U5 Russia and Eurasian Republics Study Guide
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1) What is the significance of the Ural Mountains? (15)
2) Where are the Caucasus Mountains located? (15)
3) What is chernozem? (15)
4) What is the longest river in Europe? (15)
5) What is unique about Lake Baikal? (15)
6) Describe the climate of Siberia. (15)
7) What is continentality? (15)
8) What are the four types of vegetation found in Russia and the Eurasian Republics? (15)
9) How has the Aral Sea been affected by human-environment interaction? (15)
10) Describe permafrost? (15)
11) How large is Russia and the Eurasian Republics? (15)
12) Describe thermal pollution. (15)
13) What is the taiga? (15)
14) What are the causes of the problems with the Aral Sea? (15)
15) What kind of problems have resulted for humans as a result of the pollution of the Aral Sea? (15)
16) In Siberia, how does permafrost affect building construction? (15)
17) What countries make up the Baltic Republics? (15)
18) Which Russian leader ended Mongol rule in Russia? (16)
19) Which event ended the rule of the czars in 1917? (16)
20) Who was the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union, who granted economic and political freedom to the people
of the Soviet Union? (16)
21) What is a command economy? (16)
22) Which region is known as the “Mountain of Language “? (16)
23) What is the Red Army? (16)
24) Why is there controversy concerning whether or not to consider the Caspian Sea as a lake or sea? (16)
25) What is the Silk Road? (16)
26) What are nomads? (16)
27) What are the causes of the regional conflicts in Caucasus? (17)
28) What are the republics in the Caucasus region? (17)
29) Describe the importance of privatization in the process of transitioning from a communist to capitalist economy. (17)
30) What is distance decay? (17)
31) What is Nagorno-Karabakh? (17)