Jeopardy Physical Geography Human Geography Leaders Soviet Union ?????? Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500
$100 Question from H1 This physical feature separates Europe from Asia.
$100 Answer from H1 What are the Ural Mountains?
$200 Question from H1 This is the oldest and deepest lake in the world.
$200 Answer from H1 What is Lake Baikal?
$300 Question from H1 This is the percentage of unfrozen freshwater Lake Baikal holds.
$300 Answer from H1 What is 20%?
$400 Question from H1 This region is known for its frigid climate and large amounts of natural gas reserves. ( and Tigers)
$400 Answer from H1 What is Siberia?
$500 Question from H1 a This is the longest river in Russia (sometimes Europe), and an important water-way in Russia for trade and travel.
$500 Answer from H1 What is the Volga River?
$100 Question from H2 The majority of Russians live in this part of the country.
$100 Answer from H2 What is the west or European Russia?
$200 Question from H2 The largest ethnic group in Russia.
$200 Answer from H2 What are the Slavs or Slavic?
$300 Question from H2 This is the church that most Russians identify themselves with.
$300 Answer from H2 What is Russian Orthodox?
$400 Question from H2 This man-made connection helps link Russia together, despite its massive size.
$400 Answer from H2 What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
$500 Question from H2 This is the type of dance that Russia is famous for.
$500 Answer from H2 What is Ballet?
$100 Question from H3 This leader moved the capital away from Moscow, and moved Russia from an agricultural society to an industrial one.
$100 Answer from H3 Who is Peter the Great?
$200 Question from H3 This ruler was the first Czar of Russia and commissioned the building of St. Basils Cathedral.
$200 Answer from H3 Who is Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible?
$300 Question from H3 This leader became known as the Liberator because he freed the serfs.
$300 Answer from H3 Who is Alexander II?
$400 Question from H3 This ruler was a fierce dictator who purged thousands from the military and government, and spread communism to other nations.
$400 Answer from H3 Who is Joseph Stalin?
$500 Question from H3 This leader created and embraced the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost.
$500 Answer from H3 Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
$100 Question from H4 This is the location and country of the worst nuclear disaster in world history.
$100 Answer from H4 What is Chernobyl, Ukraine?
$200 Question from H4 A period of conflict between the US and USSR, where they competed for world influence without directly fighting one another.
$200 Answer from H4 What is the Cold War?
$300 Question from H4 This leader came to power after the Russian Revolution, moved the capital back to Moscow, and created a communist government in Russia.
$300 Answer from H4 Who is Vladimir Lenin?
$400 Question from H4 In this economic system all decisions regarding the economy are made by the government.
$400 Answer from H4 What is a Command Economy?
$500 Question from H4 This was a policy of increased trade, information sharing and openness with the West.
$500 Answer from H4 What is Glasnost?
$100 Question from H5 Classic Russian architecture used to prevent the build up of snow.
$100 Answer from H5 What is “onion dome” architecture ?
$200 Question from H5 This ruler expanded Russia to its largest size, and claimed territory in California and Alaska.
$200 Answer from H5 Who was Catherine the Great ?
$300 Question from H5 This became the center for the Soviet Union’s government in Moscow.
$300 Answer from H5 What is the Kremlin?
$400 Question from H5 This is an extremely fertile soil, nicknamed “Black Earth”.
$400 Answer from H5 What is Chernozem?
$500 Question from H5 Name the accomplishments of Ivan Pavlov and Dmitri Mendeleev
$500 Answer from H5 What are classic conditioning experiment and Periodic Table?