Name
Tbe Land
MATCHING: Match each item in Column A with an item in Column B
Write the correct letters in the blanks. (10 points each)
A
B
1. body of water that connects Moscow to the
A. Kanrchatka Peninsula
Caspian Sea
B.
2. area that has more than 100 volcanoes
3. area that
feeds much of Russia
Lake Baikal
C. \-olga River
4. body of water that forms part of the border
between Russia and China
D. \rnur River
5. body of water that contains about 20 percent
E. Black Earth Belt
of the earth's freshwater
MULTIPLE CHOICE: ln each blank on the left, write the letter of
the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
(10 points each)
6. Most of
Russia's coasts lie along waters that
c, are open vcir-round.
a. are tropical.
d. are frozen n-lan\- months a year
b. never freeze at any time of
the year.
7.
The Caspian Sea actually is a
c. large ocean
d. dn'lake.
a. river.
b. lake.
E
8. 'Which of the following are products of
a. rice, bananas, and sugar
b. coffee, tea, and wheat
beets
Russia's ricl'r soil?
c. u,heat. harler-. rye, and oats
d. all of the above
9. Russia is so large that it
a. spans 11 time zones.
b. spans 24 ttme zones.
10.
c. borders eigl-rt other countries.
d. has more than 1,000 ocean pofis.
The
is marked by the Ural Mountains.
c. shift bet$-een Siberia's steppe climate
and the Pacific Ocean
d. place s,here the Baltic and Atlantic
European Russia and Asian Russia Oceans meet
a. traditional boundary between
Russia and China
b. traditional boundarv between
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Tbe Climate and Vegetation
MATCHING: Match each item in Column A with an item in Column B.
Write the correct letters in the blanks. (10 points each)
'1. located in a humid continental climate
A. tundra
2. place known as the "cold pole of the world"
3. climate in which most Russians live
4. dominant climate region in Russia
B. Verkhoyansk
C. subarctic
5. region found mostly north of the Arctic Circle
E. Moscow
D. mid-latitude
MULTIPLE CHOICE: ln each blank on the left, write the letter of
the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
(10 points each)
6. 'lVhat is the tundra?
a. a Yast, treeless plain
c. paft of the border between Russia
and Europe
d. a fertile plain that is excellent for
growing wheat
b. a well-traveled waterway
7. During
\7or1d War II the Germans were
a. able to govern Russia for five
c. forced back by the Russian military
years.
and the heavy rains.
b. victorious because of a surprise d. forced back by the Russian military
Russian surrender.
and the harsh winter.
'What
8.
has damaged the steppe ecosystem?
a. undergrazing and an overuse
c. the introduction of new insect species
of fertilizer
and reduced f,arming
b. overgrazing and the introduction
d. the migration of farmers to Russia's
of foreign plants
large cities
9. The vegetation that thrives in the tundra is limited to
a. mosses, barley, wheat, and
b. coniferous trees.
corn.
c. dwarf shrubs, mosses, lichen, potatoes,
and beans.
d. mosses, lichen, a7gae, and dwarf
shrubs.
10. Which statement best helps explain why the Russian climate is so cold?
a. Much of the country lies south
c. Most of the country lies far from
of Norway.
any moderating ocean influence.
b. Most of the country lies close to
d. Much of the country is dark for long
the freezing oceans.
periods of time.
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Pbysical Geograp@) of Russia
Using Key Terms
MATCHING: Match each item in Column A with an item in Column B.
Write the correct letters in the blanks.
'1. largest republic of the former Soviet Union
2. grassland arca
3. permanently frozen subsoil
A. chernozem
4. rich black soil that supports grain production
5, huge area that contains coniferous forests
D. Russia
B.
taig
c. steppe
E.
permafrost
ll. Recalling Facts and ldeas
MULTIPLE CHOICE: ln each blank on the left, write the letter of the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
6. Which statement about fishing in
a. Russia's salmon catch is
decreasing.
b.
All of the fishing industry
depends on sturgeon.
Russia is true?
c. Fishing is important to the economy
despite polluted waterways.
d. Russia's fishing exports double
every year.
7. The Kamchatka Peninsula has
a. many warm freshwater lakes.
b. a large population.
c. more than 100 volcanoes.
d. a rolling, fertile plain.
8. Which statement about the Amur River is accurate?
c. It is a nalnxal boundary between
a. It forms part of the border
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between Russia and China.
b. It is no longer a part of Russia.
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European Russia and Asian Russia.
d. It runs from northern Russia to
southwestern Russia.
9. The Volga River connects Moscow with which body of
a. the Pacific Ocean
b. the Bering Sea
water?
c. the Mediterranean Sea
d. the Caspian Sea
10. Russia has
O
a. large forest lands but not
much petroleum.
b. huge reselves of mineral
fesottrces.
c. small reserves of mineral resources.
d. vast petroleum deposits but few
minerals.
'11. Which statement about the tundra climate region is accurate?
c. it is the cold region that lies across
a. Its lush climate is excellent for
the southern part of Russia.
farmrng.
b.Its average annual temperatufe d. It has completely thawed because
of global warming.
is below freezing.
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Test
12. \\ hat is the Black Earth Belt?
c. an area in which factories are most
a. an area in which the ground is
frozen most of the year
important to the ec()noll'iv
b. a region in which farming is
d. an area of rich soil s'hose farms feed
difficult because of the infertile soil
most of Russia
13. A(n)
a. arctic
b. subarctic
\-_
climate dominates Russia.
c. midlatitude
d. lowJatitude
14. About three quarters of the Russian people live
c. along the Pacific Ocean.
a. on the North European Plain.
b. on the West Siberian Plain.
d. on the South European Plain.
15. Russian coasts lie along the Pacific Ocean,
a. Arctic Ocean, Caspian Sea,
c. Arctic Ocean, Caspian Sea, North Sea,
Black Sea, and Baltic Sea.
and Black Sea.
Arctic
Atlantic
Ocean,
d.
Arctic
b,
Ocean,
Ocean, North Sea, Black Sea,
and Baltic Sea.
Black Sea, and Baltic Sea.
Ill. Critical Thinking Questions
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions on
a separate sheet
of paper.
16. Making Inferences \7hat climate factors
influence how much the Russian economy
can depend on shipping for international
trade?
17. Predicting Consequences \7hy are sturgeon
valuable, and why are they now protected?
If people keep fishing for sturgeon illegally,
what could happen?
lV. Applying Skills
Reading a Chart Use the chart on the right to
answer the following questions on a separate
sheet of paper.
18. In which climate zone would you find large
grasslands? Where is this climate zone
located?
19. Vhich climate zone has between 720 and
250 days of snow cover?
20. \Vhich zone would have light 24 hours a day
r1t sofire times of the vear?
High Latitude Climates
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vast, treeless plain far to the north
average annual temperature below
freezing
continuously dark during part of winter
continuously light during part of summer
shallow acidic soil supports only mosses,
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lichen, algae, dwarf shrubs
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Subarctic
o v€ry cold temperatures
. 120-250 days a year of snow cover
. taiga (coniferous forest)
Mid Latitude Climates
Humid Continental
. most of North European
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Plain
r mixed forest zone
. fertile soil supports coniferous and
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deciduous trees and crops such as wheat
and barley
Steppe
.
.
.
small area between Black and Caspian
Seas, thin band along Russia's border
with Kazakhstan
temperate area with dry summers and
cold, dry winters
fertile soil supports grasslands and
many crops
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