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1
What is the World’s deepest freshwater lake?
Lake Victoria
Lake Baikal
Lake Ladoga
Lake Onega
2
These were the first two countries to separate from Yugoslavia.
Bosnia and Serbia
Slovenia and Croatia
Germany and Hungary
Serbia and Kosovo
3
What does U.S.S.R. stand for?
United Socialists Soviets Rearmed
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
United States of Soviet Resistance
Union of Soviet Soldiers Republic
4
Who was the first leader of the U.S.S.R?
Karl Marx
Nicholas Romanov II
Vladimir Lenin
Adolf Hitler
5
Which of the following republics/provinces was NOT part of Yugoslavia?
Croatia
Moldova
Vojvodina
Kosovo
6
To travel from Russia to Europe, which direction would you travel?
North
East
West
South
7
What is the longest river in Europe?
A. Volga River
A. Rhine River
A. Loire River
A. Danube River
8
The European part of Russia is separated by the Asian part of Russia by the ____.
Black Sea
Ural Mountains
Caspian Sea
Himalayan Mountains
9
Who were the Bolsheviks?
Radical Russian Communist revolutionaries
Members of the Duma (Russia's Parliament)
Radical Russian Capitalist revolutionaries
Soldiers in the White Army
10
Which peninsula is circled in WHITE?
The Italian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula
The Balkan Peninsula
The Jutland Peninsula
11
What was the name of the early trade city where the Russian empire first developed?
Vladivostok
Kiev
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
12
Russia is the largest country in the world.
True
False
13
What year did the fighting end in the Bosnian War?
1991
1992
1998
1995
14
The area known as __ occupies 76% of the Russia and it's known for its harsh climate and terrain conditions,
The Urals
Chechnya
St. Petersburg
Siberia
15
What was the name of the agreement that ended the Bosnian War?
Camp David Accords
Dayton Agreement
Final Articles Revision Convention
Treaty of Versailles
16
These were the first two countries to separate from Yugoslavia.
Serbia and Kosovo
Bosnia and Serbia
Slovenia and Croatia
Germany and Hungary
17
The republics that made up Yugoslavia had their borders drawn based on ethnic lines.
False
True
18
A system that uses a command economy, a single political party system, and a philosophy of equal sharing.
Antisocialism
Communism
Capitalism
Imperialism
19
The thick subsurface layer of soil that stays frozen. throughout the year, is called.
permafrost
coniferous
boughton clay
frozen silt
20
One of the reasons Russia is so cold is
Its location in the extreme southern longitude
Its location in the extreme northern latitudes
Its location in the extreme southern latitudes
Its location in the extreme northern longitude
21
The physical feature circled in WHITE is the
Jutland Plain
Hungarian Plain
Scandinavian Plain
Northern European Plain
22
What is the name given to a leader of Imperial Russia?
Tsar
Emperor
Caesar
King
23
How many were killed during the Bosnian war?
10,100
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
24
A region where political alliances are constantly splintering and fracturing based on ethnicity
Genocide
Ethnic Cleansing
Cold war
Shatter belt
25
What day marks Russian Independence Day?
April 10
August 18
June 12
January 15
26
Most of Russia's population lives in the ___ part of the country.
East
South
North
West
27
_________ is an ethnic group that includes Poles. Serbs, Ukrainians, and other Eastern Europeans.
A. Slavs
A. Asian
A. African
A. Indian
28
Settlers in Siberia have adapted to which environmental factor in the region?
Permafrost Land
High Levels of Humidity
Constant Seismic Activity
Extreme Poverty
29
The division of a region into smaller regions
Uprising
Permafrost
Balkanization
Reclamation
30
Russia gains access to the Mediterranean Sea through....
the Caspian Sea
the Black Sea
the White Sea
the Aral Sea
31
The physical feature circled in RED is the
Hungarian Plain
Northern European Plain
Scandinavian Plain
Jutland Plain
32
Which of the following helped start World War 1?
None of the above
Hitler started World War
In 1914 an Austrian assassinated the heir to the Serbian throne
In 1914 a Serbian assassinated the heir to the Austrio-Hungarian throne
33
How many republics were in Yugoslavia
6
3
5
4
34
What major empires ruled parts of Eastern Europe?
The Roman Empire
all of the above
The Byzantine Empire
the Ottoman Empire
35
Which ideology drove countries to separate from the former Yugoslavia?
Imperialism
Nationalism
Communism
Capitalism
36
What religions are found in Eastern Europe?
Protestantism Christianity
Islam and Judaism
Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
All of the above
37
Which of the following best describes the European Mediterranean climate?
monsoon-laden summers; arctic winters
wet summers; dry winters
warm, dry summers; rainy, mild winters
blistering summers; freezing winters
38
1. Sea trade routes to Russia are difficult because...
many of its ports are frozen for part of the year
it doesn't have any ships for trading
it has nothing to offer other nations in trade
it has no coastline
39
The mountains in Purple are
The Alps
The Pyrenees
The Carpathian Mountains
The Apennines
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What is a cultural crossroad?
a place where various cultures cross paths
a place where cultures die out
a place where cultures are created
A. all of the above
