The World and Its People, Florida Edition

Chapter 14: Russia's Landscape and History

Russia's Landscape and History

1
Which landform marks the boundary between Europe and Asia?
A)Caucasus Mountains
B)Volga River
C)Caspian Sea
D)Ural Mountains

2
What percentage of Russia's people live on the North European Plain?
A)25 percent
B)50 percent
C)75 percent
D)90 percent

3
The Asian part of Russia is known as _____
A)Siberia.
B)Kamchatka.
C)the tundra.
D)Mongolia.

4
Forty percent of Russia's land is _____
A)permafrost.
B)desert.
C)steppe.
D)swampy.

5
Huge, subarctic evergreen forests are known as _____
A)tundra.
B)steppe.
C)taiga.
D)permafrost.

6
In the late 1400s, Ivan III made Muscovy stronger when he drove out the _____
A)Slavs.
B)Communists.
C)Mongols.
D)Kievans.

7
Which ruler tried to make Russia more like Europe?
A)Ivan IV
B)Ivan the Terrible
C)Michael Romanov
D)Peter the Great

8
Who led the Russian Revolution in 1917?
A)Vladimir Lenin
B)Joseph Stalin
C)Mikhail Gorbachev
D)Karl Marx

9
The Soviet leader who was in power during World War II was _____
A)Nicholas II.
B)Boris Yeltsin.
C)Joseph Stalin.
D)Mikhail Gorbachev.

10
Russia's economy has moved from communism to a _____
A)command system.
B)glasnost system.
C)five-year plan.
D)free enterprise system.
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