Chapter 9

Approximately what percentage of Russian citizens claim a Russian linguistic identity?

Who were the Cossacks of the Russian Domain?

called for greater openness and political participation.

What are the primary characteristics of a high-latitude continental climate, as illustrated by the Russian Domain?

What language group dominates in the Russian Domain?

What is the shape of the land-use zones in the Russian Domain?

Which country is no longer part of the Russian Domain?

What body of water lies to the north of the Russian Domain?

Which of the following is the primary source of pollution damaging Russia's Lake Baikal?

In which Union Republic was Russification most intense?

Which of the following is TRUE of the Russian mafia?

What natural feature marks the divide between European Russia and Asian Russia?

Russia has worked to maintain economic ties to former Soviet republics by creating a counterbalance to the European Union called

Which two countries were the primary rivals in the Cold War?

Which of the following is NOT an agricultural product that thrives in the podzol soil region of the Russian Domain?

During the Soviet era, the Soviet Union nuclear weapons program conducted many tests and produced much radioactive waste. Where did Russia dump the waste?

The Caucasus Mountains are located between which two bodies of water?

Who were the original founders of Russia?

What is the primary reason why European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia?

Which of the following is NOT an effect Russia might see from climate change?

When was the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) Railroad completed in the Russian Domain?

The conquest of Siberia

Eastward movement of Russians into Siberia

What was the term that Winston Churchill gave to the boundary between Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

Which part of the Russian Domain has historically provided the most productive agricultural areas of the region?

Why is development in Siberia limited?

What is perestroika?

Most of Russia is dominated by which type of climate?

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, which of the following groups of people would be least likely to emigrate from the Russian Domain?

What is the approximate population of the Russian Domain?

During the Soviet era, which place served as a repository for political dissidents and troublemakers?

What has been the pattern of population growth in the Russian Domain since the demise of the USSR?

What is NOT an environmental issue in the Russian Domain?

Where were most of Russia's major territorial gains in the nineteenth century?

What type of work do most Arctic residents undertake?

Russia is the world's largest gas exporter and has ________% of the world's natural gas reserves.

The doctrine of communism was based on the writings of

Who was the main architect of the Soviet Union?

What is the one element that helps us to understand geographies of climate, vegetation, and agriculture in the Russian Domain?

Most average Russians living in the city live in what kind of housing?

By 2003, approximately what portion of Russian farmland had been privatized?

What is one of the sources of the nuclear threat in the Russian Domain?

In what region of the Russian Domain was the Soviet Union's Gulag Archipelago located?

What are mikrorayons?

What happened to the economy in the Russian Domain after the demise of the former Soviet Union (USSR)?

Why is the Russian government constructing a concrete and steel arch around the destroyed nuclear reactor in Chernobyl?

The architecture of St. Petersburg, Russia, is similar to that of which other part of the world?

In the Russian Domain, what non-Christian religion has the greatest number of believers?

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, what has become of the policy of Russification within former Soviet republics?

What is NOT a reason for the ongoing crisis in Ukraine?

What is the primary destination for Russian petroleum products?

The Trans-Siberian Railroad

What is the dominant climate type in the Russian Domain?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the demography of Russia today?

Why is the city of Chernobyl well-known?

Which geographic area of the Russian Domain dominates the region?

What was the policy of the former Soviet Union (USSR) regarding religion within its borders?

In what Russian region has Islamic fundamentalism increased its presence?

What was the purpose of Russification (the Soviet policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the former USSR)?

What have many of Russia's internal autonomous areas been requesting?

What is the language of the Volga Tatars of the Russian Domain?

What Russian city was known as Leningrad during the Soviet era?

What does the term "Russification" mean?

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Which of the following statements best reflects religion in the post-Soviet era?

Where has the Russian Domain dumped its nuclear wastes?

What was the distinctive skill for which Cossacks were well-known?

Urbanization in the Russian region

Which of the following is NOT a condition of the "Russian Federation Treaty"?

Which body of water in the Russian Domain is the world's largest reserve of freshwater?

Which of the following is TRUE of Russia?

What has become of democracy in Russia in the post-Soviet era?

What was the Russian policy enacted during the 1980s that meant for "greater openness"?

In which country was Russification the most intense?

In which region of the Russian Domain is permafrost a problem?

Which Russian port provides Russia with the most rapid access to the Pacific Ocean?

Which city is NOT in the European Russian domain?

Putin abruptly canceled the construction of the South Stream Gas Pipeline. He now wants to export the natural gas to