Russia Study Guide

a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe and Asia in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Forests

• grasslands

The ____ is a forested region in Russia in which trees do not grow to great size because of the harsh climate.

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Steppe

• Grassland

Gorbachev’s policy of economic restructuring was called ____.

• USSR

• Perestroika

• Chernobyl

• chernozem

In a ____, the government makes all of the decisions about the kinds and amount of goods to be produced.

• Market Economy

• Private Economy

• Command Economy

• Democracy

The currency of Russia is the ____.

• Ruble

• Euro

• Dollar

• Yen

The rich ____ of the steppes is an ideal type of soil for agriculture.

• ore

• sand
• clay
• chernozem

Transportation of resources out of Siberia is hampered by the area’s ____, or permanently frozen soil.

• arid
• swampy
• steppes

• permafrost

Monarchs from Russia who ruled from 1547-1917

• Mongols

• Czars

• Soviet Union Commanders

• Presidents

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Siberia?

• It has a low population density.

• It has few natural resources.

• It is located in Asia.

• It is cool and swampy, with a layer of permanently frozen soil.

Which of the following did not occur during the Cold War period?

• Soviet domination of much of Eastern Europe

• a series of small armed conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union that led

  to the breakup of the Soviet Union

• a huge buildup of military equipment in both the United States and the Soviet Union

• the arrest of millions of people who opposed the Communist government