Jeopardy Test Review Game Ch. 8 & 9 Jeopardy Test Review Game
From Communism to Democracy Geography of Russia It’s really cold here! Russian Culture Eurasian Republics From Communism to Democracy 100 200 300 400 500
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