Exam 6: The Russia-Central Asia Realm

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South Ossetia,Abkhazia,and Ajaria are all located in the Transcaucasian country of ___.

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Siberia's importance in Russia is due to its natural resources.

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Russia's mineral wealth has been fully realized in a modern industrial economy that is highly diversified.

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Which of the following cities is the leading oil-producing center in Azerbaijan?

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The post-communist era in Russia is typified by both free-market capitalism and increasingly democratic governance.

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Distance-decay effects are greatest between Moscow and ____________.

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Which three manufacturing regions form the anchors of the Russian core area?

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The great majority of Russia's inhabitants are concentrated to the east of the Ural Mountains.

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In the former USSR,atheism was official policy.

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This former Soviet Socialist Republic contains the oil city of Baki (Baku)and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran.

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The Eastern Frontier's leading industrial region is the ___.

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The region lying south of the Russian border between the Black and the Caspian seas is known as ___.

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Povolzhye is the Russian name for an area that extends along the middle and lower Volga River.

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The term ________ is used to describe an inland climate that is remote from the moderating influences of large water bodies.

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The Volga River is central to which Russian subregion?

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The large city near the southern end of Lake Baykal is Irkutsk.

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Which of the following is NOT found in Russia west of the Urals?

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The massive territorial expansionism we associate with Russia began in the 1920s with the arrival of communism.

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The Ural Mountains,which run north-south across the Russian Republic,are a formidable obstacle to east-west transportation.

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Figure 5-11 shows that the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad is Vladivostok. Figure 5-11 shows that the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad is Vladivostok.

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