Russia Test Review

A tent of Central Asia’s nomads

A railroad that would eventually link Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok

Black topsoil, one of the world’s most fertile soils

The name of the Soviet Union’s military

The Silk Road spanned over 10,000 miles?

A silk road is a tent for nomads?

What river forms the border between Russia and China in the far Eastern Region?

Soviet nuclear testing had a major impact on central Asia?

Farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team of laborers were gathered to work together during Joseph Stalin’s reign

Most Russians Orthodox Christianity, which was adapted around the 10^th century?

The revolt of 1917, in which the Russian Communist Party took control of the government from the czars

The Caspian’s Sea classification does not determine who has legal rights to its resources?

Region of Central Russia (Ural Mountains to Pacific Ocean) known mineral resources & being a place of political exile

Mountain ranges that separate the Northern European and West Siberian plains

The countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea

A struggle between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for control of Central Asia in the 19th Century

Georgian term for dinner party

Rainfall not absorbed by soil, which can carry pesticides & fertilizers from fields to rivers, endangering food chain

Region that consist of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia

The 4,000-mile route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, named for the costly silk acquired in China

Person without permanent home; moves according to the season from place to place in search of food, water, grazing land

A region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union, formed in 1922 by the Communists

Transcaucasia has been used as a migration route between Europe and Asia?

What is the largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world?

A nearly continuous belt of evergreen coniferous forests across the Northern Hemisphere, in North America, and Eurasia

A region’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea

What rivers are the major waterways in Siberia?

Economic system where production of goods/services is determined by government, which usually owns means of production

What is the largest country in the world?

Region of Russia known for its extreme cold temperatures, sprawling forests, & vast swaths of uninhabited land

The emperor of Russia prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent creation of the Soviet Union in 1922

The combined continent of Europe and Asia

What is the capital of Russia?