CCARBSEE Flashcard Review

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What is the capital city of Russia?

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Moscow

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What is the main cultural city of Russia? Hint: It used to be called Petrograd.

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St. Petersburg

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What is chernozem?

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Fertile Black Soil found in Ukraine (good for growing wheat)

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What is the taiga?

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Biome with short wet summers and long cold winters and large coniferous forests (Northern Russia)

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What is the steppe?

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A belt of semi-arid grassland in Central Asia (the "stans")

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What fine art is especially popular in Russian culture?

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Ballet Dance

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What physical feature, a high barrier, divides Europe from Asia?

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Ural Mountains

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What direction do most rivers flow in Russia? Hint: Many of these rivers mouths, are the Arctic Ocean

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North

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In 1986, a nuclear power plant, Chernobyl, leaked large amounts of radiation in the Soviet Union. This is an example of: Desertification, Contamination, Deforestation, Desalination

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Contamination

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Czar Nicolas II gave these artworks to his wife as an Easter present?

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Faberge' Eggs