Unit 6 Review

What Soviet leader believed the needed to change to maintain its superpower status?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia make up what region?

• Central Asia

• Transcaucasia

• Southwest Asia

• South Central asia

What ideological was fought between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1945-1991

• The Cold War

• World War 2

• Industrial Revolution

• War on Terror

religious and political center of Russia

• Moscow

• St Petersburg

• Kiev

• Minsk

The rich, black topsoil found in the North European Plain, particularly in Russia and the Ukraine is called-

• Mosszem

• Chernozem

• Tundrazem

• Loess

After the fall of the Soviet Union the economy transitioned from a _______________________ to _______________ economy.

• traditional to a free-market economy

• communist economy to a traditional economy

• Communist to a free market economy

• free market to a traditional economy

Which of the following explains why the population of Russia is isolated to the west?

• Trade organizations

• Climate conditions

• voting patterns

• border disputes

Russian territory nearest the Arctic Ocean experience low amounts of precipitation and low temperatures throughout the year creating a biome characterized by

• Deserts

• Steppes

• Tundra

• Taiga

During the second half of the 20th century the countries in the Caucasus region and Central Asia were all part of the

• European Union

• Soviet Union

• NAFTA

• AFTZ

What is the significance of the mountain range that forms the Russian frontier with Azerbaijan and Georgia?

• The Caucasus Mountains form a border dividing the Russian frontier with the Caucasus region

• Mountains create natural defenses to keep Russia from fighting with Georgia and Azerbaijan

• The Ural Mountains form a border dividing the Russian frontier with the Caucasus region

• Mountain ranges formed millions of years ago to create a trade pass between the countries