Unit 6. RUSSIA

What area in Russia is nicknamed The Sleeping Land, and takes

~ 75% of its landmass

• Moscow

• Vladivostok

• Siberia

• Arctic Ocean

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Why it`s hard in North Russia to develop agriculture or extract natural resources from the land?

• Because of North Atlantic Drift

• Because of the permafrost & the harsh-cold climate in Siberia

• Because it is too large

• Because of the chernozem soil

Answer explanation

What is the name of the portable tent-home of the nomad people living mostly in the Central Asian steppe regions.

• Yurt

• Novosibirsk

• Chernozem

• Matryoshka

Answer explanation

What infrastructure helped for the developing of big cities along its route in Russia?

• Trans-Siberian railroad

• Siberian taiga

• Moscow`s airport

• Ports on the Arctic Ocean

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Russia is one of the major exporters of oil and natural gas for many countries in Europe, China and others:

• True

• False

The city of Vladivostok is known with what?

• The last stop of the Trans-Siberian railroad, and the only warm-waters sea port of Russia.

• It is the capital of Russia

• It has 11 time zones

• It has permafrost

Answer explanation

The capital of Russia is:

• Vladivostok

• Moscow

• Siberia

• Ural

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What type of conflict was reason for the break of the republic of Yugoslavia into several smaller countries?

• Argue for land

• Ethnic conflicts

• Population growth

• Gap between rich and poor

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What changes happened to the Soviet Union after the fall of communism in 1990? Choose all that apply.

• End of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain.

• Their borders changed, because 13 countries separated from them, and they lost those terrytories.

• They changed their name from Soviet Union (USSR) to Russia.

• They opened to the west and became democracy.

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These type of apartment buildings in Eastern European countries are heritage from the Soviet Union/ Cold War/ Communism era.

• True

• False

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