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The main religious faith in Russia is ...
a) Islam.
b) Roman Catholicism.
c) Orthodox Christianity.
d) Buddhism.

The vast forest that covers much of Russia is called the ...
a) taiga.
b) steppe.
c) tundra.
d) uplands.

Under Stalin's rule, people who spoke against the government were often sent to labor camps called ...
a) jails.
b) gulags.
c) the Kremlin.
d) Chechnya.

Which city is the primary seaport and fishing center in the Russian Far East?
a) Yekaterinburg
b) St. Petersburg
c) Kaliningrad
d) Vladivostok

During the Cold War, the communist government of the Soviet Union ...
a) defeated the United States.
b) released millions of citizens from gulags.
c) became a superpower.
d) fought against Nazi Germany.

The Russian Federation is governed by an elected president and a legislature called the ...
a) Federal Assembly.
b) Soviets.
c) Senate.
d) Bolsheviks.

Which of the following rivers does not flow into the Arctic Ocean?
a) Yenisey
b) Ob
c) Volga
d) Lena

The radical Communist group that took over Russia in the Russian Revolution was the ...
a) Vikings.
b) Slavs.
c) Mongols.
d) Bolsheviks.

During the fall of the Soviet Union, its leader was ...
a) Vladimir Lenin.
b) Joseph Stalin.
c) Peter the Great.
d) Mikhail Gorbachev.

As czar, Ivan IV was such a cruel and savage ruler he became known as ...
a) Ivan the Paranoid.
b) Ivan the Tyrant.
c) Ivan the Terrible.
d) Prince of Muscovy.

Which of the following is not true of the West Siberian Plain?
a) It lies between the Urals and the Yenisey River.
b) It lies between the Arctic Ocean and Altay Mountains.
c) It tilts southward.
d) Its rivers flow toward the Arctic.

Siberia is best described as a ...
a) small region with a tropical climate.
b) vast area with a harsh climate.
c) flat, marshy land with a mild climate.
d) barren plain with a dry, desert climate.

Russia's capital and largest city is ...
a) Tbilisi.
b) Baku.
c) Kiev.
d) Moscow.

The Caucasus Mountains form a border between Russia and ...
a) Georgia and Azerbaijan.
b) Armenia and Ukraine.
c) Georgia and Siberia.
d) Ukraine and Azerbaijan.

What two continents meet in Russia's Ural Mountains?
a) Europe and Antarctica
b) Asia and Africa
c) Europe and Asia
d) Europe and Africa

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