GEOG 150 Exam 3 questions with answers

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Which of the following is NOT a crop that grows in the
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podzol soils of the Russian domain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔sugar cane |\




What makes Russia distinctive? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔It has the largest land area of any country on Earth.
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What is the one element that helps us to understand
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geographies of climate, vegetation, and agriculture in the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



Russian domain? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the northern
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latitudinal position of the Russian domain |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Where traditionally marks Russia's eastern cultural
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boundary?? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the Ural Mountains |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




In which region of the Russian domain is permafrost a
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problem? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Siberia |\ |\ |\ |\




What is the dominant climate type in the Russian domain?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔continental
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,What is the primary reason why European Russia has a
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higher population than Asian Russia? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔European Russia is better suited for |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



agriculture.


What has been the pattern of population growth in the
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Russian Domain since the demise of the Soviet Union.? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔persistently declining population |\ |\ |\ |\




The highest population densities in Russian domain are
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found in which part of the region? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔the western-most part of the region
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Which region of the former Soviet Union became known
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as a repository for political dissidents and trouble-
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makers? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Siberia |\ |\ |\ |\




What are mikrorayons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔large
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housing projects built in the 1970s and 1980s in Russia
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Who were the Cossacks of the Russian domain? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Slavic-speaking, semi-nomadic |\ |\ |\ |\



Christians

, Glasnost - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔called for greater
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openness and political participation. |\ |\ |\




What body of water lies to the north of the Russian
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Domain? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the Barents Sea
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What is the approximate population of the Russian
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Domain? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔200 million |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The Trans-Siberian Railroad - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ends
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at Vladivostok.
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Where did the Chernobyl nuclear power plant experience
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a catatrophic accident in 1986? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Ukraine


What religion dominates the Russian domain? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Eastern Orthodox Christianity |\ |\ |\




What statement is true regarding religion in Ukraine? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Eastern Ukraine follows Eastern
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Orthodox Chrsitinity |\




When did the Russian Empirie collapse? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1917 |\