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22 Cards in this Set
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What is Eurasia?
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It is the name given to Europe and Asia when they are considered a landmass or continent
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What is the worlds largest country in land area?
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Russia
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are located in what mountain range?
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Caucasus Mountains
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What marshes make up the largest swamp in Europe? Where are they?
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The Pripet Marshes
S. Belarus & NW Ukraine |
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Name the major peninsula in the southern Ukraine.
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the Crimean Peninsula
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Name the three major Siberian rivers.
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Ob, Yenisey, and Lena
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What is the deepest lake in the world?
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Lake Baikal "Jewel of Siberia"
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Where is Russia's taiga located?
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Wide band across northern Russia from its western borders to its pacific coast.
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What is Russia's only ice-free Arctic port?
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Murmansk
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the Russian steppe has become a world leader in the production of what?
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grains
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Where is Russia's industrial center?
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Volga River Basin
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Name one island and peninsula with plenty of energy resourses.
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Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka Peninsula
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Who were the main people to settle in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus?
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Slavs
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What city became an imprtant trade center between the Med and Baltic Seas?
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Kiev
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Name the major Russian City built on high banks where rivers joined.
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Moscow
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What is the Kremlin and what does it shelter?
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It is a fort that shelters Russia's government buildings, churches, and palaces
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Who destroyed Kiev in 1240?
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Ivan IV
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Who were the Cossacks?
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People from the southern steppe fronteirs?
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Who overthrew the Russian goverment in 1917?
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Bolsheviks
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Who was Karl Marx?
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A German Philosepher
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What does U.S.S.R stand for?
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United Soviet Socialists Republics
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What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?
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command
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