peter the Great.

Introduction

The North American Realm

The Middle American Realm

The South American Realm

The European Realm

The North African-Southwest Asian Realm

The Subsaharan African Realm

The South Asian Realm

The East Asian Realm

The Southeast Asian Realm

The Austral Realm

Pacific Realm and Polar Futures

Filters

Exam 6: The Russia-Central Asia Realm

Russia's level of urbanization today is greater than that of Europe.

Russia's railroad network radiates outward from Moscow,thereby providing the city with a high degree of ___________.

Most of the population of Russia is found in the ______________.

According to figure 5-7 which ethnic group is most heavily concentrated around Lake Baykal:

What was a prime motivation for Russia's colonial expansion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Which region is not part of the territory of the Russian Federation?

Russia is about twice as large as Canada in area.

Moscow lies at the heart of Russia's Central Industrial Region.

The former Soviet Union dissolved in ______.

St.Petersburg _______________.

This former Soviet Socialist Republic borders Turkey and remains in conflict with an oil-rich neighboring state over its exclave of Nagorno-Karabakh:

The coniferous forest vegetation found to the south of the tundra is known as: _________________.

The so-called "Mississippi of Russia," and its most important navigable river,is the ___________.

The _____ Mountains lie in the corridor between the Black and Caspian seas.

Under the Soviet economic system,assignment by Moscow,rather than market forces,controlled the development of local areas.

The vegetation that dominates a high-latitude treeless plain (mostly mosses,lichens,and sparse grasses)is known as _______________.

__________ was responsible for building a new Russian capital on the Gulf of Finland during the eighteenth century.

The Urals are Russia's tallest,most dominant mountain range.

Russia's core area ____________.

Moscow has continually served as the Russian/Soviet/Russian capital city since the rule of Peter the Great.

Introduction

The North American Realm

The Middle American Realm

The South American Realm

The European Realm

The North African-Southwest Asian Realm

The Subsaharan African Realm

The South Asian Realm

The East Asian Realm

The Southeast Asian Realm

The Austral Realm

Pacific Realm and Polar Futures

Filters