Transcript Unit 3 Review

UNIT 3 REVIEW
Russia and the
Eurasian Republics
WHAT LEADER TRIED TO REFORM THE
SOVIET ECONOMY AND GOVERNMENT?
Mikhail Gorbachev
IN WHICH CONTINENT DO MOST
RUSSIAN PEOPLE LIVE?
Europe
IN WHICH SOVIET CITY DID A NUCLEAR
REACTOR EXPLODE?
Chernobyl
HOW IS MUCH OF THE OIL FROM THE
CASPIAN SEA TRANSPORTED TO OTHER
COUNTRIES?
by pipelines
WHAT TERM IS USED FOR THE FLAT LAND
FOUND IN ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC REGIONS?
tundra
WHERE DOES MOST OF RUSSIA’S OIL
COME FROM?
western Siberia
WHAT IS THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
WHERE ONE POLITICAL PARTY CONTROLS
THE GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY?
communism
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A
FORESTED AREA SOUTH OF THE TUNDRA?
taiga
WHY DOES RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM
CHERNOBYL STILL AFFECT THE AREA?
Radioactive materials take so
long to disappear.
WHAT IS THE TERM THAT REFERS TO
GROUND THAT IS ALWAYS FROZEN?
permafrost
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE SOVIET
UNION’S COLLAPSE IN 1991?
Soviet republics became
independent countries.
WHAT CHANGE DID THE TRANS-SIBERIAN
RAILROAD BRING TO SIBERIA?
Five million people moved to
Siberia.
WHICH PLAYER IS MR. BOONE?
.
WHO CAN VOTE IN RUSSIA?
everyone 18 and older
WHY DOES RUSSIA HAVE FEW PORTS?
ice-blocked coastlines
TO TRAVEL FROM ASIAN RUSSIA TO
EUROPEAN RUSSIA, WHAT DIRECTION
WOULD YOU GO?
west
WHAT DID GORBACHEV’S NEW POLICY
OF OPENNESS RESULT IN?
protests for freedom
WHICH COUNTRY IN THIS REGION IS THE
LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD?
Russia
WHAT HUMAN ACTIVITY CAUSED THE
ARAL SEA TO SHRINK?
irrigation
WHAT WAS ONE OF MIKHAIL
GORBACHEV’S IDEAS FOR REFORMING THE
ECONOMY?
reduce government control
WHAT IS RUSSIA’S GREATEST SOURCE OF
WEALTH?
oil and natural gas
WHAT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE
VERY LARGE PLAINS?
steppes
WHAT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT DID
RUSSIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1993 SET UP?
a federal system
WHAT LESSON DID FRANCE LEARN FROM
CHERNOBYL?
to use more advanced nuclear
technology
WHAT PARTS OF PEOPLE’S CULTURE DOES
CLIMATE AFFECT?
food, clothing, shelter
WHY DON’T TREES GROW IN THE FAR
NORTHERN PART OF RUSSIA?
The permafrost prevents their
roots from pushing deep.
WHY IS THE AREA NEAR THE CASPIAN SEA
SO VALUABLE?
Much oil and gas is found there.
WHY DOES NORTHERN RUSSIA HAVE
SUCH A COLD CLIMATE?
high latitudes and arctic winds
WHAT CHALLENGE KEEPS RUSSIA FROM
OBTAINING SOME OF ITS MINERALS?
Permafrost makes it difficult to
drill and build mines.
WHAT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IS BEST
SUITED TO THE ARID REGIONS OF
CENTRAL ASIA?
livestock grazing
ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF WHICH BODY
OF WATER DOES THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD
RUN?
Lake Baikal