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1.
A major difference between the colonial empire of Russia, on the one hand, and Britain and France on the other is that:
A.
Britain and France kept their colonies for 50 years longer than Russia
B.
Russia's empire is territorially contiguous
C.
France attempted acculturation of its empire, but Russia did not
D.
Russia only took colonies in Africa, whereas Britain and France established worldwide empires
E.
Russia's colonies were granted independence as part of the Bolshevik Revolution
2.
Most of the population of Russia is found in the:
western part of the country
Siberia
southern part of the country
central area
area just south of the Ural Mountains
3.
The _________ lost more than half of its surface due to streams being diverted for irrigation.
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Sea of Azov
Aral Sea
Russian Sea
4.
The majority of Russia falls within the humid cold climate region. In the Köppen-Geiger classification scheme, this is signified by the letter:
A
B
C
D
E
5.
Which of the following physiographic subdivisions contains the heartland (and Moscow)?
the Ural Mountains
the West Siberian Plain
the Russian Plain
the Central Siberian Plain
the Yakutsk Basin
6.
Russians now call the former republics of the Soviet Union the:
Former colonies
S.S.R.s
A.S.S.R.s
C.I.S. provinces
Near Abroad
7.
This Russian republic has been fighting a war for independence from Moscow during the 1990s.
Chechenya
Buryatia
Kalmykia
Bashkort
Tatarstan
8.
The country which acts as a buffer between Russia and China is:
Mongolia
Sakha
Korea
Manchuria
9.
Armenia is in conflict with which other former Soviet Socialist Republic?
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh
Kirghizstan
10.
The territory in dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia is:
Abkhazian
Nakhichevan
South Ossetia
