True of False Quiz


1	Automobile manufacturing is one of the most promising areas for foreign investment in Russia.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Urbanization in Central Asia is relatively high.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	The collapse of governments in the communist Soviet bloc of countries between 1989 and 1991 was one of the major turning points in world history.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	Much of the economic geography of past Soviet domination related to internal linkages rather than to the world economic system.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	The Russian Federation is the world's largest country, having nearly twice the area of Canada, the United States, or China.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Transportation connections for Central Asia are well developed.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	The city of Norilsk in western Siberia is considered to have the most polluted environment in Russia.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	Steppe grasslands and the fertile black earth soils extending from southern Poland eastward through the Ukraine into Kazakstan have become one of the world's major arable regions.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	The Commonwealth of Independent States has many powers to deal with issues and problems.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	As in Europe, the early history of this region was dominated by a series of tribal movements.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


11	Progress in the privatization of Russian agriculture has been slow and sometimes unpopular.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


12	Many countries in this region depend heavily on nuclear power.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


13	Scientific research was a major goal under the Soviet Union.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


14	The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 reestablished the Tsar to power.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


15	Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia all have very low levels of economic development.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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