UP 100 Quiz 6: Russia and MENA
Megacities in Russia and the Central Asian republics include: - ANS Moscow only
Churches, museums, and palaces are landscape features that mark what era of Russian city
development? - ANS tsarist era
An aspect of Soviet urban planning that grew out of socialist ideologies yet helps achieve the
goals of urban sustainability today is Moscow's: - ANS extraordinarily dense network of metro
(subway) lines.
Historical trading cities along the rivers of European Russia were each dominated by a fortress.
The fortress was called: - ANS a kremlin
What city was shaped by its relative location near the headwaters of the Volga, Dvina, and
Dnieper River systems, all of which flowed in different directions? - ANS Moscow
What city was built by the tsar to be Russia's "window on the west" in the early 1700s? - ANS
St. Petersburg
The Communist Revolution in 1917 brought to an end the Tsarist Period in Russian history and
inaugurated the Soviet Period. What was the Revolution's impact on the location of the capital
city? - ANS St. Petersburg served as the capital city of tsarist Russia, but Moscow was chosen
as the capital city of the USSR.
How did communist rule during the Soviet Period change the urban landscape of tsarist-era city
centers? - ANS Religious buildings were demolished or re-purposed.
How did post-Soviet regimes change the urban landscape of Soviet/tsarist-era city centers? -
ANS Corporate headquarters and commercial offices appeared.
During the Soviet period, one way in which government tried to keep urban growth within
projected levels was by: - ANS requiring city residents to have a government-issued propiska in
order to live in a city.
In a microrayon, as developed during the Soviet period, in what kind of residential units did
people live? - ANS multistory apartment buildings
What was absent from Soviet planning principles? - ANS concerns about the impact of urban
development on the environment
Megacities in Russia and the Central Asian republics include: - ANS Moscow only
Churches, museums, and palaces are landscape features that mark what era of Russian city
development? - ANS tsarist era
An aspect of Soviet urban planning that grew out of socialist ideologies yet helps achieve the
goals of urban sustainability today is Moscow's: - ANS extraordinarily dense network of metro
(subway) lines.
Historical trading cities along the rivers of European Russia were each dominated by a fortress.
The fortress was called: - ANS a kremlin
What city was shaped by its relative location near the headwaters of the Volga, Dvina, and
Dnieper River systems, all of which flowed in different directions? - ANS Moscow
What city was built by the tsar to be Russia's "window on the west" in the early 1700s? - ANS
St. Petersburg
The Communist Revolution in 1917 brought to an end the Tsarist Period in Russian history and
inaugurated the Soviet Period. What was the Revolution's impact on the location of the capital
city? - ANS St. Petersburg served as the capital city of tsarist Russia, but Moscow was chosen
as the capital city of the USSR.
How did communist rule during the Soviet Period change the urban landscape of tsarist-era city
centers? - ANS Religious buildings were demolished or re-purposed.
How did post-Soviet regimes change the urban landscape of Soviet/tsarist-era city centers? -
ANS Corporate headquarters and commercial offices appeared.
During the Soviet period, one way in which government tried to keep urban growth within
projected levels was by: - ANS requiring city residents to have a government-issued propiska in
order to live in a city.
In a microrayon, as developed during the Soviet period, in what kind of residential units did
people live? - ANS multistory apartment buildings
What was absent from Soviet planning principles? - ANS concerns about the impact of urban
development on the environment
