Question 1

Muslims in Azerbaijan look across their border with Iraq for support of their cause.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The north-south mountain range in west-central Russia that is falsely regarded as the "boundary" between Europe and Asia is called the Ural Mountains.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Soviet Union consisted of _____________ Soviet Socialist Republics.

Accepted Answer

A)   4
B)   12
C)   15
D)   43
E)   89F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

The majority of Russia falls within the humid cold climate region.In the Köppen-Geiger classification scheme,this is signified by the letter ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   A
B)   B
C)   C
D)   D
E)   EF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 5

Russia's czars first came to power as a result of the Russian Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Russia has never been a colonial power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Baki (Baku)is the leading oil city on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The term Kuzbas is shorthand for the Kuznetsk Basin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The industrial area just to the east of the Kuzbas is centered near __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the Urals
B)   Uzbekistan
C)   Lake Baykal
D)   Baki (Baku) 
E)   VladivostokF) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Czar Peter the Great attempted to turn the city of ________________ into the "Venice of the North".

Accepted Answer

A)   Moscow
B)   Kiev
C)   Amsterdam
D)   St. Petersburg
E)   VladivostokF) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

The territory in dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia is _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Kurdistan
B)   Abkhazia
C)   Ajaria
D)   Nagorno-Karabakh
E)   West OssetiaF) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 12

Persistently frozen ground is known as ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   taiga
B)   an ice sheet
C)   permafrost
D)   tundra
E)   steppeF) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

The Russian Revolution of 1917 ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   saw the czars defeat the communists
B)   ended a long-running civil war
C)   saw the overthrow of the last czar
D)   led to Moscow being renamed Leningrad
E)   made Russia itself a weak, territorially small presence in the new USSRF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

The city of ___________ was formerly known as Stalingrad from 1925-1961.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The city of ___________ was formerly known...

Question 15

Figure 5-15 shows that the Far East's ;argest oil and gas deposits border the _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Kamchatka Peninsula
B)   North Korean corridor near Vladivostok
C)   Amur River
D)   Kurile Islands
E)   Sea of OkhotskF) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 16

Russia's population today is about the same size as that of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The current development of the Russian Far East has benefited significantly from the region's geographic proximity of Japan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St.Petersburg allowed that city to become a(n) __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   interior capital
B)   forward capital
C)   primate city
D)   continental city
E)   Asian gatewayF) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 19

In general,the north and west of Russia are flat,the south and east are mountainous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Murmansk was established as a forward capital on the Barents Sea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: The Russia-Central Asia Realm

Baki (Baku)is the leading oil city on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.

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Russia's czars first came to power as a result of the Russian Revolution.

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Murmansk was established as a forward capital on the Barents Sea.

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The current development of the Russian Far East has benefited significantly from the region's geographic proximity of Japan.

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Russia has never been a colonial power.

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Figure 5-15 shows that the Far East's ;argest oil and gas deposits border the _________________.

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Muslims in Azerbaijan look across their border with Iraq for support of their cause.

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The Russian Revolution of 1917 ________________.

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The north-south mountain range in west-central Russia that is falsely regarded as the "boundary" between Europe and Asia is called the Ural Mountains.

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Czar Peter the Great attempted to turn the city of ________________ into the "Venice of the North".

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Persistently frozen ground is known as ________________.

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The Soviet Union consisted of _____________ Soviet Socialist Republics.

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The city of ___________ was formerly known as Stalingrad from 1925-1961.

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In general,the north and west of Russia are flat,the south and east are mountainous.

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The territory in dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia is _________________.

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The majority of Russia falls within the humid cold climate region.In the Köppen-Geiger classification scheme,this is signified by the letter ______.

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The industrial area just to the east of the Kuzbas is centered near __________.

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The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St.Petersburg allowed that city to become a(n) __________________.

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Russia's population today is about the same size as that of the United States.

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The term Kuzbas is shorthand for the Kuznetsk Basin.

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