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| What mountain range divides Europe from Asia? |
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| How many time zones does Russia have? |
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| What are winters like in Russia? |
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| What three factors make transport difficult in Russia? |
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| Big size, harsh climate, frozen ports |
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| Where are Russia's biggest cities and industries located? |
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| What is the farmland like in the north European plain? |
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| What kind of crop is common in the North European Plain? |
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| What kind of climate does Northern Siberia have? |
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| What kind of vegetation zone would you find there? |
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| The worlds largest forest |
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| What kind of trees would you find in the taiga? |
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| What is the deepest lake in the world? |
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| What group of people did most Russians descend from? |
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| Where did they establish their first major settlement? |
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| What city became the center of Russia's culture after the mongol invasion? |
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| What did Russia come to call its kings? |
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| Who were the two Russian leaders that greatly expanded Russia's borders? |
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| Peter and Catherine the Great |
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| What was life like for most Russians? |
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| They lived as poor farm laborers- or serfs- following Russian traditions |
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| How did czars and Nobels live? |
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| They had rich comfortable lifestyles |
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| What french leader invaded Russia in 1812? |
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| What forced Napoleon Bonaparte to retreat from Russia? |
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| Brave Russian soldiers and Harsh weather |
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| How did WW1 lead to the overthrow of the Czars? |
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| The Russians lost many battles in the war and had a food shortage, so the citizens blamed the Czars then overthrew them |
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| Who lead the communist take over of the government? |
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| who took over after Lenin died? |
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| What happened to anyone who opposed Joseph Stalin? |
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| They were killed or sent to prison camps |
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| What country invaded Russia in 1941? |
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| How many Russians died in the fighting between Germany and Russia? |
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| After the war several eastern European countries were under soviet control and were called ___________ |
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| Because the countries controlled by Russia in East Europe were cut off from the rest of the world they were said to be behind the _____________ |
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| Name three problems the soviet Union faced after the Germany-Russia war |
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| Food Shortage, Low quality goods, shortage of Goods |
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| Which Soviet leader pushed the country towards free enterprise (Capitalism)? |
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| What happened to all of the countries the Soviet Union controlled? |
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| They threw off communist rule |
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| What three countries make up the republic of Caucus? |
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| Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan |
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| What is the climate like in the republic of Caucas? |
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| Mild Mediterranean climate |
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| What is Armenia's unique place in Christianity? |
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| It was the first country to make Christianity its official religion |
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| To what church do most Armenians belong? |
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| The Armenian Orthodox Church |
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| What natural hazard is a problem in Armenia? |
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| What ethnic identity are most people in Azerbaijan? |
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| What religion do most people in Azerbaijan belong to? |
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| What important natural resource does Azerbaijan posses? |
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| Where is the oil in Azerbaijan located? |
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| to what religion do most Georgians belong? |
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| Why is tourism popular in Azerbaijan? |
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| Warm Springs, Mild Climate, Seaside Resorts |
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| What countries make up the Central Asian Republics? |
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| Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan |
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| What religion do the republics of central Asia share? |
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| Much of Kazakhstan is covered by _________ |
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| What kind of agriculture is common in Kazakhstan? |
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| What is the largest ethnic group in Kazakhstan? |
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| Why are there so many Russians in Kazakhstan? |
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| They were once under Russian rule, and when the Russians set up factories there many Russian citizens came to work there |
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| What is the largest ethnic group in Uzbekistan? |
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| What important trade route once ran through where Uzbekistan is today? |
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| What crop is important to Uzbekistan? |
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| Where does Uzbekistan get water for irrigation? |
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| Rivers flowing into the Aral Sea |
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| What is the result of the taking away of the water in the Aral sea rivers? |
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| The rivers are being drained away |
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| What is much of Turkmenistan covered by? |
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| what natural resource does Turkmenistan have in abundance? |
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| What natural feature covers much of Kyrgyzstan? |
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| What two natural resources to the Tian Shan Mts. Contain? |
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| What are the two largest ethnic groups in Kyrgyzstan? |
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| What two valuable uses are mountain streams in Tajikistan? |
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| Irrigation, Hydroelectricity |
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| What crops do they grow in Tajikistan? |
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| What people are the Tajik's related to? |
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