7 th Grade

1)Name the Mountains that naturally divide western Asia From Eastern Asia? Ural Mountains 2) Lie between the “Black Sea” and the “Caspian Sea.” __________________________ Caucasus Mountains 3) This is the vast area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean. ___________________ Siberia 4) This huge forest covers ½ of Russia. (Taiga) Snow Covers the Taiga for most of the year. 5) This flat grassland produces rich black soil from the warmer climate due to it’s location geographically.__________________________ “STEPPE”

6) Longest River in Europe, and flows in the Direction “__________________” to Caspian Sea. (Volga River) SOUTHWARD 7) Flows “NORTH” to the Baltic Sea. ________________ Don River 8) These 3 flow “NORTHWARD” to the Arctic Ocean, and they are frozen for much of the year. -Ob River -Yenisey River -Lena River

9) Russia has ( ) lakes, 1 in particular is the deepest in the world. 200,000 10) ___________________, (located in south central Siberia is deep enough to hold all the water in all 5 Great Lakes in ASIA. Lake Baikal 11) The _____________________ connects to the Mediterranean Sea and is important for trade. Black sea 12) ___________________, holds saltwater and is the world’s largest inland sea. Caspian Sea

13) List 3 of Russia’s Major Energy Resources. -Coal -Hydroelectricity -Natural Gas & Oil

“The two major belief system of southern and eastern Asia are Hinduism and Buddhism.” 14) Abrahamic Religions include: -Judaism -Christianity -Islam “These are knows as Monotheistic.” 15) Eastern Religions include: -Buddhism -Hinduism “These are known as Polytheistic.” 16) Nationality- 80% Slavic or Russian Decent, other 20% Tatars & Ukrainians. Name the 3 Caucasus Today: Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan

17) The _______________ settled eastern Europe including the areas of Ukraine and western Russia. Slavs The Slavs developed trading towns which were invaded by Scandinavian Vikings called Rus (_________) ROOS 18) What was the name of the capital of Ukraine where the Rus centered and developed the first Russian state? Kiev 19) A new Greek alphabet originated called? Cyrillic

20) Mongol invaders called “________________” conquered Kiev in Tatars 21) This man Seized control from the Mongols? Ivan III 22) In 1540, Ivan IV crowned himself as the first ___________ (emperor), later to be known as Ivan the terrible. Czar 23) ___________________, became the country known as Russia Today. Muscovy “It contains poor farmers with a small amount of nobles with most of it’s wealth.”

“The Bolsheviks seized power of the Russian Government and the Czar was overturned.” 24) What does the USSR stand for? The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 25) Who Led the USSR? Vladimir Lenin 1924 Lenin passed and Joseph Stalin Became the new dictator. “Stalin established a command economy.” The Government owns all businesses and farms and the production of goods. “The gulags were harsh labor camps where exiled townspeople were sent for speaking out against the local government.”

26) Stalin Was Developing Surrounding Communist governments to protect the ______________________. Soviet Union “U.S. opposition to Communism let to the start of the Cold War.” 27) The soviet Economy began to fail during the ____________, and a new leader prevailed. Who? 1980’s Mikhail Gorbachev “Despite his efforts to reconstruct the communist country into a democracy the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.”

28) Chinese History can be characterized as ________________________. Isolationist 29) Country is bordered by the rugged _________________ Mountain Range on the West, and the _________________ on the North. Himalayan Gobi Desert 30) This person Developed a philosophical system that influenced Chinese thought? Kong Fuzi 31) This is the most famous structure in all of CHINA. “Can be seen from outer space.” The Great Wall

Name the 4 Great inventions -Magnetic Compass -Gunpowder -Paper Making -Block Printing 32) Siddartha Guatema sought a moderate way of life through the practice of meditation. He was known as the? (BUDDHA) 33) When you believe in becoming something on the earth after you pass, this concept is known as? Reincarnation 34) British exchanged this drug for certain Chinese Goods? Opium 35) The power of Europe & America carved China into what? Sphere’s of Influence “China has made major economic reforms in the last two decades and is the one leading world economies in terms of output and growth. With more than 1.3 billion people, China is the World’s most populous nations.

 Short essay: Describe the Country you researched  List Brief History, Countries role in the world today, The Religion, Relative Location (Neighbors), and the challenges it faces today.