Russia and the Caucasus

Ural Mountains

• a mountain range in Russia that separates Europe and Africa
• a mountain range in Russia that separates Europe and Asia
• a mountain range in the Caucasus that separates Europe and Asia
• a mountain range in the Caucasus that separates Europe and India

The Caspian Sea is an inland sea located between Europe and Asia; it is the largest inland body of water in the world

• True
• False

Caucasus Mountains

• a mountain system in eastern Europe between the Baltic Sea and North Sea
• a mountain system in northern Europe between the Baltic Sea and North Sea
• a mountain system in northwestern Europe between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea
• a mountain system in southeastern Europe between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea

the capital of Russia

• Georgia
• Moscow
• Siberia
• St. Petersburg

a huge region in eastern Russia. In the Tatar language, means “Sleeping Land.”

• Asia
• India
• Siberia
• Soviet Union

the longest river in Europe and Russia’s most important commercial river

• Danube River
• Don River
• Lena river
• Volga River

a forest of mainly evergreen trees covering much of Russia

• deciduous
• steppe
• taiga
• tundra

The Vikings shaped the first Russian state among the Slavs. This Russian state, called Kievan Rus, centered around the city of ____________, the current capital of Ukraine.

• Georgia
• Kiev
• Moscow
• Prague

The Russians adopted this Cyrillic alphabet and still use it today. Cyrillic is a ____________________________.

• form of the European alphabet
• form of the Greek alphabet
• form of the Latin alphabet
• form of the Russian alphabet

Over the centuries, Russia expanded to become the largest country on the planet.

• True
• False