Ch. 8 & 9

Jeopardy Test Review

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Geography of Russia

It’s really cold here!

Russian Culture

Eurasian Republics

From Communis

m to Democracy

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This mountain range divides Russia into 2

continents.

Ural Mountains

This is the longest river in Europe.

Volga

This finger of land is known for its many

volcanoes.

Kamchatka Peninsula

These mountains divide Russia and countries such as

Georgia & Armenia.

Caucasus

This is the world’s deepest freshwater

lake.

Lake Baikal

This is one of the coldest places on

Earth.

Siberia

This is the only port on the Western side

of Russia that remains ice-free all

year.

Kaliningrad

This is the permanently frozen

layer of soil that covers 40% of Russia.

Permafrost

This huge evergreen forest is found in

Siberia.

Taiga

Most people live in this part of Russia because it has a more hospitable

climate.

Western Russia/European Russia-

West of the Urals

This is the main religion of Russia.

Russian Orthodox

Tchaikovsky is best known for composing

this piece that celebrates Russia’s

victory over the French.

1812 Overture

These are stories passed down orally.

skazki

He wrote War & Peace.

Tolstoy

This city is called the “Venice of the North”

because of its beautiful museums and architecture.

St. Petersburg

These are the Central Asian Republics

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,

Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan

All of the Central Asian Republics are

of this religion.

Muslim/Islam

This country was the first to make

Christianity its official religion.

Armenia

This country is the world’s largest

produce of cotton.

Uzbekistan

This country holds the world’s largest reserves of natural

gas.

Turkmenistan

He introduced glasnost.

Gorbachev

He was the dictator of the Soviet Union

from the 1920s until after WWII.

Stalin

He overthrew the last Czar of Russia and

created a Communist State.

Lenin

Russia is under this form of government.

(2 terms)

Federal Republic & Democracy

In this year, Russia became a free

enterprise system.

1991