Cultural Geography Chapter 11 Review

The Soviets were poor stewards of their environmental resources.

Most Russians live around Moscow and Murmansk.

What is C?

Boris Yeltsin’s successor, _?_, increased the executive powers & moved Russia back toward a more centralized government

What is the longest river in Europe?

Gorbachev formed the CIS to retain economic ties among former Soviet states.

What does the term "perestroika" mean?

Putin increased his presidential power and began centralizing Russian government.

Asian Russia comprises all of the country east of the Ural Mountains.

Which part of Russia lies along the Pacific Rim and has been shaped by volcanic activity?

Which of the following beliefs of the Eastern Orthodox church is unbiblical?

After the leader of the 1917 revolution died, who became the dictator of Russia?

In which region of Russia does massive logging expeditions occur?

The rich soil of Russia’s European Plain region is known as chernozem.

What is I?

In 2005 who gained the authority to appoint the governors for each of the oblasts in lieu of elections?

The Russian policy of perestroika brought more free-market policies and some private ownership of property.

What name describes the largest continuous forest on earth?

What is D?

What is the dominant religion in Russia?

What is B?

The Caucasus Mountains divide Russia from Asia between the Baltic Sea and the Caspian Sea.

Which region of Russia lies west of the Ural Mountains?

Mount ______ is a high mountain located in Russia.

Despite the best attempts of Gorbachev to improve life for Russians in the USSR, what did many of the people desire?

What is A?

Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917?

What does "glasnost" mean?

What title refers to the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1917?

What was the name of the post–World War II period of tension between Russia and America?

What is the Russian political unit similar to a state or province?

Moscow is warmer than most capitals in EUR because its distance from the ocean prevents the influence that oceans give

What name did Russia and the other former Soviet republics assume after the fall of communism?

Which moutain range divides European Russia from Asian Russia?

Most modern Russians are descendants of which group?

Under which Czar during World War I did Russia experienced humiliating defeats?

What is another name for Russia and its satellite states during the period of Communist rule?

Which railroad links Russia's European and Pacific ports?

What is the legislative branch of Russia’s national government?

What is H?

Which was formed by landform activity where tectonic plates are slowly separating?

Since there are no vice presidents, what is Russia's second-in-command called?

Russia’s Lake Baikal provides access to the ocean and year-round world trade.

Who created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?

Centuries of abusive rule under the Russian monarchs contributed to the Russian Revolution in which year?

Russia is bordered by 14 countries

Who was the Russian ruler who was responsible for reforms that led eventually to the fall of the Soviet Empire?

What term is used to refer to the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1917?

What is arguably Russia's greatest obstacle?

What is G?

What is E?

Russia is NOT the largest country in the world by area.

What is F?

Asian Russia is sparsely populated and has few large population centers.

Perestroika, or the restructuring of the Soviet system, strengthened communism in Russia.

In which Russian city in the east does the Trans-Siberian Railroad terminate?